Mackenzie Dern Quotes

Mackenzie Dern

Profession : Mixed Martial Artist

Birth : March 24, 1993

I'm here to make history. I'm not here to get punched in the face and be just another one.

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I always knew I wanted to be a mom and not retire.

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I'm a curvy 115er. I'm not tall or skinny. I'm more Brazilian style.

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The ground game is a very good strength to have.

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When I came into the UFC, even though I had a lot of hype behind me, there were a lot of haters and criticism.

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I'll do anything to represent jiu-jitsu.

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I'm really just hoping that they have more mom champs. If I'm the first, you know that gave birth, I think it would be a big inspiration for a lot of people.

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As Mackenzie the jiu-jitsu world champion, if I'm on the ground, I should be submitting any of the girls. So in that way, I'm always going to push myself.

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That's why I'm training so much jiu-jitsu just to keep - jiu-jitsu is always my last priority, a little bit, because I was trying to get my striking up to where it needs to be, my takedowns, all these things.

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I've got to make sure that if I hit, I hit hard. If I'm moving, I'm moving good on my feet.

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It's hard being a mom, taking care of the house, the family and of yourself as an athlete.

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I have the goal to fight in the UFC. That's the main goal, to be the UFC champion.

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I'm more of a nice girl.

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You can still be this tough athlete and be feminine. You don't have to lose your femininity.

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Angela Hill is a dangerous girl because she's experienced.

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When you're an athlete that receives so much attention since the beginning, and everybody has a tip, everybody wants to take you as their athlete, a manager making you all kinds of promises that he'll make you a lot of money. It was always like that since the beginning of my career.

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Many coaches and managers had plans for me, but I was still learning MMA.

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I want to be a champion that everybody remembers, one that people like to pay to watch.

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You see men, if men are pretty in people's opinion, men make fun of them, 'He's not that good.' But women, no, they say, 'Let's all watch her fight because she's beautiful.' We go through that, you have to prove yourself even more.

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I'm not here putting on razor-thin fights, I'm going there and submitting people in the first round.

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