Casey O’Neill became the primary fighter in UFC history to compete with two of the identical glove.
This past Saturday, the premier MMA promotion returned to Washington for UFC Seattle for one more Fight Night iteration.
Within the fundamental event, Israel Adesanya was handed his fourth loss in a row when Joe Pyfer scored the largest win of his profession to this point.
The event ended a 150-show streak, becoming the primary in 150 events where every fundamental card fight led to a finish.
Nonetheless, on the prelims was a scintillating knockout scored by women’s flyweight fighter, Casey O’Neill, who rendered Gabriella Fernandes in the primary round.
Casey O’Neill fought UFC Seattle fight with 2 left-handed gloves
‘King’ Casey has been out of motion since 2024 coping with several injury setbacks which looked as if they might end her profession.
Despite that, her return got here at an ideal time as the ladies’s 125lb division is crying out for a fighter to separate themselves from the pack.
And although O’Neill is unlikely to rise several places up the rankings, she definitely turned heads together with her performance.
Nonetheless, now just just a few days faraway from what was one of the vital impressive performances of her profession, the 28-year-old has revealed that she by chance fought the fight with two left-handed gloves on.
“Once I got out the back to take my (post-fight) photos, we realized that each of my gloves were left-handed gloves,” she told the Ariel Helwani Show.
“So I in some way fought in two left-handed gloves. Yeah, I don’t know (the way it happened), (the UFC) said it’s never happened before because they typically come pre-packaged so I assume that could be my latest thing now, I’m gonna fight in two left-handed gloves each time.
“I had no idea, I hadn’t fought in an extended time remember, we just put them on and went on the market after which after we got out the back we realized. Someone tousled but it surely made me win,” she continued.
Fortunately for O’Neill, it didn’t distract her during her fight and he or she was capable of go on to attain her third knockout win of her UFC tenure.
Going forward, the 28-year-old is hoping to be more lively, putting her injuries behind her and potentially climbing up the flyweight rankings by the top of the 12 months.