Tallaght's Shauna Bannon became a two-division Cage Legacy champion at the professional level last night with a win over Chi Attoh.
A former WAKO kick-boxing and IMMAF amateur MMA champion, Bannon made the switch to the paid ranks in April, and has gone 2-0 with a couple of TKO victories.
The function room at the Pillo Hotel in Ashbourne was heaving with support, many female, for the Springfield native, who dominated the contest with early pressure.
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She was inches away from a highlight reel finish with a big head-kick, before taking Attoh to the ground and finishing the fight with big shots.
A number of major promotions have expressed interest in Bannon's services, and it is expected that last night's victory will be her last outing on the Irish regional circuit for the foreseeable future.
Speaking with Dublin Live after the fight, Bannon thanked her "Mama B girls" for their support and outlined her path to big American shows and the eventual route to the UFC.
"I'm so grateful for everyone that comes," Bannon said. "The last show in Tallaght and the one here before, the amount of support I have from people in the gym and my friends and family I'm so grateful for them.
"The noise of them out there was unreal, and it makes a huge difference walking out to a crowd like that. You get that fire in you and it gives you an energy.
"People call me a kick-boxer but I'm a fully-fledged mixed martial artist now, I train in everything so I'm confident in the clinch, going to the ground or striking.
"I knew she was going to try and take it to the ground because that was her strength but I'm dominant in that and I knew if went there I'd get ground and pound, I'm powerful there.
"I've had a lot of people reaching out to me so I have my plan set out now for the second half of the year, I was going to fight one more time on Cage Legacy this July because I had a delay getting a working visa for America.
"I was supposed to fight in America in July but then there was that issue so I was going to fight on the show here but I can't get matched, I just did two camps back-to-back so I might just take a couple of weeks to myself and get back in for September."
Bannon is a full-time mum to a one-year-old son named Jayce, and has dedicated her time to training at Holohan MMA in Dublin 24.
There, she hones her skills with the legendary former UFC fighter Paddy Holohan, who has emerged as one of the best coaches in the country for aspiring MMA fighters.
Holohan was a part of Conor McGregor's famous 'Irish Takeover' of the UFC, alongside the likes of Neil Seery, Artem Lobov, Cathal Pendred and Aisling Daly.
And he feels that Bannon could be one of Irish MMA's next major stars to grace foreign shores, having felt the groundswell of support in her home country.
"When we came up, that kind of 'invasion', it was in the community, each community was growing their own character in a kind of way," Holohan explained to Dublin Live.
"We were back at the GAA clubs and community centres and now people want to be at the Shauna Bannon fight, they want to be there because that's what happens when you're authentic.
"I think people like Ricky Hatton did it, Conor McGregor, and we're doing it again, that's the idea - when shows are looking at Shauna they're watching someone special.
"She fought a girl who was 1-1 in her debut who had pro fights, she's after going out there with a girl who's 3-0, she's not punching down or padding her record, we're not interested in that.
"I think that she deserves a big show, and if a big show got in behind her now, there's an absolute superstar there in the making."
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