When the UFC last came to Dublin, Aisling Daly was stuck inside a house in Las Vegas. A contestant on the reality television show The Ultimate Fighter the producers allowed Daly watch her friends compete in her hometown. Even now, the memory remains bittersweet. 'I remember it all - from watching Paddy [Holohan's] spectacular finish and his shout-out to me at the end, feeling terrible that I was away from all of my mates on the biggest nights of their lives. It was a fantastic night for me in some ways, absolutely awful in others.
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