Mackenzie Dern is a UFC strawweight that's currently on the rise and is looking to eventually fight for the title. The title fight is currently set to happen between current champion, Rose Namajunas and Carla Esparza.

The fight is a very interesting one as the two strawweights fought back in 2014 for the first time in the UFC. Mackenzie Dern sees a different result between Rose Namajunas and Carla Esparza this time around.

“I think Rose is going to win just because I think she’s evolved so much in all different areas,” UFC strawweight Dern told MMA Junkie. “Her ground, her takedowns – I mean just with her fight with Zhang Weili, they were taking each other down. So to see Rose getting the takedowns in that fight and stuff like that was really entertaining. Her striking – she’s precise. Her striking is just looking so good.”

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Mackenzie Dern is not counting out Carla Esparza in the UFC title fight. Rose Namajunas is an excellent champion but Esparza has been doing very well in the past couple of fights.

“I think Rose is is going to get the win, but I won’t be surprised if Carla gets an upset or something like that,” Dern said about the UFC title fight. “Carla has just gotten so good at implementing her game, and it’s like, who’s is going to win? The person that’s kind of more all around, or the person that’s Khabib-style that knows their game and can implement it and just put on that pressure no matter who she fights? That’s what I think Carla really brings to the table – that she’s good and no matter who she fights, she’s able to put her game (in place). I’m not like that.

“I know everyone says, ‘Take it to the ground, take it to the ground,’ and all of a sudden when I see I’m two rounds in and I’m striking, and I’m liking the striking – but obviously my striking is not exactly where I am with the other girls. So the fact that Carla has that experience and that maturity as a fighter to put her game with whoever, I think that’s dangerous. But I don’t see Rose giving up her neck or the back like she did the first time.”