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Amanda Cooper Goes Mystic on Mac: 2nd Round Finish Coming

Two days from UFC 224, Amanda Bobby Cooper (4-3) already has the end in mind and is ready too play spoiler Saturday night. Cooper’s opponent, Mackenzie Dern (6-0) is coming into UFC 224 with as much hype surrounding her as any female performer post-Ron…

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UFC 224 Media Day Staredowns: Did Amanda Cooper Snub Mackenzie Dern?

Did Amanda Bobby Cooper snub Mackenzie Dern at today’s #UFC224 media day?

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Earlier today, the media day for this Saturday night’s (May 12, 2018) UFC 224 went down from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the fighters squared off in the traditional intense moment following the press event.

There was legend Vitor Belfort squaring off with Lyoto Machida for what is supposedly his last MMA fight in what appeared to be a bathrobe, but perhaps the most notable moment of the evening was rising talent Mackenzie Dern’s staredown with her second UFC opponent Amanda Bobby Cooper.

With both women dressed to the nines for the promotion for the buzzing bout, Dern and Cooper squared off in a polite-enough faceoff before Dern attempted to shake Cooper’s hand at the end but was denied. It was maybe a momentary slip, however, as Cooper went back to offer her hand shortly thereafter.

Watch the UFC 224 media day faceoffs courtesy of MMAFighting.com and judge for yourself:

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Mackenzie Dern UFC 224 Open Workout Highlights

Watch Mackenzie Dern’s #UFC224 open workout highlights right here:

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Touted UFC women’s strawweight prospect Mackenzie Dern will return to the octagon for her second UFC bout when she meets Amanda Bobby Cooper on the main card of this weekend’s (Sat., May 12, 2018) UFC 224 from the Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The hyped Brazilian jiu-jitsu champion emerged victorious in a hard-fought bout over Ashley Yoder in her UFC debut at March’s UFC 222, and she’ll make a quick turnaround to compete again in the birthplace of her Brazilian heritage.

Dern put on a show for fans at yesterday’s open workouts, further showing why she’s viewed as one of the top up-and-coming stars in all of MMA.

Watch the highlights of her open workout via MMA Fighting here:

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Mackenzie Dern Trash Talks UFC 224 Opponent, Labels Her Easy Matchup

Top MMA prospect Mackenzie Dern and Amanda Cooper are scheduled to throw down in the Octagon this Saturday at UFC 224 …but the two fighters are already shots fly through the media…

Mackenzie Dern Claims Second UFC Match-Up Is Easier Than Her First

Mackenzie Dern may only be one fight into her UFC career, but the submission specialist is already on a crash course to becoming a star in the sport. Dern faces Amanda Bobby Cooper in her native Brazil at UFC 224, and is now experiencing trash talk for the first time in her MMA career. Cooper […]

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Mackenzie Dern may only be one fight into her UFC career, but the submission specialist is already on a crash course to becoming a star in the sport.

Dern faces Amanda Bobby Cooper in her native Brazil at UFC 224, and is now experiencing trash talk for the first time in her MMA career.

Cooper has belittled Dern’s stand-up and wrestling in the lead-up to their fight, and Dern’s more amused than angry. The Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace she clapped back in her own kind of way, comparing Cooper to Dern’s last opponent, Ashley Yoder (via MMA Fighting):

“She doesn’t think I’m good at all, basically. It’s OK. I think that Ashley was a harder opponent than her. Ashley is like southpaw, tall. Most of Ashley’s losses by decision, never lost by submission. All of Amanda’s losses are by submission. So, I think the fight with Amanda is gonna be a good matchup with me. I think it’s gonna be way easier than against Ashley, who is taller and everything.”

“I think most people are gonna be surprised by the punches. I know they think like I click the automatic and you just go a little crazy. For sure, I’m a jiu-jitsu girl, but I’m not scared to punch. For sure, this fight I want to submit — like fast. The last fight with Ashley, I wanted to like stay standing up. I wanted to get the submission, but I didn’t have a rush to finish fast. But for Amanda, I want to submit fast. I’ll be in Brazil, I’m a Brazilian jiu-jitsu fighter, I want to like show jiu-jitsu. So, I’m going to finish as fast as possible this fight.”

Dern (6-0) admits she’s new to the trash talking aspect of the fight game, as her prior opponents never really did so prior to Cooper (3-3). But being a Brazilian fighting on a card in Brazil, Dern seems assured she will be the crowd favorite:

“It’s the first person I’m fighting that’s kind of talking about me, so I’m surprised. If it was in Vegas, I think it would be different. But man, she’s fighting in Brazil and she’s like talking a lot. I think it’s gonna be worse for her. … You know the ‘uhh vai morrer,’ they’re gonna say it no matter what, but the more she talks, the worst.”

“It’s OK that she thinks that, but she’s been submitted. So I think her ground needs to get better first before she says [something] about my ground.”

Dern and Cooper will meet on May 12 in Rio De Janeiro at UFC 224.

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