Mackenzie Dern Quotes

Mackenzie Dern

Profession : Mixed Martial Artist

Birth : March 24, 1993

Jiu-jitsu in MMA, if you're good in jiu-jitsu, people pay attention to that, instead of judo.

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Judo, people in MMA didn't respect judo so much, you didn't see too many judo fighters in MMA.

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I got into MMA because of what Ronda did. She showed that we can live off of sponsors, we can live off of MMA.

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If I can get girls to do martial arts, to break that taboo that we're going to be manly, you won't lose who you are. You can be whoever you want to be. It won't change who you are just because you fight.

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I'm not the person that the next day I'm back in the academy. I like to be on the beach, relax and miss to be on the mats and want to be on the mats.

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I don't like the pressure to be on the mats. I've been on the mats since I was 3 years old.

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It's like since I've been into the MMA world, I've always had people wanting to pull me in all these different directions, and I'm learning the sport too.

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People see us like we're super heroes and all we do is fight and train all day and we're mean, but no.

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We can't let people stop us from going after our dreams.

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We go through things all the time. We're regular people. We just fight for a living.

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We get punched in the face, you can break your nose, you can ruin your career by knee surgeries or things like that, so it's not to just give in the hands of people for ego or things like that. You need to be with real professionals and you need to feel good.

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A happy fighter, a happy athlete, that's the best camp, when you're happy with what you're doing and not having a different battle in your mind, and then a battle in the fight and then a battle in the family with the coaches, that's not normal.

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The RVCA is perfect because I can just go do my thing, train.

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I'm very hard on myself. I'm always trying to get things as good as possible.

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When I became pregnant, I took the nine months, kind of relaxing. It was good because my daughter, she took all the muscle, but she absorbed a lot of the fat, too. I was kind of able to start from zero. My body restarted.

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Of course I'm confident if I need to go all five rounds striking, I'm ready to do it, but the easiest way to win the fight is by grappling.

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I started jiu-jitsu because my dad has had an academy since I was born. He's a black belt. Since I was 3, I had my first Gi and he would take me to the academy, showing me little drills... I would just watch his classes. Then, I had my first tournament when I was 6 years old and stayed with it ever since.

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I feel like I've been an athlete my whole life and I don't want to get burnt out. I want to have a family and babies one day.

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I don't think people are so intimidated by me. I'm always smiling to everyone. I'm not the scariest person.

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I definitely think there is only one Ronda Rousey, but I think I have everything to be as big and bigger than what she has done... I hope to do even more and add to everything she's done, but with my own style, my own personality, my own flavor.

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