”I watched my fight with her last time, and I was like, ‘Man, I was so petite,’ I didn’t really have any muscle,” Dern told Ariel Helwani. “I was just kind of very girly-girl, and I’m way more athletic now and just able to grow the muscle and get a way more mature, athletic body to fight for the championship now.”
“I know I can do it because it’s been done before,” Dern said about beating Jandiroba. “So the only question is if I can do it again, and can I [be] better focused on getting better. I know, for sure, she’s going to bring new stuff. So I’ve just got to be prepared for that and fighting basically a different Virna, although we both know our strengths are grappling, but we’re both totally different fighters.”
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