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.
Ploughing through a celebratory pizza at his post-match conference, the Liverpudlian made it clear that he had never doubted his own ability to finish his fight against Rodrigo Vargas in the first round.With all three no doubt having enjoyed the rest of the weekend, we take a look at what is being said about who the trio could fight next.His victory over heavyweight veteran Alexander Volkov made him an increasingly serious contender in the heavyweight division.One name he has been linked with is Tai Tuivasa.Speaking after his fight with Volkov, Aspinall said: “I’ve been telling everybody all week I’m born for this!“The secret is self-belief.
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