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UFC on ESPN 9: Mackenzie Dern vs. Hannah Cifers odds, picks and best bets

Previewing Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 9 fight between Mackenzie Dern and Hannah Cifers, with MMA betting odds, picks, tips and bets.

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Mackenzie Dern and Hannah Cifers do battle in a women’s strawweight bout on the main card at UFC on ESPN 9 – also known as Fight Night 176 – at the UFC’s Apex Facility in Las Vegas. The card kicks off Saturday at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN/ESPN+.

Dern (7-1) is a heavy favorite in this match against Cifers (10-4). Dern won her first seven professional fights before falling to Amanda Ribas last time out by unanimous decision Oct. 12. Two of Dern’s three fights at the UFC level have gone the distance, with a submission win over Amanda Cooper May 12, 2018 as her only fight in the UFC to finish inside the distance. While we haven’t seen it at the UFC level yet, Dern is deadly on the canvas, as four of her seven professional wins have come by submission, with the rear-naked choke as her specialty.

Cifers is coming off a Jan. 25 KO/TKO loss to Angela Hill. Two of Cifers’ four fights at the UFC level have finished inside the distance, falling in each bout by knockout. In 14 career professional fights she has never won via submission, but he has lost once, and that came via rear-naked choke. She’ll want to keep this fight upright to have any chance, as she has recorded 4.82 significant strikes landed per minute, and a 45.16 significant strike-accuracy percentage.

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Mackenzie Dern vs. Hannah Cifers betting odds

Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Thursday, May 28 at 6:15 a.m. ET.

Dern (-400) is the heavy favorite to win this one over Cifers (+305), and rightly so. Dern is the more well-rounded fighter, and it should be over quickly as long as she avoids the big blow from Cifers.

It would be worth a roll of the dice to take DERN TO WIN BY SUBMISSION (-106), as Cifers isn’t very good defensively on the ground. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to couple this with the NO (-213): WILL THE FIGHT GO THE DISTANCE? prop, too.

New to sports betting? A $10 bet on Dern (-400) to win only returns a profit of $2.50. A $10 bet of No (-213) on the fight going the distance pays a $4.69 return, and a $10 bet for Dern to win by submission (-106) pays $9.43.

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UFC on ESPN 9: Make your predictions for Tyron Woodley vs. Gilbert Burns

We want your predictions for Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 9 event in Las Vegas.

We want your predictions for Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 9 event in Las Vegas.

Our staff picks feature includes the consensus picks from MMA Junkie readers. Simply cast your vote for each bout below, and we’ll use the official tallies that are registered by Thursday at noon ET (9 a.m. PT).

Those MMA Junkie reader consensus picks will be part of the UFC on ESPN 9 event staff predictions we release Friday ahead of the event. UFC on ESPN 9 is expected to take place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. It first must be approved by the Nevada Athletic Commission at a Wednesday meeting. The card airs on ESPN and streams ESPN+.

Make your picks for all five main card fights inside:

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Dana White announces full UFC on ESPN 9 lineup for May 30 in Las Vegas

UFC on ESPN 9 has a full lineup and location to go with its May 30 date, even if it doesn’t officially have approval from a governing body.

UFC on ESPN 9 has a full lineup and location to go with its May 30 date, even if it doesn’t officially have approval from a governing body.

On Thursday, UFC president Dana White announced the event – headlined by a previously reported welterweight clash between ex-champion [autotag]Tyron Woodley[/autotag] and [autotag]Gilbert Burns[/autotag] – will take place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. At the moment, combat sports have yet to be reinstated in Nevada, but that is expected to happen next Wednesday during a Nevada Athletic Commission meeting.

Woodley, No. 2 in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie welterweight rankings, is fighting for the first time since March 2019, when he lost the title to Kamaru Usman. No. 12 Burns, meanwhile, is riding a five-fight winning streak heading into his first UFC headliner, most recently defeating Demian Maia by TKO in March.

“This kid’s on fire right now. Him and Woodley should be fun,” White said. “… He matches up very well against Woodley. This should be a really, really fun fight.”

The UFC on ESPN 9 co-headliner pits [autotag]Blagoy Ivanov[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Augsto Sakai[/autotag] in a heavyweight fight. Also featured on the card will be jiu-jitsu ace [autotag]Mackenzie Dern[/autotag], who looks to rebound from the first loss of her career. [autotag]Kevin Holland[/autotag] also will be fighting just two weeks removed from his 39-second victory over Anthony Hernandez at UFC on ESPN 8.

The complete UFC on ESPN 9 lineup includes:

MAIN CARD (9 p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN+)

  • Gilbert Burns vs. Tyron Woodley
  • Blagoy Ivanov vs. Augusto Sakai
  • Kevin Holland vs. Daniel Rodriguez
  • Roosevelt Roberts vs. Brok Weaver
  • Hannah Cifers vs. Mackenzie Dern

PRELIMINARY CARD (6 p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN+)

  • Katlyn Chookagian vs. Antonina Shevchenko
  • Spike Carlyle vs. Billy Quarantillo
  • Klidson Abreu vs. Jamahal Hill
  • Tim Elliott vs. Brandon Royval
  • Casey Kenney vs. Louis Smolka
  • Chris Gutierrez vs. Vince Morales

Hannah Cifers vs. Mackenzie Dern in the works for UFC event on May 23

A strawweight bout between Hannah Cifers and Mackenzie Dern in the works for May 23.

Seems [autotag]Mackenzie Dern[/autotag] will return to action next month.

The jiu-jitsu star has a strawweight bout against [autotag]Hannah Cifers[/autotag] in the works for a May 23 UFC event. The news was first reported by MMA Fighting and later confirmed by MMA Junkie’s Nolan King.

The UFC has yet to announce the event. Location for the May 23 card is currently unknown, but could be in Jacksonville, Fla., where the UFC will be having its next three events on May 9, 13 and 16.

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Dern (7-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) was booked to fight at UFC Lincoln on April 25 against Ariane Carnelossi, but the bout was scrapped as the UFC was forced to cancel the card due to coronavirus restrictions. Dern last fought in October, when she suffered her first professional loss in a decision against Amanda Ribas.

Meanwhile, Cifers (10-4 MMA, 2-2 UFC) will look to bounce back from a technical knockout loss to Angela Hill back in January. The defeat snapped a two-fight winning streak for the 27-year-old fighter.

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Report: Mackenzie Dern returns against Ariane Carnelossi at UFC Lincoln

Mackenzie Dern returns to action when she takes on Ariane Carnelossi at UFC Lincoln.

[autotag]Mackenzie Dern[/autotag] will return to the octagon after suffering her first career blemish as a pro.

Dern (7-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) will reportedly take on [autotag]Ariane Carnelossi[/autotag] (12-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) at UFC Lincoln on April 25, according to Brazilian outlet Combate.

Carnelossi also posted about the contest on Instagram.

After more than a year-and-a-half hiatus from the sport due to pregnancy, Dern returned to action against Amanda Ribas at this past October’s UFC on ESPN+ 19. However, Dern was outstruck over the course of three rounds, as she was unable to get the fight to the ground. She will now look to rebound, when she takes on another fellow Brazilian in Carnelossi.

Carnelossi is coming off a third-round stoppage loss to Angela Hill in her UFC debut at this past September’s UFC on ESPN+ 17 in Mexico City, which snapped her 12-fight winning streak.

The current UFC Lincoln lineup includes:

  • Anthony Smith vs. Glover Teixeira
  • Evan Dunham vs. Michael Johnson
  • Anthony Rocco Martin vs. David Zawada
  • Zak Cummings vs. Andrew Sanchez
  • Cynthia Calvillo vs. Antonina Shevchenko
  • Ariane Carnelossi vs. Mackenzie Dern

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