Mackenzie Dern is keen to continue climbing the strawweight rankings and thinks there’s a logical matchup waiting for her. Dern (12-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC), who is coming off a split-decision win over Tecia Torres at UFC 273 earlier this month, already is thinking about her next fight and likes the idea of a pairing against Yan Xiaonan . With everyone else in the top five booked, or Dern having already fought them recently, she sees Xiaonan (13-3 MMA, 6-2 UFC) as the right pairing. “I think Yan Xiaonan (is next),” Dern said during a recent interview on the “Believe You Me” podcast with Michael Bisping and Anthony Smith
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Mackenzie Dern targets Yan Xiaonan next because she’s the ‘most ready’ – MMA Junkie