The UFC women's strawweight division has a new queen. Mackenzie Dern has spent her entire mixed martial arts career maturing in the spotlight. On Saturday, her ever-evolving striking game lifted her to a pivotal win over Virna Jandiroba at UFC 321.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship returned to action this weekend with UFC 321 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The event was headlined by a championship doubleheader. In the co-main event,

Virna Jandiroba and Mackenzie Dern met for the second time in the co-main event of UFC 321 to crown a new strawweight champion.

UFC 321 winner Mackenzie Dern spoke to MMA Junkie and reporters post-fight after her vacant strawweight title victory over Virna Jandiroba.

Mackenzie Dern can finally call herself a UFC champion after securing a unanimous decision win over Virna Jandiroba to claim the vacant strawweight title in the UFC 321 co-main event.

The Brazilian jiu-jitsu star-turned-MMA standout completed a nine-year journey, defeating Virna Jandiroba in a hard-fought five-round contest in the co-main event of UFC 321 on Saturday to claim a vacant strawweight belt. This is the second win for Dern over Jandiroba after she won a decision over the Brazilian in December 2020.

In the UFC 321 co-main event Saturday, Dern (16-5 MMA, 11-5 UFC) defeated Virna Jandiroba by unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) to claim ownership to the vacant 115-pound title. The bout took place at Etihad Arena on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi.

The UFC strawweight division is officially entering a new era, as Mackenzie Dern defeated Virna Jandiroba by unanimous decision to win the vacant strawweight championship in the co-main event of UFC 321 on Saturday.

Mackenzie Dern could only laugh and reluctantly answer when a male reporter asked he how much she could squat.

Mackenzie Dern became just the sixth different name to become strawweight champion Saturday when she defeated Virna Jandiroba at UFC 321 to claim the vacant belt.

In a 5-round women's strawweight championship bout in the co-main event, Virna Jandiroba and Mackenzie Dern meet Saturday at UFC 321 in Abu Dhabi.

MACKENZIE DERN is the glamorous Brazilian jiu-jitsu phenom who was seemingly always destined to fight for UFC gold. And she’ll do just that TONIGHT in the co-main event of UFC 321, which