UFC ladies’s strawweight contender Mackenzie Dern has had a tough path to her return.
The Brazilian has been out of the cage since her important occasion outing towards Yan Xiaonan final October. In that outing, ‘Fury’ scored a majority determination victory over the jiu-jitsu ace. The defeat dropped Dern to 2 losses in her three most up-to-date octagon appearances.
The ladies’s strawweight title contender is slated to return this Saturday at UFC Vegas 73. Dern will headline the occasion towards Angela Hill, who’s using a two-fight successful streak. ‘Overkill’ notched unanimous determination wins over Emily Ducote and Lupita Godinez heading into this weekend’s occasion.
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Nonetheless, Mackenzie Dern has discovered some added motivation from latest life occasions. The Brazilian mentioned these latest life occasions at UFC Vegas 73 media day earlier in the present day. There, Dern acknowledged that she had a sophisticated divorce, points with coaching and training, and extra.
Nonetheless, all these setbacks have led to the ladies’s strawweight contender having additional motivation for Saturday. Given all that’s occurred, Dern is happy to get again within the octagon and head residence with an enormous victory.
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“I’ve been working all camp it’s been so loopy, my divorce has been loopy,” Mackenzie Dern acknowledged at UFC Vegas 73 media day. “Like, every part. My coach [Jason] Parillo he was out of city for a month with Luke [Rockhold] for his bare-knuckle battle. Mainly this camp was tactic of getting this imaginative and prescient of preventing that I’ve by no means had earlier than.”
She continued, “…For this battle, I’m coming with numerous aggression from my private life and every part. So nothing private towards Angela, however I do know I’ve numerous respect for her. However I want it, I have to get it completed.”
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