Dern vs Hill

Who won Dern vs Hill?

Mackenzie Dern beat Angela Hill by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Fight Night – Pennington vs. Aldana 2, on Saturday 20th May 2023 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Mackenzie Dern.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Women’s Strawweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

Dern vs Hill stats

Mackenzie Dern stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws and 7 by submission.

Angela Hill made her way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 12 loses and 0 draws, with 5 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Hill had a massive power advantage over Dern, boosting at 33% knock out percentage over Dern's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Dern had a massive advantage over Hill, boasting at 58% submission rate over Hill's 0%.

Mackenzie Dern was the younger woman by 8 years, at 30 years old.

Dern had a height advantage of 1 inch over Hill. Despite this, Hill had 2-inch reach advantage.

Dern was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 12 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2016, 2 year and 2 months later than Hill, whose first professional fight was in 2014. She had fought 41 less professional rounds, 42 to Hill's 83.

Dern vs Hill form

Mackenzie Dern had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight before this contest, she had lost to Yan Xiaonan at UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan on 1st October 2022 by majority decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, she had beat Tecia Torres at UFC 273 on 9th April 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Going into that contest, she had been beaten by Marina Rodriguez at UFC Vegas 39 on 9th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, she had won against Virna Jandiroba at UFC 256 on 12th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

She had beat Randa Markos at UFC Vegas 11 on 19th September 2020 by unanimous decision in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Angela Hill had beaten 2 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had defeated Emily Ducote at UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland on 3rd December 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Amway Center, Orlando, United States.

Previous to that, she had defeated Lupita Godinez at UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Cruz on 13th August 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Pechanga Arena, San Diego.

Going into that contest, she had lost to Virna Jandiroba at UFC Fight Night: Błachowicz vs. Rakić on 14th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, she had been beaten by Amanda Lemos at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest.

She had lost to Tecia Torres at UFC 265 on 7th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Angela Hill had been fighting more than Mackenzie Dern.

Going to this contest, Mackenzie Dern had last fought 11 months and 14 days ago, while Angela Hill's last outing had been 9 months and 12 days ago.

Dern's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 27 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 7 months and 6 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Hill's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 1 month and 8 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 5 months and 2 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Dern vs Hill?

Mackenzie Dern was a 29/50 (-170) favourite going into the contest, while Angela Hill made her way into the ring at 7/5 (+140) with oddsmakers.