Many coaches and managers had plans for me, but I was still learning MMA. — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share Image
Maybe the less girls want to fight me, the champ will want to fight me. — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share Image
I want to be a champion that everybody remembers, one that people like to pay to watch. — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share Image
I have the goal to fight in the UFC. That's the main goal, to be the UFC champion. — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share Image
If I can help to get girls to do MMA and do fighting and just to say, 'No, we can live off… — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share Image
You want to be the person who gets to fight when you want to fight and ask for what you want. — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share Image
When I came into the UFC, even though I had a lot of hype behind me, there were a lot of haters… — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share Image
Judo, people in MMA didn't respect judo so much, you didn't see too many judo fighters in MMA. — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share Image
When I made the transition from jiu-jitsu to MMA, I was doing these different kinds of weight cuts where they want you… — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share Image
I'm not here putting on razor-thin fights, I'm going there and submitting people in the first round. — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share Image
I mean I'm a former ADCC champion, so for me, I'm always happy when I see the MMA girls doing jiu-jitsu and… — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share Image
I think people think I'm the most dangerous in the beginning. But we've been training for five rounds for a couple fights. — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share Image
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… — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share Image
I definitely think there is only one Ronda Rousey, but I think I have everything to be as big and bigger than… — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share Image
When I first came to the UFC they were kind of rushing me a lot in the beginning, like 'Oh, the next… — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share Image
I think I was able to show that I can be someone that gets better and better, when before people used to… — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share Image
I started jiu-jitsu because my dad has had an academy since I was born. He's a black belt. Since I was 3,… — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share Image
Instead of being watched by a babysitter as a kid, I'd go to work with my dad at his Brazilian jiu-jitsu academy.… — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share Image
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… — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share Image
I won two UFC fights before I became pregnant. The pregnancy was such a surprise and such a blessing, but when I… — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share Image
I feel like Tecia's a good fight for me to recover the mistakes I made against Marina. — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share Image
As Mackenzie the jiu-jitsu world champion, if I'm on the ground, I should be submitting any of the girls. So in that… — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share Image
I don't want to get to the belt fighting people who aren't ranked. I want to prove myself and the best way… — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share Image
By the age of 21, I'd accomplished my biggest goals in jiu-jitsu - I'd won five world championships. — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share Image
I wanted to have my kid watch me fight. I think that's because I grew up watching my dad compete and I'm… — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share Image
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,… — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share Image
The biggest thing with Tecia is her experience, her volume and her cardio. She goes, goes. She moves good. She gets in,… — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share Image
Of course I'm confident if I need to go all five rounds striking, I'm ready to do it, but the easiest way… — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share Image
I don't want to get to the belt without ever going to a second or third round, without ever being in trouble… — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share Image
I got into MMA because of what Ronda did. She showed that we can live off of sponsors, we can live off… — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share Image
Jiu-jitsu in MMA, if you're good in jiu-jitsu, people pay attention to that, instead of judo. — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share Image
Whenever I finish the training, if I see my weight's down too low, I'm eating a little bit more. — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share
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… — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share
I got into MMA because of what Ronda did. She showed that we can live off of sponsors, we can live off of MMA. — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share
In the fight, you have adrenaline and don't feel anything until it is over. — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share
I think I was able to show that I can be someone that gets better and better, when before people used to say, 'Oh,… — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share
Even at 115 pounds, I have curves. Many women fighters, when they cut weight, they look like skeletons. — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share
I just need to win the round. If you do that each round you win the fight. — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share
I had my dad teach me that and all of the ups and downs and battles I went through... I can make it an… — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share
We can get hurt in a fight, we can lose sponsors, we can lose value as a fighter, but let's go. — Mackenzie Dern Copy Share
