The principle occasion on ESPN+ encompasses a strawweight showdown between Mackenzie Dern and Angela Hill.
As said in my in-depth breakdown, I truly leaned towards Hill when this battle was initially set to happen in a regulation-sized octagon in Charlotte.
Nevertheless, after this battle getting shifted to the smaller octagon of the UFC APEX, I now consider that the stylistic edge resides with Dern.
🧵 Some attention-grabbing small cage stats forward of #UFCVegas73:
• Mackenzie Dern is formally 4-2 within the smaller smaller APEX octagon, the place Angela Hill at the moment sits at 1-3
— Dan Tom (@DanTomMMA) May 18, 2023
Nonetheless, it’s arduous to disregard the elephant within the room in regard to Dern’s admitted struggles within the lead-up to this battle (one thing I used to be not aware about when locking in my prediction). For that purpose, I don’t blame anybody for taking Hill on this spot.
Regardless of being the older fighter, Hill has proven strong enhancements in her counter wrestling that need to be acknowledged. Whereas Dern, who was gifted an terrible resolution in a battle the place she was clearly outstruck by Tecia Torres, might simply be winless in her final three fights.
However I digress.
My coronary heart is with Hill, however I’ll stick with my preliminary prediction of Dern by second-round submission.
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