UFC star Mackenzie Dern has in contrast herself to the journey and rise of the good Charles Oliveira.
This weekend, Mackenzie Dern will try and lastly declare a world title when she battles Virna Jandiroba for the vacant UFC strawweight championship. It’s a shot that she’s been ready for, and now, she’s lastly able to go on the market and show that she deserves to have gold wrapped round her waist.
In fact, it isn’t going to be straightforward, however that’s considerably the story of Mackenzie Dern’s blended martial arts profession so far. Whereas she has all the time been considered as somebody who can go a good distance within the sport, she’s additionally confronted her justifiable share of ups and downs, to the purpose the place some questioned whether or not or not she’d even get to a title alternative.
Alas, Mackenzie Dern has lastly arrived, and she or he isn’t going to cease till she lastly achieves the aim she set out for herself all these years in the past. Ahead of the rematch in opposition to Jandiroba, Dern truly in contrast her angle and mentality to that of former UFC light-weight champion Charles Oliveira.
Mackenzie Dern compares her journey to Charles Oliveira
“I see myself much like Charles ‘Do Bronx’ Oliveira. Individuals noticed he had a lot potential, but it surely took him time, ups and downs, to achieve the highest. When he turned champion, you can see he had gentle inside him. That’s how I really feel now — battle-tested, prepared for no matter comes.”
Oliveira has clearly carved out his personal path to the highest and in the case of Dern, she has an extended strategy to go earlier than being dubbed a legend on this planet of girls’s blended martial arts. Nonetheless, on the age of 32, many would argue she’s about to enter her prime years, so it’ll be attention-grabbing to see how she tries to construct on that.
