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Jiu-jitsu in MMA, if you're good in jiu-jitsu, people pay attention to that, instead of judo.
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Judo, people in MMA didn't respect judo so much, you didn't see too many judo fighters in MMA.
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I got into MMA because of what Ronda did. She showed that we can live off of sponsors, we can live off of MMA.
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If I can get girls to do martial arts, to break that taboo that we're going to be manly, you won't lose who you are. You can be whoever you want to be. It won't change who you are just because you fight.
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I'm not the person that the next day I'm back in the academy. I like to be on the beach, relax and miss to be on the mats and want to be on the mats.
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I don't like the pressure to be on the mats. I've been on the mats since I was 3 years old.
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It's like since I've been into the MMA world, I've always had people wanting to pull me in all these different directions, and I'm learning the sport too.
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People see us like we're super heroes and all we do is fight and train all day and we're mean, but no.
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We can't let people stop us from going after our dreams.
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We go through things all the time. We're regular people. We just fight for a living.
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We get punched in the face, you can break your nose, you can ruin your career by knee surgeries or things like that, so it's not to just give in the hands of people for ego or things like that. You need to be with real professionals and you need to feel good.
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A happy fighter, a happy athlete, that's the best camp, when you're happy with what you're doing and not having a different battle in your mind, and then a battle in the fight and then a battle in the family with the coaches, that's not normal.
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The RVCA is perfect because I can just go do my thing, train.
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I'm very hard on myself. I'm always trying to get things as good as possible.
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When I became pregnant, I took the nine months, kind of relaxing. It was good because my daughter, she took all the muscle, but she absorbed a lot of the fat, too. I was kind of able to start from zero. My body restarted.
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Of course I'm confident if I need to go all five rounds striking, I'm ready to do it, but the easiest way to win the fight is by grappling.
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I started jiu-jitsu because my dad has had an academy since I was born. He's a black belt. Since I was 3, I had my first Gi and he would take me to the academy, showing me little drills... I would just watch his classes. Then, I had my first tournament when I was 6 years old and stayed with it ever since.
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I feel like I've been an athlete my whole life and I don't want to get burnt out. I want to have a family and babies one day.
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I don't think people are so intimidated by me. I'm always smiling to everyone. I'm not the scariest person.
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I definitely think there is only one Ronda Rousey, but I think I have everything to be as big and bigger than what she has done... I hope to do even more and add to everything she's done, but with my own style, my own personality, my own flavor.
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I don't want to get to the belt without ever going to a second or third round, without ever being in trouble in a fight, without ever being knocked down and being scared.
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I'm all about fighting.
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You want to be the person who gets to fight when you want to fight and ask for what you want.
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I always knew I wanted to be a mom and not retire.
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I wanted to have my kid watch me fight. I think that's because I grew up watching my dad compete and I'm so inspired by him.
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I know what you need to do to have success.
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I had my dad teach me that and all of the ups and downs and battles I went through... I can make it an easier path for them to have success in their career.
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I have the best jiu-jitsu, I believe, in the women's division.
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Whenever I finish the training, if I see my weight's down too low, I'm eating a little bit more.
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In my opinion the best jiu-jitsu in the UFC is Charles 'Do Bronx.' Because of his jiu-jitsu in MMA. In jiu-jitsu, he wasn't a black belt world champion or ADCC world champion or anything so it wasn't like in the jiu-jitsu world he's the most famous guy in jiu-jitsu but in MMA, for me, he has the best jiu-jitsu in MMA.
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If you want to know the best jiu-jitsu in MMA, Charles 'Do Bronx.'
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I feel like with Tecia, I'm on the kimura and I'm doing it, I feel like 98 percent of the people would tap. You have to be a little bit mean like just rip it. Maybe they'll tear their shoulder and have to have surgery or something like that. Of course, that's not my goal but we're all adults here. They're going to try to hurt me.
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With Marina and Tecia, I got in good positions to submit them, with both of them. With Marina, I got the omoplata on her back and I didn't finish the position. With Tecia, I had a kimura and a leg lock and I didn't finish. Definitely even with a loss and a win, I'm learning something. I need to get my timing better.
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These are positions that if I get to these positions, omoplata or the kimura, I shouldn't be losing it or I shouldn't be not submitting.
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People either grow, or don't show up for the third round so I think it's definitely more dangerous to fight someone that grows in the third round.
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I think I was able to show that I can be someone that gets better and better, when before people used to say, 'Oh, just take Mackenzie out of the first round, pull her into deep waters and you'll do good.' I think that's the strategy people use to fight me - win on points, go to the judges, go the three rounds.
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I don't want to get to the belt fighting people who aren't ranked. I want to prove myself and the best way is to show that I'm ready.
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It's hard to leave a relationship because of family sometimes, you think you need to stay together because of the family.
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We can get hurt in a fight, we can lose sponsors, we can lose value as a fighter, but let's go.
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I didn't raise my daughter to think that a relationship should be what I had with my ex-husband, you know? It had aggression, it had lies, it was something very toxic.
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