TUF 20"s Aisling Daly: Paddy Holohan is going to be ‘the flyweight division"s Conor McGregor"

With eight years of professional experience under her belt, TUF 20 strawweight competitor Aisling Daly is effectively an elder statesmen when it comes to the army of Irish exports currently taking the mixed martial arts world by storm.

But in mid-July, while Daly’s SBG Ireland teammates exploded onto the global stage with a masterful 5-0 Irish run at UFC Dublin, Daly found herself on the outside looking in, stuck inside The Ultimate Fighter house and unable to experience the culmination of years of hard work alongside her countrymen, ultimately forced to watch the event on delay halfway across the world.

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TUF 20"s Aisling Daly: Paddy Holohan is going to be ‘the flyweight division"s Conor McGregor"

Fedor Emelianenko discusses PRIDE glory days, career setbacks, Dana White and more

Comparatively quiet since his 2012 retirement, former PRIDE heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko allowed a rare, drawn-out interview with AXS TV’s Michael Schiavello.

The son of an amateur fighter as well as a gymnast, Emelianenko began training in Sambo at age 11, but says he just started realizing his potential after serving in the Russian Military from 1995 to 1997. When he arrived in PRIDE in 2002, no one could have forecast the kind of jog Emelianenko would put together.

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Fedor Emelianenko discusses PRIDE glory days, career setbacks, Dana White and more