Mackenzie Dern Quotes

Mackenzie Dern

Profession : Mixed Martial Artist

Birth : March 24, 1993

I don't want to get to the belt without ever going to a second or third round, without ever being in trouble in a fight, without ever being knocked down and being scared.

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I'm all about fighting.

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You want to be the person who gets to fight when you want to fight and ask for what you want.

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I wanted to have my kid watch me fight. I think that's because I grew up watching my dad compete and I'm so inspired by him.

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I know what you need to do to have success.

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I had my dad teach me that and all of the ups and downs and battles I went through... I can make it an easier path for them to have success in their career.

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I have the best jiu-jitsu, I believe, in the women's division.

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Whenever I finish the training, if I see my weight's down too low, I'm eating a little bit more.

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In my opinion the best jiu-jitsu in the UFC is Charles 'Do Bronx.' Because of his jiu-jitsu in MMA. In jiu-jitsu, he wasn't a black belt world champion or ADCC world champion or anything so it wasn't like in the jiu-jitsu world he's the most famous guy in jiu-jitsu but in MMA, for me, he has the best jiu-jitsu in MMA.

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If you want to know the best jiu-jitsu in MMA, Charles 'Do Bronx.'

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I feel like with Tecia, I'm on the kimura and I'm doing it, I feel like 98 percent of the people would tap. You have to be a little bit mean like just rip it. Maybe they'll tear their shoulder and have to have surgery or something like that. Of course, that's not my goal but we're all adults here. They're going to try to hurt me.

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With Marina and Tecia, I got in good positions to submit them, with both of them. With Marina, I got the omoplata on her back and I didn't finish the position. With Tecia, I had a kimura and a leg lock and I didn't finish. Definitely even with a loss and a win, I'm learning something. I need to get my timing better.

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These are positions that if I get to these positions, omoplata or the kimura, I shouldn't be losing it or I shouldn't be not submitting.

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People either grow, or don't show up for the third round so I think it's definitely more dangerous to fight someone that grows in the third round.

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I think I was able to show that I can be someone that gets better and better, when before people used to say, 'Oh, just take Mackenzie out of the first round, pull her into deep waters and you'll do good.' I think that's the strategy people use to fight me - win on points, go to the judges, go the three rounds.

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I don't want to get to the belt fighting people who aren't ranked. I want to prove myself and the best way is to show that I'm ready.

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It's hard to leave a relationship because of family sometimes, you think you need to stay together because of the family.

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We can get hurt in a fight, we can lose sponsors, we can lose value as a fighter, but let's go.

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I didn't raise my daughter to think that a relationship should be what I had with my ex-husband, you know? It had aggression, it had lies, it was something very toxic.

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