Mackenzie Dern: “I lost 50,000 followers” by announcing “my pregnancy”

Mackenzie Dern knows how finicky Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fans can be.

Dern vs. Marina Rodriguez makes headlines at UFC Vegas 39, which takes place inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, October 9 via ESPN +. Prior to the fight, Dern spoke about perceptions of being an attractive woman in the fighting game.

“You always have to prove yourself,” Dern told MMA Fighting’s Portuguese-language podcast. frank exchange. “You see men, if men are pretty in people’s opinion, men laugh at them, ‘He’s not that good.’ But the women, no, they say, ‘Let’s all watch her fight because she’s beautiful.’ We go through this, we have to prove ourselves even more.

“You always have to prove yourself,” Dern said. “You see men, if men are pretty in people’s opinion, men laugh at them, ‘He’s not that good.’ But the women, no, they say, ‘Let’s all watch her fight because she’s beautiful.’ We go through this, we have to prove ourselves even more.

In fact, Dern noticed a sharp drop in her online audience after announcing her pregnancy.

“I’m still trying to grow up [my fanbase] among women, but I think it comes naturally because I present myself as a mother, a wife and a fighter, ”she said. “But still, I lost 50,000 followers quickly when I announced my pregnancy, and a total of 80,000 until my next fight, but that has definitely changed. MMA [community] has more men than women so it is impossible to have more women than men [as followers]. “

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