Molly McCann Sheds ‘Meatball’ Persona After UFC Fight Night 235 Victory
Molly McCann believes she shed all parts of her “Meatball” persona leading up to her strawweight debut at UFC Fight Night 235.
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McCann reflected on her journey during the UFC Fight Night 235 post-fight media scrum.
“It’s just been the hardest 14 months of my life. My biggest dream was to fight at MSG, and [I] got destroyed. I got co-main event at London and got destroyed,” she said.
“I had to really dig in deep to see if I really wanted it. My coach pulled me aside and asked, ‘How much do you really want to be a champion? It’s going to cost that to make this weight and to achieve at this weight.’ Every single person online doubted me. Every single person gave me hell. That’s icing on top of the cake, that performance. It’s not going to shut them up, obviously, but I couldn’t have done any better. It was mixed martial arts.”
Along with the new weight class, McCann believes she has also turned over a new leaf mentally, different from her previous “Meatball” persona.
"This fight was about me vs. me,” McCann said. “It wasn't about me vs. the opponent. I didn't want to be drawn into something that was going to heighten my emotion and [cause] me to react and act a bit more and be like 'The Meatball.’
"I'm Molly now. I don't look like a meatball, I'm not walking like a meatball, and I'm not talking like one anymore. I'm cool, calm, and collected, and this was my moment. This is all me.”
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