Sat in the locker room of the O2 Arena in London after Julija Stoliarenko submitted her via armbar two minutes into their fight, Molly McCann was ready to call it a career. She gave it a night to think about it, and the heart-on-her-sleeve Scouser felt about the same as she rode the train back up north. As she contemplated retirement, her coach Paul Rimmer came up to her with a promise and a request:
“I’ll tell you when enough is enough,” McCann recalled him telling her. “I promise I won’t let you get hurt. I won’t let you take shots or more shame or embarrassment than you feel you need to take, but just give me one fight at 115.