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'Meatball' Molly McCann is gearing up to continue her hot streak when she faces Hannah '24k' Goldy at UFC London next month.McCann commanded the attention of the world when she dropped Luana Carolina with a spinning back elbow in under two minutes. The win took McCann's record to 5-3 in the UFC, but crucially it meant back-to-back wins in the octagon.

UFC London victory over Luana Carolina as the greatest moment of her life - having been written off and on the brink of being released by the promotion just six months earlier. Meatball, as she is affectionately known, demolished her latest opponent with a vicious spinning back elbow having ended a run of back-to-back defeats with a Fight of the Night victory over Ji Yeon Kim in September.McCann has now opened up on just how low she was feeling before bouncing back to winning ways - calling her triumph at The O2 not just the greatest moment of her career - but her life.McCann told Daily Star Sport this week: "Six months ago the world had written me off.

UFC Fight Night: London landed with a bang on March 19, as London enjoyed the first UFC live-action to take place in the UK for three years.The drama was huge and, in the middle of it all, were three shining lights of British MMA talent: Molly ‘Meatball’ McCann, Paddy ‘the baddy’ Pimblett and Tom Aspinall.All three secured big wins at the O2 and will now no doubt be looking forward to their next fights.Aspinall sent fans into a frenzy when he won the top-billed card, with his friend Alex Killey uploading footage to Twitter of the boisterous celebrations.Meanwhile, Meatball Molly caused a commotion of her own when she knocked out her flyweight rival, Brazil’s Luana Carolina, with a shocking spinning elbow.Meatball’s elbow caught Carolina in the head sending her down hard, out cold. “Molly sent that girl to the shadow realm”, quipped her pal Paddy at a press conference afterwards.Paddy himself also enjoyed a fine night.

UFC London to secure a first-round rear-naked choke victory over Kazula Vargas. The Liverpudlian hero stepped into The O2 as a huge favourite following his debut win over Luigi Vendramini in September - but things didn't go to plan from the off.Opting to trade blows after only a few seconds had passed, The Baddy came off the worse and sunk to the canvas before getting to his feet and taking the initiative by securing a takeover of his own and working his body into position over the Mexican.Pimblett then got his arm in perfect position and forced Kazula Vargas to tap, dancing to the crowd before celebrating with his team and sending the crowd into raptures.

UFC victory with a stunning spinning back elbow knock out of Luana Carolina at London's The O2 Arena on Saturday evening.The charismatic Liverpudlian, who entered the octagon before training partner Paddy Pimblett, started strongly and almost finished her opponent on the feet before slowing in pace.Going into the third round, Meatball was looking for another way to finish her opponent and did just that with a sickening back elbow to earn the biggest cheer of the night.McCann told fans afterwards that she was on the main card for good reason, before thanking Dana White and BT Sport and then laughing and asking who was going to get her a drink.The 31-year-old's win came after Paul Craig's submission victory over Nikita Krylov as well as triumphs for Jack Shore and Muhammad Mokaev.McCann came into the fight on the back of a fresh four-fight UFC deal following her decision victory over Ji Yeon Kim in November, having lost her previous two outings.Who should Meatball fight next? Tell us in the comments sectionMeatball told Daily Star Sport earlier this month: "The motivation is to be the best in the world.

UFC's new rising star Paddy Pimblett these past nine years - quite literally in fact.Pimblett, 27, is preparing for his second bout with the organisation at UFC London this Saturday, when he takes on Mexican fighter Rodrigo 'Kazula' Vargas at lightweight level. The bout will form part of the undercard for the heavyweight clash between Alexander Volkov and Tom Aspinall, while Pimblett's fellow Liverpudlian Molly McCann will also be in action against Luana Carolina.'Paddy the Baddy' twice rejected chances to sign with Dana White's promotion during his time with Cage Warriors, where he enjoyed a reign as featherweight champion.

UFC, with huge fights, upsets and glory across both sexes and all weight categories.And 2022 promises to be no different, with a host of huge names already set to take to the Octagon.With new events constantly being worked on by the promotion, we expect more huge fights to be added to the calendar frequently.Championship fights like Alexander Volkanovski vs Chan Sung Jung (featherweight) and Aljamain Sterling vs Petr Yan (Bantamweight) promise fireworks.Meanwhile, huge name fights like Charles Oliveira vs Justin Gaethje are expected to draw big crowds.Read on for the full list of UFC events confirmed by the promotion so far for 2022. Main card Alexander Volkov vs Tom Aspinall - heavyweightArnold Allen vs Dan Hooker - featherweightPaddy Pimblett vs Kazula Vargas - lightweightShamil Abdurakhimov vs Sergei Pavlovich - heavyweightNikita Krylov vs Paul Craig - light heavyweightGunnar Nelson vs Takashi Sato - welterweight Prelims Jai Herbert vs Ilia Topuria - lightweightMuhammad Mokaev vs Cody Durden - flyweightMike Grundy vs Makwan Amirkhani - featherweightMolly McCann vs Luana Carolina - women’s flyweightJack Shore vs Timur Valiev - bantamweightCory McKenna vs Elise Reed - women’s strawweightNathaniel Wood vs Liudvik Sholinian - bantamweight Main card Curtis Blaydes vs Chris Daukaus - heavyweightJoanne Wood vs Alexa Grasso - women’s flyweightAskar Askarov vs Kai Kara-France - flyweightMatt Brown vs Bryan Barberena - welterweightIlir Latifi vs Aleksei Oleinik - heavyweight Prelims Nate Landwehr vs David Onama - featherweightJennifer Maia vs Manon Fiorot - women’s flyweightNeil Magny vs Max Griffin - welterweightMarc Diakiese vs Viacheslav Borschchev - lightweightTucker Lutz vs SeungWoo Choi - featherweightSara McCann vs Karol