ABU DHABI — American Mackenzie Dern, ranked seventh among UFC strawweight contenders, won a unanimous decision over Canadian Lupita (Loopy) Godinez, ranked 10th, on Saturday on a UFC Fight Night card.
ABU DHABI — American Mackenzie Dern, ranked seventh among UFC strawweight contenders, won a unanimous decision over Canadian Lupita Godinez, ranked 10th, on Saturday on a UFC Fight Night card.
Loopy Godinez, the top-ranked Canadian among UFC fighters, was coming off a decision loss to Brazil's Virna Jandiroba in March that snapped a four-fight win streak. Dern, an accomplished grappler, took Godinez down with a trip with less than two minutes left in the first round, landing in the mount position. Godinez survived an armbar attempt, taking punches in the face from Dern as she defended the submission.
"I did a lot of boxing for a jiu-jitsu girl," said Dern, a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu who is a multiple IBJF world champion.Godinez was 14 when the family left Mexico for Vancouver. Her father's car business had received threats from a drug cartel so he decided to move the family to safety, telling the kids they were going to Disneyland on vacation.
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