Aisling Daly (/ˈæʃlɪŋ ˈdeɪli/ ASH-ling DAY-lee; born 24 December 1987) is a retired Irish female professional mixed martial artist who last competed in the UFC women's strawweight division.
The 12 episodes featured a single elimination tournament that was used to determine two finalists to compete for the first ever UFC woman's straw weight belt.
Daly has trained throughout her career at Straight Blast Gym Ireland, under SBGi head coach John Kavanagh.
She received her Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu from SBG head coach Matt Thornton in October 2016, becoming the first Irish female to earn the prestige.
On 30 January 2017 she officially retired from MMA due to an abnormality in a routine brain scan making it unlikely for her to be cleared to fight again.
Daly began her professional career in Denmark against Nicole Sydboge, defeating her in the second round via guillotine choke.
[11] Daly was scheduled to return to the promotion at Bellator 66 on 20 April 2012 to face Jessica Eye in an NAAFS title rematch.
[15] Daly faced German Sheila Gaff at Cage Warriors Fighting Championship 41 on 24 April 2011 in North London, England.
[18] Daly defeated Eye by submission due to a rear-naked choke in the second round to become NAAFS 125 lbs women's champion.
[21] Daly was scheduled to face Roxanne Modafferi at BlackEye Promotions 5 on 1 October 2011 in Fletcher, North Carolina.
[28] Daly next competed in a 120 lbs catchweight bout against Katja Kankaanpää at Cage Warriors Fighting Championship 51 on 31 December 2012.
[40] On 30 January 2017 Daly announced her retirement following medical tests that revealed an abnormality as a result of a prior brain haemorrhage.