Mackenzie Dern : (8)

" 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. " - Mackenzie Dern

" 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. " - Mackenzie Dern

" 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. " - Mackenzie Dern

" 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. " - Mackenzie Dern

" 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. " - Mackenzie Dern

" 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. " - Mackenzie Dern

" My pregnancy really did restart my body and my metabolism and everything. " - Mackenzie Dern

" The RVCA is perfect because I can just go do my thing, train. " - Mackenzie Dern