Forward of her upcoming UFC Vegas 61 most important occasion this weekend in ‘Sin Metropolis’, grappling standout, Mackenzie Dern has touted former undisputed light-weight champion, Charles Oliveira as the very best Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu participant in skilled blended martial arts right now.
Dern, who at the moment holds the #5 rank within the official strawweight pile, is slated to take headlining honors for the second time in her Octagon tenure, drawing Chinese talent, Yan Xiaonan at the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Returning to the winner’s enclosure following a unanimous resolution loss to Brazilian striker, Marina Rodriguez in her premier promotional most important occasion, Dern would land a break up resolution success towards perennial contender, Tecia Torres at UFC 273 again in April of this 12 months.
A hugely-decorated Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu participant in her personal proper, Dern, a local of Arizona, holds a whopping 5 submission victories throughout his Octagon stint already, nevertheless, has touted the promotion’s most prolific submission artist, Oliveira, as the very best grappler in blended martial arts right now.
“In my view, the very best Jiu-Jitsu (fighter) within the UFC is Charles ‘Do Bronx’ (Oliveira),” Mackenzie Dern instructed MMA Fighting reporter, Damon Martin. “Due to his Jiu-Jitsu in MMA. In Jiu-Jitsu, he wasn’t a black belt world champion or ADCC world champion or something so it wasn’t like within the Jiu-Jitsu world he’s essentially the most well-known man in Jiu-Jitsu however in MMA, for me, he has the very best Jiu-Jitsu in MMA.”
“Most submissions, is aware of play on his again, is aware of play on prime,” Mackenzie Dern mentioned of Charles Oliveira. “If you wish to know the very best Jiu-Jitsu in MMA, Charles ‘Do Bronx’.”
Mackenzie Dern additionally showers reward on welterweight contender, Gilbert Burns
While Dern labels Oliveira as the very best Jiu-Jitsu fighter in skilled blended martial arts right now, the strawweight additionally touted Oliveira’s compatriot, one-time welterweight title chaser, Gilbert Burns because the “most high-level” Jiu-Jitsu practitioner within the sport.
“The perfect Jiu-Jitsu athlete that’s in UFC now, that’s arduous however ‘Durinho’ Gilbert Burns, for positive,” Mackenzie Dern defined. “His Jiu-Jitsu sport after we have been within the Jiu-Jitsu world, individuals stopped to observe him combat. World champion, ADCC, loopy and he’s ready to try this in MMA. A Jiu-Jitsu man, putting, he goes in, he’s not frightened of getting punched and he has his takedowns and the whole lot.”
“I feel essentially the most high-level Jiu-Jitsu man in MMA now’s ‘Durinho’ however the very best Jiu-Jitsu for MMA, Charles ‘Do Bronx’.”
