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, in a straw-weight bout. When that Octagon door closes and she touches gloves with Brasil, the Tallaght native will become only the second ever Irish woman to compete in the promotion.On Aisling Daly, the first, Bannon says,"Yeah, I'd be good friends with Ais. She's a lovely girl and her career got cut short [by injury]. Ais is"She was doing this but nobody else was, back then, 10 years ago. MMA for girls was not really a thing, you know.
But you know what it is like, he's learned his rights and wrongs and what he's done good and what he's done bad and he's given me that feedback. Bannon was a kickboxing champion and represented Ireland on the European and world stage, for years. When it became apparent that kickboxing would not be added to the Olympics roster, she looked beyond that sport and soon settled on making it in MMA. For a while there, Conor McGregor was the sole fighter flying the Irish flag, but we now have Ian Garry making strides, Rhys McKee back for a second run in the promotion and Bannon trying to make a name for herself.
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