Mackenzie Dern Quotes

Mackenzie Dern

Profession : Mixed Martial Artist

Birth : March 24, 1993

My focus is to represent women and change that idea that the only women that can sell is women that are seen by people as beautiful because, to me, every woman is beautiful, every woman is pretty and everybody puts on a show.

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My entire life here in the United States, I only speak Portuguese.

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You need to think more about yourself, not just putting on a show.

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In the fight, when you're thinking, you're late. You're already one second late. You need to be ahead. You always need to be ahead, ahead, ahead.

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I tore my meniscus.

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I feel like Tecia's a good fight for me to recover the mistakes I made against Marina.

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By the age of 21, I'd accomplished my biggest goals in jiu-jitsu - I'd won five world championships.

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Instead of being watched by a babysitter as a kid, I'd go to work with my dad at his Brazilian jiu-jitsu academy. I'd watch Disney movies on the TV - but I'd also watch what he was doing. I started training at 3 years old and entered my first tournament when I was 6.

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I won two UFC fights before I became pregnant. The pregnancy was such a surprise and such a blessing, but when I announced it in February 2019, I lost 50,000 followers on Instagram instantly.

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During my pregnancy, I didn't train at all. I wanted to take advantage of those nine months and enjoy the time off with my growing family.

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Balancing being a new mom and being in fight camp for a fight is such a crazy experience.

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Everything else is easy after being a mom!

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I don't know, maybe a lot of girls won't even want to fight me.

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Maybe the less girls want to fight me, the champ will want to fight me.

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That's something that I'm learning to play smart. OK, if I get rocked, don't stay standing and try to give it back. You can pull guard. See if they come into your guard.

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100 percent, I can connect and be inspired by Charles 'Do Bronx.'

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My pregnancy really did restart my body and my metabolism and everything.

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Breastfeeding, I lost so much body fat with that.

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When I made the transition from jiu-jitsu to MMA, I was doing these different kinds of weight cuts where they want you to lose water weight. In jiu-jitsu, you don't have that.

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I've always wanted to fight a wrestler.

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