Eoin McCullough | Valor Combat Series · berita Ireland

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Eoin McCullough just made his novice MMA debut — and what a debut it was. After just a few months of training and weeks of focused preparation, Eoin stepped into the cage at Valor Combat Series for the very first time and showed what he was made of. Don't forget to like…

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Post-fight interview with Eoin McCullough after his debut at a Valor Combat Series show. He describes training at Regenerate, a gym that opened the previous year, where he began in January and has been attending regularly with two or three sessions most days under coaches Jared and James. McCullough says he had roughly five months in combat sports overall and about five weeks of camp for this bout, his first MMA fight. He reports feeling nervous before the walkout but calm once the cage closed, calls the experience unreal, and wants to compete again. He mentions dialing back training and cutting calories slightly in fight week, and that James offered a free month if anyone hit a head-and-arm choke he taught—McCullough did not, with two teammates still to fight. Looking ahead, he plans to return to the gym, sharpen skills, and take as many fights as he can. He speaks positively about how training affected confidence, humility, and respect in everyday life.

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[Music] Uh, Valor Combat Series. Yeah. Um, welcome. I have Mr. Owen McCaulk. Mccul McCall. Oh, all right. Right. Okay. First of all, congratulations. Thank you. How does that How does that feel? Yeah. Yeah. Um, so te tell me a little bit about the kind of the program that you're in. Um, so I'm doing a regenerate. They just opened last year. I started in uh January and I've just been going every week three two three sessions a day. You know what I mean? Putting the work in. My coaches Jared and James are two of the best coaches about like Yeah. Um, so this fight uh how long you been training for specifically for this fight? About 5 weeks. about 5 weeks. Right on. Um, now all you can see you're shaking there. Is Is this your first fight? Right on. Um, so what were the nerves like going into this? To be honest, it was actually quite calm. Um, I was getting butterflies in my stomach and stuff like before walking out. But once I get in there, it just all went away. Yeah. Yeah. It was just an unreal experience. I want to do it again. Yeah. Yeah. Can't wait to do it again. Right on. How long have you been in combat sports in general? up about five months. Okay. Yeah. All right. Well, uh, one thing I'll tell you about, uh, when you when you first start, uh, everyone wants to fight right away. Yeah. Yeah. Um, but definitely take take time to to hone your skills. Um, you you definitely, uh, u you're, um, what I'm trying to say, you look quite capable in there. You, uh, you got several big takedowns, which were pretty impressive. Um, what was there anything about stepping in the ring tonight that kind of surprised you that you weren't expecting? Um, not really cuz it was my my first hand, so I didn't know what to expect. You know what I mean? So, yeah. What was it like when uh when uh they shut the door uh the cage doors there and then it's just, you know, you, the ref, and your opponent. What was that like? Oh, it was it was it was an unreal feeling. Just feels like I was set, locked in, ready to go. Yeah. Do you know what I mean? Um, are are you still you're obviously still kind of feeling that adrenaline dump that you're going to be feeling it for the rest of the day, I think. Oh, yeah. Definitely. Definitely. Um, what was it like, you know, like give me give me this last week for you? Like, uh, you know, you're preparing for your your very first uh MMA fight. Um, you know, what what was this last week like for you? Um, I I don't really know. I would need time to reflect on it, you know. Um just like trying to get zoned in throughout the week, you know, lightening down in the training. Uh had to cut my calories a we bit, you know, just like get all them things just f it really like did you have to um do you have to do anything kind of or did you train anything specific for this first? Like what was there like a a specific takedown or submission or anything that you were really uh uh training for for this? No, not really. Uh there's one in the gym. James uh taught us it. It's a head arm in the prefer. He said if uh one of us got it tonight, he would give us the month free, but uh unfortunately I didn't get it. So there's another two lads coming on. So I'm sure they'll be trying to get it. Right on. Right on. Um so you know, you've had your first taste in the cage. Like what uh you know, what do you plan on doing next? Um just get back to training. Um you know, work on my skills again. and hopefully get another fight soon enough, you know, just try to get as much fights as I possibly can because, you know, that's the whole point on why I started doing it. So, yeah. Excellent. Um, you know, what has training in combat sports really kind of what have you taken from this training and apply it into your regular everyday life? Um, it definitely uh definitely gives you a different outlook on life like you know like I I don't know like it's just you respect more people and stuff. become a more respectful person. It's just like it's it's definitely for anybody looking to get into it or start doing it, I definitely recommend it, you know. It's the best thing you could ever do for yourself. You say it gives you a lot more confidence and definitely a lot more confidence. Um and it makes you a better person, you know. More humble maybe. Yeah, more humble. Just an all round better person. Right on. Look, um I appreciate your time. Congratulations here. Um and look, I I I I look forward to, you know, seeing you at your next event. Yeah, 100%. Thank you. Thanks, dude. Come back. Let's go.