Dern enjoyed an incredibly successful jiu-jitsu career before transitioning to mixed martial arts. That included becoming an ...

Some slick tap-outs went down in October 2025, but a former UFC champion getting a pivotal win took home Submission of the Month honors.

With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best submissions from May 2025: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie's ...

The UFC women's strawweight division has a new queen. Mackenzie Dern has spent her entire mixed martial arts career maturing ...

The decorated Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt continued to reassert herself as serious contender in the women’s strawweight division when she disposed of Amanda Ribas with an armbar in the third round ...

A former UFC title challenger hung up their gloves on a loss Saturday night. The UFC returned to Nashville for an action-packed Fight Night event headlined by heavyweights Derrick Lewis and the 6’7″ ...

Mackenzie Dern could only laugh and reluctantly answer when a male reporter asked he how much she could squat.

The landscape of women’s MMA has been shaped by seismic showdowns, Rousey vs. Holm, Cyborg vs. Nunes, Weili vs. Joanna, but none have carried the magnitude, anticipation, or legacy implications of ...