Aisling Daly

Aisling Daly is a retired Irish female professional mixed martial artist who last competed in the UFC women strawweight division and had fought professionally since 2007. She trained throughout her career at Straight Blast Gym Ireland under head coach John Kavanagh and received her black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu from SBG head coach Matt Thornton in October 2016, becoming the first Irish woman to earn one. She began her professional career in Denmark, beat Nicole Sydboge by guillotine choke, and then fought for Cage Rage. She became well known as a cast member of The Ultimate Fighter season 20, was eliminated in the quarterfinals and then won a fight on the undercard of the first UFC women strawweight title bout. She retired on 30 January 2017 after a routine brain scan showed an abnormality that made it unlikely she would be cleared to fight again.