With the UFC Fight Night coming up this weekend, fans are excited for this one. Fans around the world will get to some interesting fights on this card. The card will be headlined by Mackenzie Dern and Angela Hill from the women’s bantamweight division. The co-main event will feature Edmen Shahbazyan who will face Anthony Hernandez at 185 pounds. Mackenzie Dern who is a jiu jitsu black belt gets her skills from her father. Here is everything we know about Mackenzie Dern’s father.
The rest of the fight card also looks like it will deliver. Other than the co-main and the main event there are some more interesting fights on this card.
Mackenzie Dern’s Father:
Mackenzie Dern is one of the best in the octagon when it comes to Jiu Jitsu. The fight is almost always done if Mackenzie Dern gets a hold of her opponents and gets in a decent position. The fans might wonder where her Jiu Jitsu skills come from.
The answer to this is her father Wellington Dias. The BJJ Ace is a personality who very few from the MMA community know of. The BJJ community however knows very well who Wellington Dias is. Wellington Dias is more commonly know as ‘Megaton’ in the Jiu Jitsu community.
Dias who is from Rio de Janerio, Brazil has always been in martial arts since childhood. Megaton used to train Judo under Rogerio Camoes where he was a black belt. Camoes also used to train his students in submission as he was a Jiu Jitsu enthusiastic.
Royler Gracie and Wellington Dias were friends from childhood. The two of them used to grew up in the same neighborhood and used to go surfing. Both of them started cross training. Royler started training in Judo while Dias started training in Jiu Jitsu.
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Wellington Dias got his Jiu Jitsu black belt when he was 18 years old and started competing in tournaments. Mackenzie Dern his daughter is making him proud as she is currently in the UFC. Most of her wins have come by submission and no other person would be as proud as Wellington Dias.
