Molly McCann has announced a move to strawweight following her most recent defeat at UFC London.
On Saturday past, McCann suffered a second consecutive first-round submission defeat at the hands of Julija Storliarenko in the UFC London co-main event. The Lithuanian was able to get the fight to the canvas and get McCann out of there in less than two minutes.
Giving two back-to-back defeats to much bigger women, McCann sets her eyes on a new challenge moving forward. That challenge is in the 115lbs division. She said the following in an Instagram post on Monday:
Molly McCann Sets Her Sights on Strawweight
“Now that the dusts settled I’d like to thank the UFC staff and all at TNT Sports for the opportunity to co-main at The 02 in front of the best fans in the world.
If you could only imagine the sacrifices and work that went into the build up and that fight camp. I can’t quite put into words. However I will try to [sum] it up.
I have always had the toughest road and journey in life, that’s just the Molly McCann way, and I’m okay with that. The highs are the highest and the lows, well I don’t think I have words that do the pain and hurt justice. But dare to dream ay!
If there’s one thing I know, it’s how to always overcome adversity and this is no different. Twenty months ago I was sitting in this same position, 2 back to back losses and ready to pack it in. Then a boss run and my world changed forever.
McCann Continued
We have one more adjustment to make and I believe that will make all the difference in the world, the smallest in the division makes it tough when the opponents are so much bigger. So for me it’s time to drop down and face the girls who are the same size!
To all the keyboard warriors who’ll give me down the banks and want to tell me about my self go ahead, I’m living my dream EVERY SINGLE DAY, I’m winning in life, the best teams around me, the best promotion in the world. This game has give me everything, and I am beyond blessed.
I’ll be back sooner rather than later, thank you to everyone for their support. In the words of Maya Angelou ‘You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I’ll rise.’”
The sport of MMA is unforgiven, and the landscape of ones career can change in a flash. McCann joined the promotion in 2018, and has since attained a 6-5 record competing at flyweight. After a string of bad results, the Liverpudlian hopes some small adjustments and a move to 155lbs will give her a fresh start.
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