The women’s strawweight title will be on the line in the UFC 330 co-main event on Aug. 15 in Philadelphia. Champion Mackenzie Dern (16-5) puts here championship on the line for the first time against No. 5 ranked Gillian Robertson (17-8). The fight promotion announced the matchup on Wednesday.
Dern won the championship at UFC 321 last October, defeating Virna Jandiroba by unanimous decision. She’ll enter the her first title defense riding a three-fight winning streak.
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Robertson will make the walk to the octagon inside Xfinity Mobile Arena carrying with her a five-fight winning streak. The Canadian last felt defeat in June 2023. The matchup pits two submission specialists against each other.
Dern, a jiu-jitsu world champion, has won half of her mixed marital arts bouts via submission. Robertson holds the record for the most submission wins in UFC women’s history with seven.
