Mackenzie Dern not committing to flyweight despite difficulties making 115-pound limit

A flyweight bout is in Mackenzie Dern’s immediate future, but that doesn’t mean she plans to stick around in that division.
The 24-year-old Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace is set to compete in her fourth MMA bout when she takes on Mandy Polk at Legacy Fighting Alliance 24 on Oct. 13 at the Comerica Theater in Phoenix, Ariz. That matchup will be at 125 pounds, which had to come as a relief to Dern’s fans and supporters who have seen her unable to make the strawweight limit in her past t