McCann had just lost her second straight first-round submission match against Julija Stoliarenko at UFC London at the O2 Arena.
McCann, 33, turned to her team and said that she was “done” with mixed martial arts (MMA) after having a chastening experience that made her doubt her future in the sport.
“You can’t co-main in your home country and be embarrassed in that way and think ‘I’m the best in the world’ because I wasn’t,” McCann told BBC Sport.
“What we do takes a lot of time and mental energy, and our fans have a big influence on your life. ‘I don’t know how I’m going to
“Leave this one, because the world made fun of me and treated me like I was the dirtiest person on the planet by every man and his dog.”
McCann’s instructor Paul Rimmer never faltered in his belief in her skill, even if she had temporarily lost it.
In a coffee cafe, he sat McCann down and gave her instructions.
“Pay attention to what you’re doing. I swear, if I believed you were going to get wounded or that you couldn’t challenge for something, I would tell you. “But Molly, you have to get down, the girls are too big here,” Rimmer remarked.
McCann has competed at flyweight throughout her UFC career, which has seen her win six bouts out of eleven over nearly six years.
However, upon her return to the octagon
She will compete at strawweight on Saturday in Las Vegas against Diana Belbita of Romania.
“At this weight, I feel more at ease, modest, and pleased. I’m okay with it,” McCann remarked.
“It’s a cruel fact that I’ve been at the incorrect weight my entire career, but perhaps up until now, my skill set wasn’t prepared for this weight class.
“You have to join them if you can’t fight them; I’m in the best form of my life. I have to employ their tact because I can’t win against the larger girls.
“And we completed it properly. I’m so disciplined that I’m not going to kill myself to reach the weight. We’ve decreased a weight class, but my lifting totals remain the same.
