UFC fighter and BJJ black belt Mackenzie Dern has been navigating more than just her opponents in the octagon for some time now.
Dern spoke out about the challenges she’s facing, including the aftermaths of her divorce:
I realized we always have problems… Just the pressure.
The last one I went through the divorce. The divorce is final but you don’t realize how much aftermath there is to it.
Literally, this whole fight is still paying my ex.It’s crazy, I have to get punched in the face and you work so hard and you do all this and you have to like pay that much of something.
She isn’t worried about finances, but…
Money’s something, I’ll fight here, I’ll get it, whatever. Winning or losing, everything’s going to be taken care of.
I’ll make more [money] and stuff like that but it’s just problems.
And wouldn’t you know it – Dern introduced a bit more chaos into her life.
By getting a puppy!
I got a new puppy — I think I even invent more problems, more chaos.
I thrive on that, the craziness. The puppy and all these things.Getting used to splitting your daughter half of the time with you, half of the time with the dad and all these things.
You’re learning so many new dynamics in your routine.
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