The fight game is so unpredictable, but some things are certainties, and going to the ground with Mackenzie Dern is a guaranteed bad night for you. And it was for Randa Markos, so tough and so game that she may have thought, “Hey, I’ll test myself on the ground with you.” That’s a fighter’s mindset through and through, but Dern is one of those jiu-jitsu players that is levels above anyone else who doesn’t have over 20 years on the mat to draw on in a fight. And like Jon Anik pointed out, seeing Dern work on the ground is a joy, and now that she’s beaten a tough out like Markos, it’s time for another step up on the strawweight ladder.
