Marina Rodriguez and Mackenzie Dern Agree on Two Things Ahead of Their Fight in October

Marina Rodriguez and Mackenzie Dern are facing each other in the main event for UFC Fight Night on October 9, at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. While both women are preparing for a five-round war against one another and while they are both after strawweight gold, they also agree on two things. Their prediction for the rematch between strawweight champion Rose Namajunas and former champion Zhang Weili, and that a finish or a five-round war is coming between her and Dern.

Both women picked Namajunas to win, Dern made the prediction and feels she can serve as a backup fighter should one be needed for UFC 268. Rodriguez was not asked in her interview with James Lynch for MMANews.com if that is something she would be interested in or not, but she feels something else will happen if Namajunas does not win.

“I believe Rose [Namajunas] will win again,” Rodriguez said, and added,” If she doesn’t, I believe the divisions will be once again, stuck. If you look at the past four years, it’s been the same four people fighting…