A popular 29-year-old is refusing to go Hollywood despite being a former champion in the MMA firm which helped make Conor McGregor a star

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• Molly McCann has been called a trailblazer for women looking to get into professional fighting.
• But though she's a former champion in Cage Warriors, the organization which helped create Conor McGregor's star, and is now the first Englishwoman to win in the UFC, McCann is loathe to come across as Hollywood. Instead, she stays humble.
• Speaking to Business Insider with her mother present, McCann spoke about her goal to be crowned UFC champion.
• McCann fights next at the UFC Fight Night 171 show at the 02 Arena in London on March 21.
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LONDON — A popular 29-year-old is quietly refusing to go Hollywood despite being a former champion in the British MMA firm which helped make Conor McGregor a star, before fighting in front of Wayne Rooney at a UFC event in March.

"[Rooney] wants to come to UFC London, I've been told he's asked for tickets," Molly McCann told Business Insider this week. "That'll be quite cool, won't it? He spoke to the UFC … they said they'd give him them."

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