My guest this week is pro MMA fighter, Danni McCormack. Danni has a professional record of 5 wins and 2 losses. She first heard of the sport of MAA while swiping through Tinder, she got stopped in her tracks and was eager to learn more. While at a pool party in Vegas, she met the renowned MMA coach John Kavanagh and warned that she would soon train under him. Fast forward a few years, John Kavanagh is Danni’s head coach and Danni now co-owns an MMA gym (Relentless MMA) in Ireland with her husband Alan. She entered the sport in her early twenties, in the world of MMA this is deemed a late start but that certainly did not hold Danni back. She grinded her way through amateur fights and came out winning silver at the 2017 IMMAF World Championships. Soon after, she turned pro and is currently signed under the Bellator promotion and fights in their flyweight division.

In this episode, we talk about how she gave up her full time career as a pediatric physiotherapist to become a full time professional fighter. Danni was undefeated in her professional career until a recent loss at Bellator 275 in Dublin. Danni tells me how she learnt more from this loss than anything before.

Thank you to Danni for being such a great guest!

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