| UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Rodriguez | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Rodriguez | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | October 9, 2021 (2021-10-09) | |||
| Venue | UFC Apex | |||
| City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Attendance | Not announced[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Rodriguez (also known asUFC Fight Night 194,UFC Vegas 39 andUFC on ESPN+ 52) was amixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 9, 2021 at theUFC Apex facility inEnterprise, Nevada, part of theLas Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.[2]
A women's strawweight bout betweenMarina Rodriguez andMackenzie Dern headlined the event.[3]
A middleweight bout betweenPhil Hawes andDeron Winn was expected to take place at the event.[4] The pairing was initially scheduled to meet on July 17 atUFC on ESPN: Makhachev vs. Moisés, but Winn pulled out of that event citing a chest injury.[5] In turn, Winn withdrew the day before the event due to health issues.[6] He was briefly replaced byChris Curtis, but Hawes declined the bout and it was ultimately scrapped.[7]
Michael Trizano andChas Skelly were scheduled to meet in a featherweight bout at the event.[8] However, Skelly was removed from the bout two weeks before the event due to undisclosed reasons.[9] As a result, the bout was canceled.
A middleweight bout betweenJamie Pickett andLaureano Staropoli was originally scheduled for this event.[10] However, the bout was moved toUFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori after one of Pickett's coachestested positive for COVID-19.[11]
Sam Hughes was expected to faceLupita Godinez in a women's strawweight bout at this event.[12] However, Hughes was pulled from the bout after testing positive forCOVID-19 and was replaced by promotional newcomerSilvana Gómez Juárez.[13]
At the weigh-ins,Jared Gooden weighed in at 174 pounds, three pounds over the welterweight non-title fight limit. His bout proceeded at a catchweight and he forfeited 20% of his purse to his opponentRandy Brown.[14]
| Main card (ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Women’s Strawweight | Marina Rodriguez | def. | Mackenzie Dern | Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | |
| Catchweight (174 lb) | Randy Brown | def. | Jared Gooden | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Flyweight | Matheus Nicolau | def. | Tim Elliott | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Flyweight | Mariya Agapova | def. | Sabina Mazo | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 3 | 0:53 | |
| Bantamweight | Chris Gutiérrez | def. | Felipe Colares | Decision (split) (28–29, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Alexander Romanov | def. | Jared Vanderaa | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:43 | |
| Featherweight | Damon Jackson | def. | Charles Rosa | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Strawweight | Lupita Godinez | def. | Silvana Gómez Juárez | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 4:14 | |
| Lightweight | Steve Garcia | def. | Charlie Ontiveros | TKO (punches) | 2 | 1:51 | |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[16]
