UFC 224 live blog: Dern vs. Cooper

This is the UFC 224 live blog for Mackenzie Dern vs. Amanda Cooper, a 123-pound catchweight bout at Saturday night’s UFC event at the Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro.
The bout was originally scheduled as a strawweight encounter, but Dern missed the mark by seven pounds.
Dern, a decorated Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner with a 6-0 professional MMA record, fights Cooper, an Ultimate Fighter finalist who has gone 2-2 in the UFC, on the main card.
Check out the UFC 224 live blog below.
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