Over the weekend, Molly McCann became the first English woman to win a fight in the UFC, but you would never know it by the look of her brutally beaten left eye after the victory.
McCann and Priscila Cachoeira went the distance during the preliminary card of the UFC event at The O2 in London on Saturday night with both women taking a tremendous beating.
McCann, who ended up taking the decision 29-28 on all three judges’ cards to move to 8-2 in MMA and 1-1 in the UFC, was checked by the ring physician in the third and final round as her left eye was visibly damaged, but the doctor allowed her to continue.
Following the fight, the 28-year-old McCann underwent surgery on Sunday morning to repair a broken orbital bone.
After her first UFC win, McCann, who goes by the nickname “Meatball,” told the media, “Honestly, I’ve been through hell and back since the last fight. I wanted to give a performance you’d be proud of.”
From the look of the post-fight photos, it appears like she went through hell during her fight against Cachoeira. Or, at least her face did.
dude. Molly McCann's eye looks like its stashing meatballs. #UFCLondon pic.twitter.com/9goF1LFk7a
— MacMally 🍀 (@MacMallyMMA) March 16, 2019
Oh my god Molly McCann #UFCLondon pic.twitter.com/3sMTnwn9jL
— Joshua Chovan (@thechovanone) March 16, 2019
Molly McCann Shows The Eye of the Tiger https://t.co/n80Vcee4zr pic.twitter.com/y4BnnjumqY
— FightPost (@UFC21) March 16, 2019
That’s a helluva shiner @MeatballMolly pic.twitter.com/H63gXWf6it
— Jim (@MMA_Jim) March 16, 2019
. @MeatballMolly via her insta story. In great spirits on route for a check up. That eye!!! @btsportufc pic.twitter.com/JXpaDMQsZB
— Caroline Pearce (@CarolinePearce) March 16, 2019
Just ran into @MeatballMolly back at the #UFCLondon host hotel. Told us she broke her orbital in the third round and has surgery set up first thing in the morning. Still all smiles after her first UFC win. pic.twitter.com/j3SQOVQ5d8
— John Morgan (@JohnMorgan_MMA) March 17, 2019
Molly McCann made history last night becoming the first English woman to win in the UFC. Here is how @MeatballMolly’s eye looked last night and how it looks this morning. She sent me these photos. She suffered a broken orbital bone in the victory. pic.twitter.com/HinCKjdJPz
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) March 17, 2019
Yeah… that’s definitely going to leave a mark.