Mackenzie Dern hasn't been struggling to attract the attention of the UFC audience. Love her or hate her she's a star in the making. However what weight division she might star in is still under a question mark.
One person who was livid over the latest development is Angela Hill. The first african-american female fighter in the UFC got bumped off of top 15 rankings as soon as Dern entered it. Hill tweeted:
"Well this is a big fat slap in the face. I’ve fought top competition, beat #14 and the rankings finally grace me with #15 ranking, just to get bumped by a fucking Flyweight."
https://twitter.com/AngieOverkill/status/997154087249498112
- AngieOverkill
Felice Herrig also openly criticized the decision to include Dern in top15 division rankings:
I’m going to weigh in on the 
1- For the most part 1-5 are pretty accurate across all weight divisions, but after that the rankings are a crap shoot.2- These days hype trains seem to be gifted rankings over actually having to fight to the top.
3- #McenzieDern misses weight by 7.5 pounds, which makes her closer to a #Flyweight than strawweight. She beats an unranked fighter and takes @angieoverkillwell earned #15 spot when her only actual win in the ufc as a #straweight was to #Ashleyyoder. McEnzie won by a very close split decision, while Angela won unanimously. So why does Angela get bumped??
4- Justine Kish isn’t even in the top 15, although she beat #14#NinaAnsaroff unanimously and #11#RandaMarkos. Justine did move up to Flyweight but so did #calderwood. So why is Calderwood even in the rankings anymore?
5- If #waterson is #7 & I’m #8 then 9, 10 & 11 are all out of order…
6- I beat #Grasso unanimous decision , I beat #casey split. Waterson beats casey split decision. Casey finishes Markos, while Grasso takes her to split. So the rankings should actually be: #7 Waterson#8 Herrig#9 Casey #10 Grasso #11 Markos Even if Dern made weigh there is no factual reasoning as to why or how she could take Angela’s spot other than a massive glitch in the matrix.
LBD out!
source: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bi5XhCfHlgZ/
Worth noting is that Mackenzie Dern drew 1.000.000 views in her mma debut -
The show went against significant sports competition. ESPN had the University of North Carolina vs. Duke college basketball game at 3,369,000 viewers. The NBA on ABC had Boston vs. Houston doing 3,193,000 viewers. The NHL on NBC with Toronto vs. Washington did 1,107,000 viewers. – according to MMAfighting.com
source: https://www.mmafighting.com/2018/3/7/17093040/mackenzie-derns-ufc-debut-draws-most-viewers-on-ufc-222-undercard