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UFC Strawweights Slam Mackenzie Dern’s Debut On Rankings

Two UFC strawweights are very displeased with Mackenzie Dern’s rankings debut…

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Brazilian submission specialist Mackenzie Dern has skyrocketed through the strawweight division and has now broken into the top 15, but not everyone supports her presence in the top 15.

Especially Angela Hill and Felice Herrig, both of whom were bounced out of the top ten rankings to make room for Dern.

Both women recently took to social media to express their contempt for Dern’s presence on the strawweight top 15 rankings:

I’m going to weigh in on the @ufc #strawweight rankings with at least 7.5lbs of factual perspective: 1- For the most part 1-5 are pretty accurate across all weight divisions, but after that the rankings are a crap shoot. 2- These days hype trains seem to be gifted rankings over actually having to fight to the top. 3- #McenzieDern misses weight by 7.5 pounds, which makes her closer to a #Flyweight than strawweight. She beats an unranked fighter and takes @angieoverkill well earned #15 spot when her only actual win in the ufc as a #straweight was to #Ashleyyoder. McEnzie won by a very close split decision, while Angela won unanimously. So why does Angela get bumped?? 4- Justine Kish isn’t even in the top 15, although she beat #14 #NinaAnsaroff unanimously and #11 #RandaMarkos. Justine did move up to Flyweight but so did #calderwood. So why is Calderwood even in the rankings anymore? 5- If #waterson is #7 & I’m #8 then 9,10 & 11 are all out of order… 6- I beat #Grasso unanimous decision , I beat #casey split. Waterson beats casey split decision. Casey finishes Markos, while Grasso takes her to split. So the rankings should actually be: #7 Waterson #8 Herrig #9 Casey #10 Grasso #11 Markos Even if Dern made weigh there is no factual reasoning as to why or how she could take Angela’s spot other than a massive glitch in the matrix. LBD out!

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Dern blasted through UFC 224 opponent Amanda Bobby Cooper with a nasty overhand right immediately followed up by a lightning-quick submission in the first round. However, Dern missed weight for that fight by seven pounds, coming in at a whopping 123 pounds for a 115-pound contest. Cooper accepted the catchweight bout regardless, and the rest is history.

UFC 224 marked the third time in Dern’s undefeated MMA career that she’s missed the strawweight limit, and even though the submission ace sports an impressive 7-0, the Cooper victory wasn’t actually a strawweight fight, making Dern’s ascent into the top 15 dubious at best.

Hill and Herrig rightfully put Dern and the UFC voters on blast for it, criticizing Dern’s replacement of Hill in the rankings. The overall themes of their criticism revolve around the fact that Dern didn’t even come close to making the strawweight limit and that other strawweights are far more deserving of Dern’s ranking and promotion.

Champion Rose Namajunas lords over the strawweight division with two victories over former kingpin Joanna J?drzejczyk.

Is Dern’s ranking legitimate or is it a product of the UFC marketing machine?

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Social Media Slams Mackenzie Dern For Latest Scale Fail

The MMA world went off on Mackenzie Dern for her botched #UFC224 weight cut.

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The MMA world was left scratching its collective head after news broke of Mackenzie Dern’s botched weight cut after coming in at a whopping seven pounds overweight for the strawweight limit prior to her main card bout againstAmanda Bobby Cooper at tomorrow’s UFC 224 from Rio.

While Dern’s UFC 224 opponent  has accepted the fight at catchweight, she as well as many others in the MMA community took to Twitter to offer their two cents over Dern coming in at 123 pounds for a 115-pound fight:

Dern will forfeit a percentage of her show purse to Cooper and the Commission overseeing UFC 224 in Brazil. Friday marks Dern’s third botched weight cut in her professional MMA career.

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Amanda Cooper Destroys Mackenzie Dern For Massive Weight Miss

Amanda Cooper slammed Mackenzie Dern for her massive weight miss:

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Mackenzie Dern missed weight by a whopping seven pounds for her UFC 224 bout with opponent Amanda Bobby Cooper earlier today.

Not surprisingly, Cooper wasn’t happy and has since called out rising star Dern on social media. Dern came in at 123 pounds for a 115-pound strawweight bout (which she could have made weight at 116 pounds for), but Cooper accepted the catchweight fight regardless.

Cooper took to Twitter immediately following the news of Dern’s botched weight cut, and didn’t hold her tongue while doing so:

This marks the third time in Dern’s professional MMA career that she’s missed the strawweight limit. Dern will now forfeit 10 percent of her show money from the athletic commission and 20 percent from the UFC to Cooper as punishment for missing weight.

Cooper, 23, even predicted Dern would have trouble making weight in the weeks leading into their UFC 224 showdown. Dern and Cooper will fight regardless on the main card of Saturday’s UFC 224.

Will Dern’s botched weight cut affect her performance against Cooper on Saturday?

Do you agree with Cooper that Dern’s extra seven pounds makes her a “disgrace to all professionals”?

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