Despite the infraction coming to light. MMA fans are had the feeling that this was gonna happen. Remember when Lightweight Champ Khabib was always teased prior to weigh ins when he failed to make weight and was dubbed tiramisu king when a pic of him was shown eating it a few days prior to weigh in, now that might change as Mackenzie Dern has missed weight by a whopping 7 pounds, she are now being mocked by alot of people online judging her as the Tiramisu Queen and maybe the hottest new meme sensation.
Dern, currently 1-0 in the UFC has had prior history of not making weight before ,and on Friday a repeat of her offenses was imminent once again. At the weigh-ins for the pay-per-view event, Dern hit the scales at 123 pounds, seven pounds over the strawweight limit of 116 pounds for her fight with Amanda Cooper on her home turf Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The undefeated 25-year-old weighed in with over an hour remaining and did not even make a second attempt. Dern has already failed twice to make the cut on her weightclass making this her third but has successfully made the weight for her Octagon debut this past March at UFC 222, but showing a lackluster fight and narrowly beating her competition, Ashley Yoder via split decision.
Despite this, her opponent Amanda Cooper was able to make the weight and even agreed to still fight Dern albeit a catchweight bout. Due to this the commission has decided to penalize 10 percent of Dern's purse and award it to Cooper due to the infraction. Further penalties were handed down by the UFC Brass they announced that an additional 20 percent of Dern’s show money, which will now be a 30%. Online critics were quick to say that Dern still stands to make more than her opponent barring Cooper to win a bonus.
When Cooper was asked about the recent events she was quick to show dismay and has shared her thoughts on Twitter regarding the situation:
Mai i te pou o muri i hanga e ahau he mea tino kore i whakaarohia kei te korero nei matou mo tetahi hui i mohiotia e matou kaore pea e puta. I tenei wa ko te Lightweight Champ Khabib i mua i te wa e ngaro ana i te Tiramisu, ka ngaro pea ia i te rongonui inaianei kua kore te taumaha a Amerika American Brazilian Mackenzie Dern i te taimaha, e kii ana ia i nga pauna moni e whitu, kei te moemoeia ia e te iwi i runga i te ipurangi hei whakatau ia ia hei Tiramusi Queen. Eiaha tatou e rave i te mea ta te mau taata na'ina'i ore e rave, a paraparau noa râ tatou i te ohipa.
Ko Dern i tenei wa 1-0 i roto i te UFC he raruraru kei te taimaha i mua, a, i runga i te hitori o te Paraire ka titiro ano. I te paerewa mo te mahi Payperview, i pa ai a Dern i nga pauna ki te 123 pauna, e whitu nga pauna i runga i te waahanga pauna o 116 pauna mo tana pakanga ki a Amanda Cooper i runga i te tipu o Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ko te 25-tau te pakeke i tukuna ki roto i roto i te neke atu i te haora e toe ana, a kaore ano ia i mahi i tetahi ngana tuarua. I te mea ka mohio etahi o te hunga kua hinga a Dern i te rua o nga waa ki te wero i tona taimaha, ka riro ano he taumaha pikaunga na te mea i tukinotia ia, engari i tino angitu ia mo te kapa Octagon i tenei Maehe i te UFC 222, ka tukino i tana whakataetae, a Ashley Yoder whakatau wehe.
Ahakoa te nui o te taumaha i ngaro, ka taea e tana hoariri, a Amanda Cooper, te hanga i te taumaha, me te whakaae ano kia whawhai tonu a Dern ahakoa he putea. Na konei kua whakatau te komiti ki te utu i te 10 orau o te putea a Dern, ka tukuna atu ki a Cooper na te mea he he. Ko etahi atu whiunga i tukuna e te UFC Brass i kii atu ratou he 20% o te moni whakaatu a Dern, he 30% tenei. Ko nga kaiwhakatakotoranga ipurangi e tere ana ki te korero kei te tu tonu a Dern ki te whakarahi atu i tana hoariri ki a Cooper ki te riro i te bonus.
I te wa i uihia ai a Cooper mo nga raruraru tata nei kua tere ia ki te whakaatu i te pouri, a, kua tuhia e ia ona whakaaro ki a Twitter mo te take:
The Season 23 of The Ultimate Fighter finalist Amanda "ABC" Cooper was marked by many to be another stepping stone for the surging Brazilian and with the crowd against her come fight night this will be a very entertaining fight to watch. I foresee roller-coaster match in Dern's adopted hometown of Rio de Janeiro.
In one of her interviews she asked about her decision to accept the fight despite the handicap Cooper said she did't hesitate and mentions that she had the gut feeling the her opponent might miss the weight again when asked about it she said that it almost made her cry knowing that all her efforts might all go to waste if she won't be fighting her, making it easy for her to make the decision and with conviction she stated that she will beat her opponent.
I was lucky to watch the weigh in live and when Dern took to the scales it was dead quiet with not one person saying anything. I'd like to point out that she had one whoe hour to try and cut more weight but she did not try. I know I've already pointed it out but let that sink in to you. She was in a main card on her home turf and she was not sick nor injured. In her defense this was a quick turn around for her, but on a recent interview of Nina Ansarroff (title contender Rocky Pennington's fiance) mentioned that she once had to cut from 140 to 115 in four weeks time which was way harder than Dern as she had 2 months to prepare and this was a fight that she had requested to be in. This clearly does not bode well for the young brazillan Jiu Jitsu Ace.
Ko Amanda "ABC" Cooper, he kaitito whakamutunga i te wa 23 o te Ultimate Fighter a kua tohuhia e te tokomaha kia waiho ano hei kohatu moepuku mo te puupatu o te toa me te mano ki a ia ka tae mai i te po, ka whawhai tenei ki te mataara kia kite ahau ka uru te roller-coaster ki te pa o Rio de Janeiro mo tenei.
I te wa i uihia ai mo tana whakatau ki te whakaae i te pakanga ahakoa te matekore, ka mea a Cooper, kaore ia i tatari ki te tango i te pakanga me te whakahua i te whakaaro o ia ka mate pea tona hoa whawhai ina ka uihia e ia ka mea ia ka tata tana tangi ma te mohio ka kaha nga mahi katoa ki te kore e whawhai ki a Dern, na, i te wa i tae mai ai te rongo ki a ia, he mea ngawari ki a ia te whakatau i tana whakataunga, me tana whakapono ka pakaru ia ki tana hoariri.
I kite ahau i te ora i te wa e pa ana te pauna me te wa i mau ai a Dern ki nga pauna kua mate te ata kaore he tangata e korero ana i tetahi mea. E hiahia ana ahau ki te tohu i te mea he kotahi te haora ki te whakamatautau me te tapahi i te taimaha kaore ia i ngana. E mohio ana ahau kua whakaaturia e ahau engari ka waiho ki roto ki a koe. I roto ia i tetahi kaari matua i runga i tana pungarehu whare, kaore ia i mate, i whara ranei. I roto i tana whakapae, he tere te huri ki a ia, engari i runga i tetahi uiuinga me Nina Ansarroff (taitara taitara a Rocky Pennington) i whakahua i tana waahi i tapahia i te 140 ki te 115 i roto i nga marama 4 i kaha atu i te Dern ia ia. 2 marama ki te whakarite me te whawhai tenei i tono ia ki te whakauru. Ehara tenei i te pai mo te taitamariki o Jiu Jitsu Ace
With the crowd still in support with the young Brazillian phenom, Mackenzie was able to land a big overhand that hit Amanda hard and they were soon on the ground where Dern's skill definitely outshines her opponent. Shortly after that Amanda succumbed to the threat of choking and submitted.
I te kaha tonu o te iwi ki te tautoko i te ahuatanga o te puia o te taitamariki, ka taea e Mackenzie te taatai i te whanui nui i mate ai a Amanda, kaore i roa i runga i te whenua i tino kaha ake te mohio o Dern i te hoariri. I muri noa iho i muri mai ka tukuna atu a Amanda ki tana hoariri.
Now ranked 15 in the Straweight division despite fighting almost a weigh class above it she also imporves her record to now 7-0-0 (2-0 UFC) remaining undefeated with 5 submissions to her game.
I tenei wa ko te 15 o te wehenga o te wehenga ahakoa te whawhai tonu i te papa taimaha i runga ake, ka whakapai ake ano ia i tana tuhi ki teianei 7-0-0 (2-0 UFC) kaore ano i tukuna ki te 5 tukunga ki tana whakataetae.
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