Mackenzie Dern expects desperate Jessica Andrade to be most dangerous at UFC 295: 'She wants to kill me'
NEW YORK – Mackenzie Dern thinks she’ll get the most dangerous version of Jessica Andrade possible at UFC 295 . Former strawweight champion Andrade (24-12 MMA, 15-10 UFC) enters the event on a three-fight losing skid and with her back against the wall when she faces Dern (13-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC) in Saturday’s strawweight bout at Madison Square Garden, which is part of the pay-per-view main card. Although Andrade has been fighting the best competition available across multiple divisions, the results haven’t been going her way. In Dern’s mind, that leaves her both vulnerable and extremely dangerous. “She’s still there. She’s still got this,” Dern told MMA Junkie and other reporters at Wednesday’s UFC 295 media day. “I think she’s going to come with strategy. In the three fights, she was submitted twice and knocked out once. I think she’s going to have a little more of a game plan. I think she’ll still come for war. I think she wants to take my head off. She wants to kill me in this figh...