Medical condition forces Conor McGregor’s SBG teammate to retire

Just to look at Paddy Holohan fight, it’s pretty obvious that he was a fighter making every possible sacrifice to get himself into the cage. Rail thin, un-athletic looking, under-powered; Holohan won bouts by flinging himself body and soul at opponents, daring them to out-fight him moment to moment or risk getting overwhelmed by his enthusiastic aggression. A man who wasn’t physically built for fighting, making a career out of it with the power of will.

Sometimes appearances hit too close to home. It seems Paddy Holohan’s body really wasn’t made for a career of professional combat, and now he’s been forced to retire.

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