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Mackenzie Dern vs. Hannah Cifers – Preview & Matchup Analysis

By Jerry McPherson

 

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UFC on ESPN 9: Woodley vs. Burns is scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 30, 2020, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. In one of the matchups on the fight card, Mackenzie Dern will take on Hannah “Shockwave” Cifers in the Women’s Strawweight Bout. You can view the full UFC on ESPN 9 card.

In this post, we will break down Mackenzie Dern vs. Hannah Cifers matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats and more below ⤵

The 31-year-old, Mackenzie Dern is coming in with a 7-1-0 record. Dern will be fighting for the first time since a loss via unanimous decision against Amanda Ribas at UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson in October.

Cifers, meanwhile, is coming off a KO/TKO loss against Angela Hill on October 12, 2019 at UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Dos Santos and holds a 10-4-0 record.

Mackenzie Dern has an orthodox fighting stance with a 63″ reach. The 32-year-old, Hannah Cifers is an orthodox fighter with a 62″ reach. An orthodox fighter stands with their left side forward and jabs with their left hand, the southpaw fighter is the opposite, southpaw stands with their right side forward and jabs with their right hand. In most cases, orthodox fighters are right-handed, if you are left-handed, then you fight southpaw.

Dern comes in with 32% striking accuracy, he typically lands about 3.24 significant strikes every minute. His opponent, Cifers fires at 45% accuracy, landing about 4.82 significant strikes per minute. Mackenzie Dern also has a 8% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 0.46 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Cifers’s 0.32 takedowns and 64% takedown accuracy.

Hannah spent on average 11:37 minutes in the Octagon and Mackenzie has an average fight time of 10:49 minutes.

This looks like an fun matchup, at least on paper. UFC on ESPN 9 is live in , who do you think will win, Mackenzie or Hannah? Sound off in the comments.

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