Molly McCann announces retirement following UFC London loss

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.