Tonight’s UFC Vegas 61 event was headlined by a key women’s strawweight matchup featuring Mackenzie Dern taking on Xiaonan Yan.<\/p>\n
Dern (12-3 MMA) was returning to action for the first time since defeating Tecia Torres at UFC 273. The jiu-jitsu ace had gone 5-1 over her past six Octagon<\/a> appearances overall, with three of those five wins coming by way of submission.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Xiaonan Yan (16-3 MMA) had entered tonight’s UFC Vegas 61 main event with hopes of snapping a two-fight losing skid. ‘Fury’ had suffered losses to Carla Esparza<\/a> and Marina Rodriguez in her two most recent efforts, but prior to that was on a twelve-fight unbeaten streak.<\/p>\n Tonight’s ‘Dern vs. Yan’ headliner resulted in a solid back and forth affair. Mackenzie Dern was able to dominate rounds two and five on the canvas, but round 1, 3 and 4 were clearly in favor of the Chinese standout. After twenty-five minutes of action it was pretty clear that the bout would either go to Yan or be ruled a draw. Unfortunately for Dern, only one judge awarded her with a 10-8 round and thus she lost a majority decision.<\/p>\n Official UFC Vegas 61 Result: Xiaonan Yan def. Mackenzie Dern by majority decision (48-47 x2, 47-47)<\/p>\n Check out how the pros reacted to ‘Dern vs. Yan’ below:<\/p>\n Let\u2019s go @MackenzieDern<\/a>!!! #TeamJP<\/a><\/p>\n — bjpenndotcom (@bjpenndotcom) October 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n