LAS VEGAS – When Mackenzie Dern wanted to sharpen her striking to help back up her world-class grappling skills, she put her trust in seasoned coach Jason Parillo. But, while her hands were noticeably improved in her unanimous decision win over Virna Jandiroba at UFC 256 , she revealed she knows enough about her coach not to believe absolutely everything he tells her. Speaking to reporters, including MMA Junkie, backstage after her hard-fought victory at the UFC Apex, Dern joked about the suspected broken nose she sustained during the fight, and recounted her conversation with Parillo between rounds when she was concerned that her nose had been broken for the first time in her career. “I don’t think I’ve ever really got a lot of blood in a fight before, so when I got it, it didn’t hurt too bad,” she explained. “I just heard the sound.
Read the original here:
Mackenzie Dern explains why she didn’t believe coach Jason Parillo during UFC 256 win – MMA Junkie