Mackenzie Dern has but to have a good time her UFC title win.
After 16 fights and eight years contained in the Octagon, Dern lastly turned MMA world champion at UFC 321, successful a unanimous resolution over Vilna Jandilova to win the vacant girls’s strawweight title.
Since then, Dern has been targeted on recovering from her harm and spending time along with her daughter, however the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu sensation plans to take a while to correctly have a good time her large win.
“I am very joyful,” Dern instructed Helen Yee. “Proper now it is nonetheless cloudy. The black eye went away after about 5 days, in order that’s good. I used to be already doing commercials and different work. To be trustworthy, I had slightly restoration for the primary week after which I used to be in a position to return to work. So, strictly talking, I have never been capable of have a good time like I might have appreciated.”
“In fact it is nice simply to be with Moa and see the belt, however life hasn’t stopped since then. I am going out to Brazil on Monday, so we’ll begin slightly celebration then. It will not be too lengthy, just a bit bit.”
Dern has but to take a victory lap, however contenders are already lining as much as tackle the newly topped strawweight queen. Chief amongst them is Weili Zhang, who vacated the title earlier this yr and moved up a weight class to problem world flyweight titleholder Valentina Shevchenko.
Zhang got here up brief in opposition to ‘Barrett’ at UFC 322, main many to take a position that ‘Magnum’ would return to strawweight and search to grow to be the primary fighter within the division to win three consecutive titles.
Then there’s Tatiana Suarez, who is raring to get one other shot on the 115-pound belt after her dominant efficiency in opposition to Amanda Lemos in September.
