MMA muse, Mackenzie Dern signs with Invicta and debuts in December

Dern will fight on December 8th (Photo: Reproduction/InstagramMackenzieDern)

Multi-champion in jiu-jitsu and considered one of the main promises of world women's MMA, Mackenzie dern He already has a date, place and opponent set for his fifth professional fight. In an interview with the program 'The MMA Hour', the American with Brazilian nationality revealed that she signed with Invicta FC, a UFC partner organization exclusively for women, and will make her debut in her new home on December 8, in Las Vegas (USA). ), against Brazilian Kaline Medeiros, in a duel valid for the strawweight category (up to 52kg).

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“I'm going to fight at Invicta, on December 8th. I'm very happy, the fight will be on UFC Fight Pass, and I'll fight in the 52 kg division again. One of the TUF 26 finalists competes in jiu-jitsu, and she is four divisions heavier than me (in jiu-jitsu). She has a lot of girls bigger than me. I really think that 52 kg, given my height and size, is the best for me. It would be the category I would like to go to the UFC. Let's try then, and when we get there I will be strong”, declared the fighter, who concluded by showing optimism about a possible move to the UFC in 2018.

“I'm going to face Kaline Medeiros. I know she fought for the belt with Angela Hill, has experience... I want to show that I'm ready for the UFC, and I think that after this I'll show that I'm ready for the next step”, he concluded.

At just 24 years old, Mackenzie won the four fights he had in MMA. Her debut was in July 2016, when she beat Kenia Rosas on points. Afterwards, she submitted Montana Stewart, defeated Katherine Roy in a decision and once again used all her experience in jiu-jitsu to submit Mandy Polk in October this year, in the flyweight division (up to 56kg).

Kaline, 38 years old, has a record with eight victories and five setbacks, having last played in November last year, when he lost to Angela Hill, now a UFC athlete.