Bloody Elbow fight experts, Zane Simon & Dayne Fox, are here tonight – Sat., Oct. 9th., 2021, to breakdown the UFC Vegas 39: Mackenzie Dern vs. Marina Rodriguez event, which was broadcast from the cozy confines of the APEX Center in Las Vegas, NV. The guys will have hot takes, possible next fights, as well as reactions to the overall event. (SPOILERS...) After undergoing 4 cancelled bouts (2 due to COVID & 2 due to withdraws) while setting up this card; the UFC featured a short & early midday 9-bout Fight Night event, so as not to compete with the big Fury-Wilder 3 boxing event tonight. A Women’s StrawWeight bout took the spotlight as the headliner for the UFC Vegas 39 event. Up-and-comers, #5 ranked Mackenzie Dern & #6 ranked, Marina Rodriguez went to war with one another in the main event of this little card which many were simply calling, “Better than next weeks card?” All things said and done, now that this card is in the books, the main event actually wasn’t as lackluster as anticipated earlier this week. Dern & Rodriguez managed to put on a decent, entertaining show for us. Plus, the decision for Marina was a solid one by the judges for a change (49-46x3). For the co-main event, we had a fun WelterWeight brawl between Randy ‘Rudeboy’ Brown & Jared ‘Nitetrain’ Gooden. The fight went the distance, without grappling. The judges scorecard awarded Brown with a unanimous victory (30-27x3). Worth noting from the post-fight interview, “The first kick I threw, the uptick, dislocated my big toe.” - Randy Brown. We also had a couple decent finishes on the 4-bout main card from Mariya Agapova over Sabina Mazo, who threw a smashing punch & took the ‘W’ following it up with a nice rear naked choke at the opening of the 3rd Rd, & well worth mentioning, was our 1st finish of the card from Alexander Romanov over Jared Vanderaa, via KO/TKO G&P at the close of the 2nd Rd. During the 5-bout prelims card we had 2 relatively quick finishes as well, from Lupita Godinez over Silvana Gomez Juarez, via Armbar submission in the 1st Rd & from Steve Garcia over Charlie Ontiveros, via KO/TKO, G&P in the beginning of the 2nd Rd. Overall, this now mere 9-bout card saw only 1 exhilarating 1st Rd finish, 2 impressive KO/TKO’s, 1 sweet submission, & 5 hard-fought decisions including our main event, & 1 split. Rounding things out, bonuses for putting forth POTN efforts went to Mariya Agapova and Loopy Godinez; FOTN honors went to Marina Rodriguez vs. Mackenzie Dern. What a great afternoon of fights we have to share with you, join us to discuss all the action... Here’s a look at the fight card, updated fight records & results — UFC VEGAS 39: ‘MACKENZIE DERN VS MARINA RODRIGUEZ’ ESPN+ MAIN CARD | SAT. OCT 9 9. Marina Rodriguez (15-1) DEF. Mackenzie Dern (11-2) — DEC, Unanimous 8. Randy Brown (14-4) DEF. Jared Gooden (18-7) — DEC, Unanimous 7. Matheus Nicolau (17-2) DEF. Tim Elliott (17-12) — DEC, Unanimous 6. Mariya Agapova (9-2) DEF. Sabina Mazo (9-2) — SUB, Rear Naked Choke at 0:53 of Rd 3, Total 10:53 ESPN+ PRELIMS 5. Chris Gutierrez (17-3) DEF. Felipe Colares (10-3) — DEC, Split 4. Alexander Romanov (15-0) DEF. Jared Vanderaa (12-6) — KO/TKO, G&P at 4:43 of Rd 2, Total 9:43 3. Damon Jackson (19-4) DEF. Charles Rosa (14-6) — DEC, Unanimous 2. Lupita Godinez (6-1) DEF. Silvana Gómez Juárez (10-3) — SUB, Armbar at 4:14 of Rd 1 1. Steve Garcia (12-4) DEF. Charlie Ontiveros (11-8) — KO/TKO, G&P at 1:51 of Rd 2, Total 6:51 Be sure to follow Zane - @TheZaneSimon & Dayne - @TheDayneFox; and follow @BloodyElbow on twitter as well, for all the latest in MMA happenings. If you enjoy our show, "heart" us here on SC, or "like" & share over on whichever BE Presents Podcast Channel happens to be your listening platform of choice: YouTube, iTunes, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn, OverCast, Player FM, & Amazon Music.