While the rest of the mixed martial arts community waited for Dana White to go live on Instagram with his big announcement last week, Mackenzie Dern wasn’t yet fully aware of the stakes involved in her fight against Virna Jandiroba at UFC 321.
"[UFC] were kind of talking about the interim belt, and that was maybe three weeks ago, four weeks ago," Dern said on "The Ariel Helwani Show”. "They were talking about it, but weren't sure if they were going to do it. Then [we found out], 'OK, they're going to do it, [so] we'll wait until they announce it.