{"id":325161,"date":"2019-09-12T06:03:16","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T13:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=325161"},"modified":"2019-09-12T06:04:44","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T13:04:44","slug":"photos-mackenzie-dern-looks-incredible-3-months-after-giving-birth-to-first-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/photos-mackenzie-dern-looks-incredible-3-months-after-giving-birth-to-first-child\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS | Mackenzie Dern looks incredible 3 months after giving birth to first child"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mackenzie Dern recently showcased her impressive physique on Instagram \u2014 just 3 months after giving birth.<\/p>\n<p>The strawweight fighter gave birth do her daughter on June 9th. However, that hasn&#8217;t stopped Dern from getting back to business. She is back in training and is making regular visits to the beach \u2014 and she&#8217;s documenting it all on her Instagram account.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B2Rv11DjdoV\/<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B19xmp6DA9f\/<\/p>\n<p>The submission specialist is a no-gi BJJ World Champion, and made her UFC debut in 2018. She has only two fights within the organization, but both were victories. Her last fight was a short and sweet submission victory over <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/mackenzie-dern\/mackenzie-dern-sends-message-of-thanks-to-amanda-bobby-cooper-i-learned-a-lot-from-this\/\">Amanda Bobby Cooper at UFC 224<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Her pregnancy announcement resulted in a hiatus from the sport, however, Dern is eyeing an Octagon return for October 12th against Amanda Ribas. Dern is currently undefeated, but as we saw most recently when <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cris-cyborg-justino\/felicia-spencer-issues-statement-following-first-career-loss-to-cris-cyborg-at-ufc-240\/\">Felicia Spencer fought Cris Cyborg<\/a> at UFC 240, it only takes one challenging opponent to destroy an undefeated record.<\/p>\n<p>Despite going through drastic changes within her body, it is clear that Dern is in great form. She recently divulged that she intends on increasing muscle mass but isn&#8217;t concerned about cut weight for her upcoming bout \u2014 despite missing her mark for fights several times in the past.<\/p>\n<p id=\"pFLKC5\">\u201cI\u2019m focusing on my diet and training. The UFC is sending me meals every day and that helps me a lot because I have no time to cook with the baby. They\u2019ve been helping me a lot,\u201d she said to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/8\/26\/20812549\/mackenzie-dern-motherhood-ufc-fight-amanda-ribas-mma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch Mackenzie Dern swap her bikinis for a Reebok fight kit at UFC Tampa this fall. The main event of this anticipated card features <span class=\"tsp-dib tsp-npp tsp-el tsp-ffnp\">Joanna <\/span><span class=\"tsp-dib tsp-npp tsp-el tsp-ffnp\">Jedrzejczyk vs <\/span><span class=\"tsp-dib tsp-npp tsp-el tsp-ffnp\">Michelle <\/span><span class=\"tsp-dib tsp-npp tsp-el tsp-ffnp\">Waterson in a compelling strawweight main event. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"tsp-dib tsp-npp tsp-el tsp-ffnp\">Want to know how to watch the fight? <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/how-to-watch-ufc\/\">Click here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 9\/12\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mackenzie Dern recently showcased her impressive physique on Instagram \u2014 just 3 months after giving birth. The strawweight fighter gave birth do her daughter on June 9th. 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She is back in training and is making regular visits to the beach \u2014 and she&#8217;s documenting it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54472,"featured_media":325175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10358,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PHOTOS | Mackenzie Dern looks incredible 3 months after giving birth to first child | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC strawweight contender Mackenzie Dern is already back in incredible shape following the birth of her first child back in June.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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