Mackenzie Dern gets real about the hard balance between being a top-tier fighter and a mom. She admits she can’t be “all in” at the gym when her daughter is young. During fight camp, she’s torn between training and hearing her daughter play or cry. The gym becomes home. The mats become playgrounds.

Mackenzie explains how she and her daughter built a routine — sometimes she trains while her daughter helps coach, brings water between rounds, or plays nearby. It isn’t perfect, but it's real. This clip shows the human side of fighting — love, worry, sacrifice, and hustle that nobody sees when you just watch the fight.

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