Meatball Molly McCann celebrates sensational knock out OUTSIDE the cage before finding Dana White for congratulatory hug
MOLLY McCann celebrated her UFC win tonight by leaping outside of the cage, taking a belt from the crowd and proudly returning inside the octagon with it.
The Liverpool fighter astounded fans tonight after a brutal knockout saw her defeat Luana Carolina inside the octagon at London’s O2 arena.
Meatball, 31, bagged herself a $50,000 bonus after a stunning spinning back elbow KO in the third.
After the incredible strike ended the face-off, she escaped the octagon, ran around the perimeter and then sought out UFC chief Dana White for a congratulatory hug.
She was then seen hunting out a belt from the crowd before making her way back inside the octagon.
McCann was absolutely ecstatic as she took the win after rumbling hard from the outset against Brazil’s Carolina.
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McCann’s performance didn’t disappoint fans as she launched a full attack on Carolina landing hooks tirelessly.
At times Carolina looked helpless as she accepted McCann’s hard blows on her upper-body and face, clinching as she raised her arms in defence with her back against the cage.
The fight made it to a second round where Carolina came back with renewed energy but failed to gain enough control to weaken McCann.
McCann’s success tonight was a representation of determination and an unstoppable attitude.
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In a new documentary on BT Sport, McCann reveals how she overcome hardships outside of the octagon.
She lost her debut in the UFC in her hometown yet preserved and turned things around while learning on the job.
In a post-fight interview backstage at the O2, McCann said: “I just believed, believed, believed.”