Sinéadh Ní Nualláin interview

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Sinéadh is competing at this weekends cage warriors event in Dublin, other than the Irish nationals she has not fought in Dublin so is relishing the opportunity. We speak her move to the UK, the progress she has made under her new gym and what to expect this weekend plus more.

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Kind: captions Language: en [Music] okay so I'm here with Chen nulan H who's gonna be fighting at the upcoming cage Wars in Dublin you've all already fought on the promotion but that time was obviously you came in on very very short notice you've had a full camp for this one so thank you very much for your time how you feeling obviously with the the full Camp leading into this fight I feel absolutely amazing I think uh being at my own weight class as well um has made it a lot a lot easier and it's not just a a camp where I'm worrying about if they're going to be bigger than me or taller than me so H yeah I know I'm very excited and obviously this one's going to be in Dublin how excited are you for that that it's going to be in Dublin you've got the Dublin fans you're gonna have a lot of the amateur Fighters because they go to the shows to watch the shows they're going to know you and be behind you you're gonna have friends family other uh colleagues and teammates how's that going to feel going out to that open crowd yeah it's going to be amazing I think because I've always been on the you know the the other end of it I've never really had my family there had the fact that I'm done most of the IMAP so we were always abroad I've only fought in irand once as an amateur so um yeah it's G to be amazing even just have my family there you know it's it's going to be great yeah and obviously you have you moved over to the UK do you want to talk about how you're finding it there how you're finding the training how you're finding the gym and how you're finding the life the lifestyle over there yeah like it's not much different but it's just you know I think the gym is the main the main thing for me it was it was a good move for me and I feel more more part of a team and obviously like you know I've gone pro now with them so I can't complain at all he's the coach Steve is great so yeah it's the most comfortable I felt going into a fight yeah that's good and and in terms of your last fight like because you came in on a late notice and then you had an opponent change it wasn't your way class you had all these kind of all these kind of obstacles in your way but you still never really lost your kind of your positivity your willingness you want to go into it what kind of an experience was it like I know was your pro debut you had all these obstacles was it a mixed bag of emotions because I can imagine it could be just like up and down okay is the fight on is it off it's this person yeah yeah it was like obviously it was a big thing of just R it was just a put on top of me like do you want to make your pro debut or not you know and it was my own decision as well as Steve's but yeah I made the decision to make it and then obviously she pulled out then I was like okay well it wasn't meant to be and then Kate obviously said on the Instagram that she wants to fight and I'm you know me even as an amateur I never backed down from a fight so even as Pro I was like you know what let's just do it I think I needed to do it because it made a statement before cage Warriors like okay this is where I'm meant to be and it gave me an opportunity to fight in my own way class with them yeah and then like that H you came in and you done them a favor so obviously you're like you you're coming back to dban and usually they return favors because I've seen them do it for Shawn mccom late notice he's back on cage Warriors after being back at cage conflict um but they're very very good like that um what's it like what like what was the show like obviously you'd been to the IMF you and you fought once in Ireland kind of and you thought like not a whole lot regionally but C wise is a big show big venue with a big like roxus crowd what was that feeling like going into that event feeling and getting into the cage for your for your pro debut yeah like obviously when you walk in venue and it's empty you're like oh this is going to be fine and then the next thing you know you're walking out to a full crowd I wasn't I honestly thought was going to be like the first fight on so I was like oh this is be grand there won't be that many people there but it was I was like the fifth fight and it was packed out like to be fair but they got behind the song The Zombie Song so it was like you know I didn't feel too too too out of Step there yeah no well everybody loves the zombie song I think well especially over here but um with this fight going into it h how's the weight coming along obviously you're in fight week like what kind of what kind of uh does fight week look like for you obviously I'm going down what two-way classes like this is catchweight 54 but I mean it's near to stra it's the nearest to straway I've ever fought at um so there has been a lot of you know things that I've had to change and habits I've had to break but you know we've played around with it and it's going as smooth as it could go actually this is probably the smoothest fight cam I've ever had in my entire life my whole career so um I think it's going to be a good one yeah yeah so that's good that the ways coming down and and what like you've got your like all the hard kind of sessions are done and it's more kind of just a little bit of technique and stuff nothing really hard is is it hard this week to kind of contain the excitement of wanting to get into the cage and if so how do you manage that personally yeah like even last week I was getting a bit Aggy I was like oh I just want this C to be over now because I just want to fight so this week is a little bit worse um so I just kind of you know you just have to get on with it like it is what it is you know you just got to get your sessions in get their weight down and that is the main challenge you know and then the fun part is is to get in there so once Friday's over then we're all ready to go and fight and uh once Friday's over you go in and fight will you be staying in Island for a period of time or will you be going straight back or will you be enjoying no I'm going down to to Mayo where my family lives so I'm going down there for a week and then I'll be straight back in I'm hoping to be on the July card um wherever that is so um that's what I'm aiming for so uh it sounds like obviously you're looking to stay pretty active this year do you have a number of Fs in mind that you'd like to have uh minimum three I think three is the is the minimum for me um obviously I'm I'm zero and one so I I need to like pump the record up a bit get a few finishes if I can and then hopefully you know eventually the UFC or whatever else after that will look at me yeah and obviously you're in the right place to do it with cage Warriors they're actually they're going heavy a little bit heavier into the they didn't have much of a women's division and now they're starting to build it um what's your thoughts on that I think it's fantastic because obviously there's we can see now that it's evolv in the women's game there's so many more um what's your thoughts on cage Warriors doing that because they're the biggest promotion in Europe yeah yeah and it's great because obviously you know for women in Pro women MMA you know maybe the last year or so we've had to go they've had to go abroad and stuff so there are other uh UK um platforms that are given Pro MMA for girls um more of a platform but you know K are really kind of pulling it out the bag you know there was a straway fight on the last show it was meant to be and then there's this one and then there's EMR as well being a flyweight so you know I think there they're trying to stack out the the the STW weight to Banton weight divisions yeah no that's exactly what it looks like so um uh what was I gonna say sorry I'm have to loseing my trainer T um yeah I'm after losing that completely right so I've this just I don't think this has ever really happened um yeah so obviously with that there's there's been no kind of talk of uh the there's no titles obviously because they're only building it is that something that you're hoping that's going to come on down the line maybe after a couple more months couple more years when they get more females into the division and kind of Stack it out has there been any talks of that of of titles being put up at some stage later in the year I mean not not with the Matchmaker Ian Dean but I I've been saying it to him but he's not been really saying anything back to me but I am pushing for it because I think there is um like there is a good pool of strawweights that want to fight in cage Wares you know there was like I said there was meant to be a fight on last weekend I'm sure a lot of females will hop on the chance to fight on cage Wares you know what I mean so I think there is an opportunity for a straw white belt to be there yeah yeah definitely and I reckon obviously Banton white belt is another division with the where there's a lot of females within and the UK so intially pushing that forward and how does it feel to fight on kage wars being on Fight Pass as well um and having that exposure to the millions of people that view it and to obviously people within the UFC yeah even though like I said like I lost the last one the amount of messages I've gotten just saying like you did so well just because they've watched it on UFC Fight Pass that they actually know who I am do you know what I mean yeah and I think that more girls need to try and get on cage Wares you see them figh on these little shows but I think cage Wars is the way to go and have you watched yourself back on Fight Pass have you put your name in on Fight Pass to see it come up and if so what was that feeling like oh after my fight I did it so many times more than I care to admit but um it is amazing because it is something that you've I've always wanted to do whether I won or or I lost you know my G is still on five pass and I still I still make quite a statement on it so every time you typed it in and looked it was like and you popped up you're like there I am yeah made it it's like Le out of the ca me yeah literally literally yes yeah yeah so obviously you've got these fight you're you're looking to you're gonna be fighting in Dublin and you're going to relish that opportunity but you're looking to stay obviously there's more cars obviously in the UK so you're looking to more onto them I'm presuming over the next few months once you come out fit and healthy from this fight yeah because I think there's only what two cards in Dublin for cage Warriors I think it's one of the now and then one at the end so like that's only two fights so yeah I do need to stay active I think there might be another London card in July or somewh around that time so that is want I'm a to get on yeah perfect perfect um I'm gonna let you go but one more question for you obviously since your your last fight and you went zero one it was a lot but like I said there was a lot of obstacles do you notice the differences uh from Camp to Camp your improvements because obviously in that fight you've done so well considering all the obstacles you probably had one of the best fights with Chanel Dyer that I've seen in a long time um I think it was fight at a tournament my can you notice these visibly in training or is it just something when you get to the fight that you actually noticed it in the fight that you went okay you realize how far you've come along in those bases um I think it's a bit of both like in training I'm noticing because I am much lighter now as well I noticed like you know I'm a bit faster I'm stronger you I'm leaner so you do notice these things but in the fight like especially in the last one like I took Kate down I was like oh that you know that would probably wouldn't have happened six six months ago a year ago do you know so like there is things but yeah you're right it is a bit of both to be fair yeah yeah no and like that like that I can't wait to see you fight because I don't think I've actually seen you fight in person no I don't think so not in irland no no no definitely not because I think it was Clan Wars it was way back when it was one of your first fights yeah it was would have been my first my second amateur fight yeah that was feels like ages ago yeah yeah cuz I was only looking at that the other day and I was like I wasn't around then I don't I don't remember that no no um I'm Gonna Let You Go is there anyone you want to shout out or anyone you want to thank and thank you so much for your time I do appreciate it being fight week especially not at all yeah obviously thanks to my sponsors Hall of vape and Alana as well so and allore they've pulled out a sick fight kit so I can't wait to H show that off as well on Saturday night perfect thank you so much enjoy your evening and I will see you or I'll be watching on Saturday night thank you very much thank you so much bye thanks bye righte