Nina Nunes made an unsuccessful return to the UFC after almost two years out of action, as rising challenger Mackenzie Dern earned her second armbar submission win in three fights to cement her strawweight title credentials.
Putting her career on hold in October 2019, Nunes gave birth to her first child with wife and UFC bantamweight and featherweight champion Amanda Nunes in September before preparing for her scrap against Dern at UFC Vegas 23.
Dern, who put her own career on hold before giving birth to her daughter with professional surfer Wesley Santos in June 2019,…
