Life has a lot of turns and stories. One of them was written at the last night by UFC Molly McCann and Chris Fishgold. Ten years ago, they worked together at a nightclub in Liverpool. A few hours ago, they wrestled on the luxurious Yas Island in Abu Dhabi under the most prestigious UFC organization. Great moment, but they both lost.
Molly McCann, UFC wrestler.
UFC
He guarded the door in the nightclub, she worked behind the bar. “We are working-class heroes. We were kids who worked on Mathew Street. He was at the door, I was a bartender. This is now the moment you are fighting on an island in the middle of a pandemic, it’s a crazy story for six working-class people from Liverpool, “McCann commented on the shift for bbc.com, which was twenty ten years ago.
At the age of twenty-three, the gym was a full-time life for her, in 2013 she also scored her first amateur match, she won. Fishgold had been wrestling for three years and was in the Cage Warriors organization. Everyone went their own MMA way, they knew about themselves, but they only met for the first time at the UFC tournament. They were welcomed by the island of Yas.
During the pandemic, the English woman could not train properly, but she managed. She hung a punching bag in the garden and worked twice a day. “I call it a garden, but I live in a terraced house, so it’s a yard. It’s like a prison cell, “said the wrestler, who scored her fifth duel in the UFC, winning three times.
She also used a bike in training for the match in Abu Dhabi, conditions were limited, she managed a hundred kilometers a day. When she and Fishgold received an offer for matches on Yas Island, the circle closed imaginatively. However, due to the pandemic, they had to start tackling the heat and humidity of the Middle East. They had to cope, all for the dream success among the elite. “This is the price you pay to live your dream,” admitted the Liverpool native, who has a total of thirteen pro MMA matches.
But the thirteen proved unhappy in Abu Dhabi. McCann lost to points when she was defeated after three rounds by Taila Santos from Brazil.
“Thank you UFC for being able to fight in the middle of a pandemic on such an amazing scene. Congratulations to Taile on winning. I lost, but I put it all in. It will hurt for a while, but on Monday I will return to the gym to improve, “said the Englishwoman after the match.
Fishgold also had to deal with the defeat, he scored the second loss in a row under the wings of the UFC. Will they ever meet again at a joint tournament? Or again at the bar …
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