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Harry Davies

Molly McCann makes UFC retirement admission after Erin Blanchfield loss

UFC star Molly McCann thought she was "done" with fighting after her one-sided loss to Erin Blanchfield last November.

McCann, 33, was decisively beaten by surging prospect Blanchfield on the UFC 281 undercard as she was forced to tap out in the opening round due to a kimura. 'Meatball' was taken down early on in the fight and she wasn't able to get back to her feet, with the nature of the defeat making the Scouser question her UFC future.

"I thought I was done because I was that wounded," McCann said. "I had eight weeks out and my shoulder was dislocated and f***ed anyway, but I gave four months of my life for that and it didn't even out of three minutes. I was f***ing raging. I just thought 'I don't know if I can give that much' I gave it more than I had ever given."

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