Chael Sonnen scorched UFC strawweight Mackenzie Dern for a missed alternative at UFC Vegas 101.
UFC strawweight contender Mackenzie Dern received the promotion’s first major occasion of the 12 months at UFC Vegas 101 over a well-recognized foe, Amanda Ribas by submission. After a back-and-forth first few rounds of the struggle, Dern secured an armbar submission within the closing seconds of Spherical 3 to start her 2025 with a powerful efficiency.
Dern has now received two fights in a row and is marching in direction of a possible title shot. Regardless of getting post-fight mic time to name out the winner of the upcoming Zhang Weili vs. Tatiana Suarez title struggle, Dern didn’t name for a title shot and shared an unfocused plan for her subsequent UFC struggle.
Sonnen, whose legendary profession featured some of the greatest post-fight callouts, believes Dern’s failure to name anybody out at UFC Vegas 101 will preserve her from the belt.
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Chael Sonnen scorches Mackenzie Dern for post-fight remarks at UFC Vegas 101
Throughout a current episode of Good Man/Dangerous Man with Daniel Cormier, Sonnen roasted Dern for not calling for a title shot after her UFC Vegas 101 victory.
“I couldn’t return over Mackenzie’s profession and hand her one praise on something she’s finished from an leisure facet, couldn’t let you know one time she had a microphone in her hand and turned it right into a pipe bomb,” Sonnen stated. “I may let you know earlier than she made her UFC debut, a man named Chael Sonnen known as her to do a pure grappling match, straight up Jiu-Jitsu in opposition to somebody known as Miesha Tate, who was one of many largest names in the entire sport. And there was no sum of money to get Mackenzie on the airplane to do the match. Her reasoning? She wished to give attention to MMA.
“I attempted to elucidate to her that if she wished to interrupt into MMA, that is Miesha Tate, get your cash. And he or she by no means did it…lacking punches, blocking photographs together with her face. I’ve by no means seen Mackenzie get it proper…everybody likes her, myself included, everybody appears to be rooting for her for causes I actually can’t clarify to you.
“She appears like she does actually care concerning the sport…however so far as understanding what makes {dollars} has received to make sense, she doesn’t know what any of these phrases imply. I’ve by no means seen a second-generation athlete so unaware of the game that’s occurring round them.”
Dern, as of this writing, hasn’t responded to Sonnen’s criticisms. She’s the daughter of Megaton Dias, a extremely embellished Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu grappling ace.
Mackenzie Dern made the case for No. 1 contender struggle regardless of no post-fight callout
Dern, as soon as hailed because the ‘subsequent Ronda Rousey’, has had an up-and-down run in her UFC profession. She’s defeated the likes of Angela Hill, Virna Jandiroba, and Crazy Godinez, however has suffered defeats in opposition to eventual high title challengers Amanda Lemos and Yan Xiaonan.
After defeating Ribas at UFC Vegas 101, Dern makes a robust case for a No. 1 contender struggle in opposition to one other high strawweight, probably in a rematch in opposition to Xiaonan. However she is also known as upon for the backup fighter slot to Weili vs. Suarez subsequent month at UFC 312.
Regardless of her robust efficiency at UFC Vegas 101, Dern lacked a transparent path in her post-fight remarks, and Sonnen believes she made a major mistake in not highlighting herself amongst the highest contenders.
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