Benson Henderson: Mackenzie Dern ‘will be bigger than Ronda Rousey’

Benson Henderson’s MMA Lab has long been one of the top fight camps in the world. However, one of the team’s brightest stars is still in the infancy of her mixed martial arts career.

At the age of 23, jiu-jitsu prodigy Mackenzie Dern showcased her vast potential at Legacy FC 58 in July, dominating Kenia Rosas to win her professional debut with a one-sided decision. Now, with her first step out of the way, Henderson sees big things ahead in Dern’s fighting future.

“She will be bigger than Ronda Rousey before Ronda Rousey lost,” Henderson said Monday on The MMA Hour. “She’s going to be huge. She’s going to be big. She has an excellent work ethic.

“Go look her up, she is a multiple-time jiu-jitsu world champion. She’s won ADCC. She’s won Abu Dhabi. She’s won Worlds. She’s the current No. 1 ranked female jiu-jitsu practitioner on the planet. She has an amazing work ethic. She’s an amazing athlete. She definitely needs to work on her MMA skills, but her ground game in phenomenal. Any women on the planet goes to the ground with Mackenzie and Mackenzie is going to tap her, or dominate her like she did her first opponent.”

Dern is indeed the current No. 1 ranked …

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