UFC ladies’s strawweight Molly McCann introduced her retirement on Saturday following her UFC London loss to Alexia Thainara.
“Meatball” entered the combat coming off a loss. She had been defeated in three of her final 4 fights.
“I began this sport at 24,” McCann stated in her post-fight interview with Michael Bisping contained in the O2 Enviornment. “I’ve providing you with all my f*cking coronary heart and soul. Tonight, with that efficiency with somebody on every week’s discover, it isn’t adequate. I am not coming in her only for the payday. The UFC deserves extra. I deserve extra, and also you all deserve extra.”
McCann made her octagon debut in 2018, dropping to Gillian Robertson however rebounded with three consecutive wins. She misplaced back-to-back fights for the primary time in her profession, however once more rebounded with a three-fight win streak. Within the final three years, McCann struggled to place collectively back-to-back wins.
In her seven years with the combat promotion, McCann earned 4 bonuses. She holds the document for many post-fight bonuses in UFC Girls’s Flyweight division historical past with three.
The previous Cage Warriors ladies’s flyweight champion’s document will stand at 14-8. She closed the curtain on her preventing profession close to the place it started. The Liverpool native stated goodbye to combat followers in London.
