Mackenzie Dern

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

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

Angela Hill is a dangerous girl because she's experienced.

— Mackenzie Dern

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

— Mackenzie Dern

Many coaches and managers had plans for me, but I was still learning MMA.

— Mackenzie Dern

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…

— Mackenzie Dern

If I can get girls to do martial arts, to break that taboo that we're going to be manly, you won't lose…

— Mackenzie Dern

When I first came to the UFC they were kind of rushing me a lot in the beginning, like 'Oh, the next…

— Mackenzie Dern

When you're an athlete that receives so much attention since the beginning, and everybody has a tip, everybody wants to take you…

— Mackenzie Dern

I'm more of a nice girl.

— Mackenzie Dern

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

— Mackenzie Dern

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.…

— Mackenzie Dern

You see men, if men are pretty in people's opinion, men make fun of them, 'He's not that good.' But women, no,…

— Mackenzie Dern

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

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

— Mackenzie Dern

My dad, being my dad, he'll never stop teaching me.

— Mackenzie Dern

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

— Mackenzie Dern

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

— Mackenzie Dern

I'm here to make history. I'm not here to get punched in the face and be just another one.

— Mackenzie Dern

It's hard being a mom, taking care of the house, the family and of yourself as an athlete.

— Mackenzie Dern

You can still be this tough athlete and be feminine. You don't have to lose your femininity.

— Mackenzie Dern

Tecia has her strategy. She's been kind of overwhelming the girls, just pressing, pressing. She's really living up to her nickname, 'The…

— Mackenzie Dern

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

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

— Mackenzie Dern

I won two UFC fights before I became pregnant. The pregnancy was such a surprise and such a blessing, but when I…

— Mackenzie Dern