{"id":351703,"date":"2020-05-29T08:56:02","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T15:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=351703"},"modified":"2020-05-29T08:56:02","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T15:56:02","slug":"mackenzie-dern-explains-how-training-error-played-part-in-first-mma-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/mackenzie-dern-explains-how-training-error-played-part-in-first-mma-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Mackenzie Dern explains how training error played part in first MMA loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Saturday, at UFC on ESPN 9, Mackenzie Dern will take on Hannah Cifers in an effort to rebound from <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/mackenzie-dern-opens-up-on-first-pro-loss\/\">her first pro MMA loss<\/a>: a late 2019 decision defeat at the hands of Amanda Ribas.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of this fight with Cifers, Dern looked back on her loss to Ribas, acknowledging that she made an error in her preparation for the fight.<\/p>\n<p>She says didn&#8217;t spar with enough intensity, so when the leather started flying, she was a little unprepared.<\/p>\n<p id=\"v0TV5d\">\u201cI felt I missed getting hit in the face,\u201d Dern told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2020\/5\/29\/21269822\/mackenzie-dern-hit-face-ufc-amanda-ribas-hannah-cifers-espn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019ve obviously sparred before the (Ribas) fight, but haven\u2019t done much of it with small gloves, with partners really trying to hurt you. I did most of it with big gloves, so when I started fighting Amanda and we started exchanging, I was like, \u2018Wow,\u2019 and [I] took a step back, and [I] was afraid of getting knocked out or something like that.<\/p>\n<p id=\"tq6e0b\">\u201cIt was hard to close the distance and really work on taking her down, or close the distance to exchange punches, because she was taller than me and had more reach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Going forward, Dern intends to place a greater focus on sparring to ensure she&#8217;s well prepared for the striking phases of her fights.<\/p>\n<p id=\"FXEg1Z\">\u201cWhat I really wanted was to spar a lot before my next fight, make my face get used to getting punched,\u201d Dern said. \u201cI\u2019m feeling that\u2019s the tough part in this camp, because I haven\u2019t sparred with a lot of people. But we did everything we could. I have a few training partners, my muay Thai coach, and my dad is here as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"CTu6jU\">\u201cI\u2019m very focused on getting back on track and winning,\u201d Dern added. \u201cNo more craziness. I don\u2019t think my career has been that crazy but everybody does. They said I was crazy for coming back so early after pregnancy, that I was fighting every three months, that I was doing MMA and jiu-jitsu at the same time. I guess I\u2019m still part of the crazy group that\u2019s fighting during a pandemic, right? [laughs]\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How do you think Mackenzie Dern will rebound from her first pro MMA loss?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Saturday, at UFC on ESPN 9, Mackenzie Dern will take on Hannah Cifers in an effort to rebound from her first pro MMA loss: a late 2019 decision defeat at the hands of Amanda Ribas. 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