Watch: Dern scores win over Cooper via RNC after missing weight
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One day after missing weight by seven pounds, Mackenzie Dern used a rear-naked choke to earn a first-round submission win over Amanda Cooper on the main card of UFC 224.
Mackenzie Dern with the nasty right hand and quick rear naked choke. Despite the missed weight, what a showing. #UFC224 pic.twitter.com/p2Q5Rq8NBw
— Ahmar Khan (@AhmarSKhan) May 13, 2018
Cooper was awarded a portion of Dern's show money to keep the fight on but said Friday that she felt disrespected by the lack of effort to get under 115 pounds.
The win moved Dern, a former Brazilian jiu-jitsu champion, to 7-0 in her MMA career and 2-0 in the UFC.