Dern vs Yan

Who won Dern vs Yan?

Xiaonan Yan beat Mackenzie Dern by majority decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan, on Saturday 1st October 2022 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 47-48, 47-48, 47-47 in favor of winner Xiaonan Yan.

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 Yan stats

Mackenzie Dern stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws and 7 by submission.

Xiaonan Yan made her way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, with 7 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Yan had a massive power advantage over Dern, boosting at 47% knock out percentage over Dern's 0%.

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

Mackenzie Dern was the younger woman by 4 years, at 29 years old.

Yan had a height advantage of 1 inch over Dern. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Dern was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2016, 6 year and 8 months later than Yan, whose first professional fight was in 2009. She had fought 6 less professional rounds, 37 to Yan's 43.

Dern vs Yan form

Mackenzie Dern had beaten 4 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, 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, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

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

Before that, she had won against Randa Markos at UFC Vegas 11 on 19th September 2020 by unanimous decision in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

She had beat Hannah Cifers at UFC Vegas 1 on 30th May 2020 by unanimous decision in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Dern's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 9 months and 21 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 6 months and 24 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Yan's last 4 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 1 day, meaning she had been fighting on average every 9 months and 8 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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