The Wiseman Report – All eyes on the WMMA debut of Mackenzie Dern at Legacy FC 58

She’s only 23-years-old, but BJJ world champion MacKenzie Dern (0-0-0) is ready to step into the cage. In four days, she makes her MMA debut in Lake Charles, Louisiana at Legacy FC 58.

She’ll be facing fellow rookie Kenia Rosas (0-0-0) at strawweight. Fight fans are wondering if she can successfully make the transition to mixed martial arts.

All eyes are on Dern. But in case you were wondering how the champ Amanda Nunes is doing:

Love is love 😘 @ufc #AndNew 🏆 pic.twitter.com/bE2OfbBkS2

— Amanda Nunes (@Amanda_Leoa) July 12, 2016

It’s fight week!

Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm (10-1-0) returns to face rising star Valentina Shevchenko (12-2-0) this weekend at UFC on FOX 20 in Chicago. Holm is favoured to win, but there’s been so many upsets lately. This is a golden opportunity for the Bullet to make a name for herself.

Holm, who won the ESPN Espy Award for best upset of the year,  is the bigger fighter with the reach and leg advantages.

Congrats @HollyHolm on your @ESPYS!!!!! #BestUpset #ESPYS | Can't wait for #UFCChicago next week! pic.twitter.com/5iIRCfqsOY

— UFC (@ufc) July 14, 2016

It will be up to Shevchenko and her camp to figure out how to go about getting into range.

I’m sure Valentina will be prepared. The Windy City is a nice place to visit, but there is business to take care of.

Beautiful Sunday in Chicago with the Team! #UFCChicago #BulletKOTeam #Sunday #MichiganLake pic.twitter.com/VDc5DtblWV

— Valentina Shevchenko (@BulletValentina) July 18, 2016

Holm is looking to get back on track towards a rematch with the champion.

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Wednesday of my last hard week of training. Going to finish strong. Thank you to Dr. Atchley at Atchley Family chiropractic for always helping keep me healthy. And of course I'm in my favorite @grrrl_clothing shirt. #505 👊🏻👍🏻

A post shared by Holly Holm (@hollyholm) on Jul 13, 2016 at 2:53pm PDT

Felice Herrig (10-6-0), who hasn’t fought since April of 2015 in a loss to Paige VanZant, takes on Kailin Curran (4-2-0) at UFC on FOX 20. Curran is coming off a win or Emily Kagan at UFC Fight Night 80.

@KailinCurran Putting in that hard work for @UFC fight night Chicago! @ParilloBoxing @rvcasport pic.twitter.com/oiAOLiYLZE

— Keanu Asing (@Keanu_Asing) July 14, 2016

Curran will enjoy a slight 1-inch leg reach advantage. Everything else is pretty much identical.

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Had to drop off #LBDQUINN at my parents for #FIGHTWEEK 😿 I sure am gonna miss my #Furbaby

A post shared by Felice Herrig (@feliceherrig) on Jul 18, 2016 at 2:14pm PDT

The defending UFC women’s strawweight champion of the world:

UFC UFC @nickdiaz209 #LasVegas #fighter #fighters #mma #wmma #joannachampion #joannajedrz… https://t.co/HLkoU46CjL pic.twitter.com/HNXmHKiuAn

— Joanna Jedrzejczyk (@joannamma) July 11, 2016

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See you next week!

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