In 8 ufc fights, Dern has only 3 takedowns.

[TIMELESS TRUTH]

I will mention at no point was Dern even close to getting finished where as her opponent was saved 2x by the bell. It's more an issue with MMA having all rounds start on the feet. Don't get me wrong, she lost the fight and has heaps of work to do, but her opponent had 3.5 rounds to impose her will in her wheel house and get the finish and the only moments anyone looks like getting finished belonged to Dern. 2 years from now IF Dern works out how to throw a 1-2 into a takedown she wins that fight. That's not a hard thing to teach someone in 2 years if she gets it to click. Her defence was pretty good on the boxing side of things, she needs to add some checks and learn how to counter kicks into takedowns better.

If she can throw straight and crowd her opponents she will continuue to win more than she loses with some minor adjustements. That's scary to think with how that fight played out.

I love when WMMA "fans" get this desperate...
How pathetic!?!!
This dude wants the rules to change all because Dern lost! Lolololol

 

[Shaddows]

No she trains and lives in Cali . Her father gym is in AZ.

Oh!
I was not aware. Thanks!

 

[Thawing Mammoth]

Isn't it kinda weird how the number one thing you need to do is get the fight to the ground and you have no way of taking it to the ground

Don't you think?

 

[battouter]

Anyways, I'm just wondering what you think Dern should do next.

go fight cans in other orgs while making more money like kayla harrison or if that doesn't work out. get advice from pvz on how to onlyfans.

 

[Zebra Cheeks]

Offically, she has only landed 3 takedowns in her ufc career. This should be a glaring weakness in her game by now, right? Do you think she's at the right gym to fix this weakness? and if not, where do you think she should go?

It doesn't seem like there's as many good wrestling focused gyms for WMMA fighters as there are for males. For instance, AKA is obviously a great wrestling gym, but they seem to have very few female bodies for Dern to train with there.

Anyways, I'm just wondering what you think Dern should do next.

She also is one of the fastest finishers of all time once she gets to the mat. In other words, she doesn’t get there easily, but she averages a finish per 4 minutes on the ground. So she’s quite efficient

 

[Boxingfan998]

Offically, she has only landed 3 takedowns in her ufc career. This should be a glaring weakness in her game by now, right? Do you think she's at the right gym to fix this weakness? and if not, where do you think she should go?

It doesn't seem like there's as many good wrestling focused gyms for WMMA fighters as there are for males. For instance, AKA is obviously a great wrestling gym, but they seem to have very few female bodies for Dern to train with there.

Anyways, I'm just wondering what you think Dern should do next.

For me the glaring weakness is striking. It's abysmal and the problem is her reaction time & speed. She seems sluggish compared to the competitors.
She's an amazing fighter and BJJ martial artist though. The problem is she's going to get pieced up if she cannot get faster and better with her striking and setting up the takedowns. Classic case of a Judoka or BJJ artist, going to MMA with zero striking ability.

Other than that, I praise her will. She's obviously a tough woman that wants to win. But that's not enough. Against more vicious strikers, they're going to tear her face and body off with vicious boxing and kicking. She has a serious hole in her game there. Similar to Ronda Rousey in truth.

 

[D 1 Wrestler]

You're just repeating what I told you and contradicting yourself. I just told you that fighter sponsorship took a hit with the Reebok deal. Now you're claiming that fighters make more money from sponsors than they do from fighting. Get your story straight.

It didn't take a hit. Fighters can make more via social media than they could prior to Reebok. Reebok simply slightly limited when and where they could push their sponsors. But IG sponsors don't care because they want them posting on IG not wearing a small logo on their shorts for 15 minutes

 

[Boxingfan998]

I think her next move should be to stop faking an accent and using bad English grammar

Enough with this BS.
Why would people even do that? <Lmaoo> It's preposterous.

 

[Zed237]

Not surprising for some BJJ enthusiasts. Neglecting wrestling. See Brian Ortega.

 

[woodsideQ]

Should women be fighting differently than men for there to be women-focused gyms?

it's 2021. equality for all.

 

[woodsideQ]

Well, damn, if true that's pretty crazy stat, considering that she also has 4 submissions in UFC too.

Does that include yesterday's fight? Cause I'm sure she scored 1 or 2.

but you can secure a submission without a takedown....

 

[woodsideQ]

I think her next move should be to stop faking an accent and using bad English grammar

it is funny....white americans try pretty hard to be something else, yet people claim that white americans have so much privledge....makes little sense