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 in favor of the 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 losses and 0 draws and 7 by submission.

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

Mackenzie Dern's UFC record stood at 8-5-0, while Angela Hill's came in at 11-13-0.

The stats suggested Hill had a massive power advantage over Dern, boasting a 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 a 58% submission rate over Hill's 0%.

Mackenzie Dern was the younger woman by 8 years, at 31 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 years and 2 months later than Hill, whose first professional fight was in 2014. She had fought 39 less professional rounds, 47 to Hill's 86.

Dern vs Hill form

Angela Hill had beaten 1 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against 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, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

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

Before that, she had been defeated by Tecia Torres at UFC 265 on 7th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

She had lost to Michelle Waterson-Gomez at UFC Vegas 10 on 12th September 2020 by split decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Hill's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 7 months and 6 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 8 months and 19 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 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.