Mackenzie Dern turned in a dominant performance in the main event of UFC Fight Night 224.
Over the course of five rounds, Dern showed off improved striking while smothering Hill on the mat with relentless strikes and submission attempts, which was shown on the one-sided scorecards when it was all said and done.
Check out the top reactions on Twitter to the main event bout at the UFC Apex below:
Brianna Van Buren
Who y’all got ? Dern or Hill?? #UFCVegas
— BriannaTheBull (@briannathebull) May 21, 2023
Caposa
Maybe she doesn’t need wrestling if she can sit people down like that
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) May 21, 2023
Sean Sheehan
An absolute shalacking in round one from Dern. Credit to Hill for surviving that. #UFC
— Seán Sheehan (@SeanSheehanBA) May 21, 2023
Aaron Bronsteter
Hill survives and the question is whether Dern did enough damage to score a 10-8
— Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter) May 21, 2023
Drake Riggs
That was a MacKenzie Dern first round if there’s ever been one. Hill saved by the bell. #UFCVegas73
— Drake Riggs (@DrakeRiggs_) May 21, 2023
Aljamain Sterling
Dern fighting like she’s pissed off! This is a different kind of intensity from her. Impressive how Hill survived that armbar attack. Round 2! #UFCVegas73
— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) May 21, 2023
Luke Thomas
She certainly isn’t spending nearly as much in mechanically disadvantageous positions as normal. Much better GNP as a result. Overall better urgency, too. https://t.co/TxiLZu8oxd
— Luke Thomas🏋️♂️ (@lthomasnews) May 21, 2023
Adam Hunter
Dern’s striking has improved almost as much as her fake accent. #UFC
— MMA Roasted (@MMARoasted) May 21, 2023
Anthony Walker
Just get the bonus checks ready now. Hill and Dern are going at it #UFCVegas73
— Anthony Walker (@AntWalkerMMA) May 21, 2023
Raquel Pennington
1-1 Dern vs Hill. These girls are bringing the 🔥🔥🔥 @ufc
— Raquel Pennington (@RockyPMMA) May 21, 2023
Kai Kamaka III
this is a scrap!!!!
— Kai Kamaka III (@kaiboikamaka) May 21, 2023
Stephie Haynes
Why did she go for the takedown???? She is killing her on the feet. That was so dumb. Wasted a potential KO. #UFCVegas73
— Stephie Haynes (@CrooklynMMA) May 21, 2023
Trevin Jones
These women are bad @ufc go dern go hill both tough as it gets #ufc
— Trev5starjones.eth (@TrevinAJones) May 21, 2023
Shaheen Al-Shatti
That’s legitimately the meanest Mackenzie Dern has looked in her entire UFC career. Wow. Hellacious work from her tonight. #UFCVegas73
— Shaheen Al-Shatti (@shaunalshatti) May 21, 2023
Jon Anik
Mackenzie Dern is fighting like a world champion tonight. Wow.
— Jon Anik (@Jon_Anik) May 21, 2023
Andreas Hale
This Dern-Hill fight is giving me anxiety. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Mackenzie Dern fight with this much ferocity and Angie is tough as nails. #UFCVegas73
— Andreas Hale (@AndreasHale) May 21, 2023
Corey Anderson
I bet no one thought this fight was gonna go like this!! I thought for sure first exchange on the ground Dern would wrap Hill up. But Hill is showing she is a TRUE warrior and a gamer in there. Surviving some tough situations over and over. 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿#UFCVegas73 #ufcfightnight
— Corey ‘Overtime’ Anderson (@CoreyA_MMA) May 21, 2023
Natan Levy
Angela Hill has no quit in her!#UFC
— Natan Levy ✡︎ (@Natan_Levy) May 21, 2023
Raquel Pennington
Derns cardio is wicked!!! You can see the power behind her punches!!! @ufc
— Raquel Pennington (@RockyPMMA) May 21, 2023
Luke Thomas
Dern is absolutely fighting with more urgency and is showing better GNP than normal. That’s m