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Mackenzie Dern put together the most complete performance of her UFC career in the main event of Saturday’s UFC Vegas 73 fight card. Dern dominated her strawweight bout against Angela Hill and picked up a fight-night bonus to go with her one-sided decision victory.
While primarily known for her grappling skills, Dern showed she is getting more comfortable, confident, and aggressive with her striking. In the process of defeating Hill, Mackenzie Dern put up personal bests in significant strikes landed in a UFC fight (126), significant strikes attempted (210), total strikes landed (247), total strikes attempted (340), and significant strike percentage landed in a fight that went the distance (60 percent). Dern also picked up her first knockdown since 2018 in the win over Hill and had a UFC career-high three takedowns while securing a UFC career-high of 13:12 in control time.
Hill lost the fight, but the UFC veteran broke several of her own UFC strawweight records at UFC Vegas 73, including marks related to total significant strikes and total strikes landed for the weight division.
Below, we take a deep dive into the stats from Saturday’s UFC Vegas 73 event. The evening’s card, which took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, streamed on ESPN+.
UFC: Mackenzie Dern vs. Angela Hill – Fights and Results
- Total Fights: 12
- Unanimous Decisions: 5
- Split Decision: 1
- KOs/TKOs: 6
UFC Vegas 73: Dern vs. Hill – Fights by Weight Division
- Heavyweight: 1
- Middleweight: 1
- Welterweight: 3
- Lightweight: 3
- Catchweight: 1
- Women’s Flyweight: 1
- Women’s Strawweight: 2
UFC Vegas 73: Dern vs. Hill Fight Card Stats
- Total Knockdowns Landed: 9
- Total Submission Attempts: 7
- Total Reversals: 4
- Total Significant Strikes Attempted: 2,801
- Total Significant Strikes Landed: 1,437
- Total Significant Head Strikes Attempted: 2,231
- Total Significant Head Strikes Landed: 983
- Total Significant Body Strikes Attempted: 399
- Total Significant Body Strikes Landed: 304
- Total Significant Leg Strikes Attempted: 171
- Total Significant Leg Strikes Landed: 150
- Total Significant Distance Strikes Attempted: 2,328
- Total Significant Distance Strikes Landed: 1,080
- Total Significant Clinch Strikes Attempted: 272
- Total Significant Clinch Strikes Landed: 198
- Total Significant Ground Strikes Attempted: 201
- Total Significant Ground Strikes Landed: 159
- Total Strikes Attempted: 3,367
- Total Strikes Landed: 1,910
- Total Takedowns Attempted: 85
- Total Takedowns Landed: 27
Noteworthy Statistical Fights from Dern vs. Hill Fight Card
- Shortest Three-Round Fight: Natalia Silva TKOs Victoria Leonardo at 2:58 of Round 1.
- Latest Finish in a Three-Round Fight: Anthony Hernandez TKOs Edmen Shahbazyan at 1:01 of Round 3.
- Most Takedowns Landed: Anthony Hernandez with six takedowns on 15 attempts vs. Edmen Shahbazyan.
- Most Submission Attempts: Anthony Hernandez with four submission attempts vs. Edmen Shahbazyan.
- Most Knockdowns Landed: Viacheslav Borshchev with three knockdowns vs. Maheshate.
- Most Significant Strikes Landed in a Three-Round Fight: Chase Hooper with 149 significant strikes landed on 245 attempts vs. Nick Fiore.
Angela Hill sets new UFC Records against Mackenzie Dern
- Angela Hill breaks her own record with 22 fights in the UFC’s strawweight division
- Angela Hill breaks her own record with 5:18:33 of total fight time in the UFC’s strawweight division
- Angela Hill breaks her own record with 1,735 significant strikes landed in the UFC’s strawweight division.
- Angela Hill breaks her own record with 2,016 total strikes landed in the UFC’s strawweight division.
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