Mackenzie Dern has not but celebrated her UFC title victory.
After 16 fights and eight years of competing contained in the Octagon, Dern lastly turned an MMA world champion at UFC 321, earning a unanimous decision victory over Virna Jandiroba to say the vacant girls’s strawweight crown.
Within the time since, Dern has centered on therapeutic from her accidents and spending time together with her daughter, however the BJJ sensation plans on taking a little bit time to have a good time her massive win correctly.
“I’m tremendous pleased,” Dern advised Helen Yee. “I’m nonetheless on cloud 9 proper now. The black eye went down in like 5 days, in order that was good – I used to be already doing commercials and all the pieces. Actually, I used to be form of recovering the primary week after which getting again to work, so I haven’t technically celebrated the best way I wished to.
“After all, simply being with Moa and searching on the belt is wonderful, however life hasn’t stopped since. I’m going to exit to Brazil on Monday, and I believe I’ll begin my little celebration then – not too lengthy, just a bit bit.”
Whereas Dern is but to take a victory lap, contenders are already lining up for a shot on the newly topped strawweight queen. Chief amongst them is Zhang Weili, who vacated the title earlier this 12 months to maneuver up and problem flyweight world titleholder Valentina Shevchenko.
Zhang got here up quick in opposition to ‘Bullet’ at UFC 322, main many to invest that ‘Magnum’ would return all the way down to strawweight and try and develop into the division’s first-ever three-time champion.
Then there’s Tatiana Suarez, who’s determined for an additional shot on the 115-pound belt following a dominant exhibiting in opposition to Amanda Lemos in September.
