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Paddy Holohan
Holohan in 2019
South Dublin County Councillor
Incumbent
Assumed office
24 May 2019
ConstituencyTallaght South
Personal details
Born
Patrick Pearse Holohan

(1988-05-03) May 3, 1988 (age 36)
Tallaght, Ireland
Political partySinn Féin (membership suspended)
Martial arts career
Other namesThe Hooligan
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Weight125 lb (57 kg; 8 st 13 lb)
DivisionBantamweight (2007–13), Flyweight (2014–2016)
Reach69.0 in (175 cm)[1]
Fighting out ofDublin, Ireland
TeamSBG Ireland
TrainerJohn Kavanagh
Rank  Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu[2] under Tom King
Years active2007–2016
Mixed martial arts record
Total15
Wins12
By knockout1
By submission8
By decision3
Losses2
By submission1
By decision1
Draws1
Other information
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
Last updated on: 18 July 2015

Patrick "Paddy" Holohan (born 3 May 1988), is a municipal politician and retired Irish mixed martial artist who competed in the Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional MMA competitor from 2007 until his retirement in 2016, Holohan has also competed for the promotion Cage Contender and was a competitor on The Ultimate Fighter 18.[3]

Mixed Martial Arts career

After a successful career in Ireland, it was revealed in August 2013, that Holohan was selected to be a participant on The Ultimate Fighter 18.[4] He faced Josh Hill for his fight to get in the house. Holohan was repeatedly taken down and had no answer for the top game of Hill and ended up losing by decision.[5]

Holohan made his official promotional debut against Josh Sampo on 19 July 2014 at UFC Fight Night 46.[6] Holohan won the fight via a rear-naked choke submission midway through the first round.[7]

Holohan was scheduled to face Louis Gaudinot on 4 October 2014 at UFC Fight Night 54.[8] However, Gaudinot pulled out of the bout due to injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Chris Kelades.[9]

Holohan lost the fight via unanimous decision.[10] The performance earned both participants Fight of the Night honours.[11]

Holohan faced Shane Howell on 18 January 2015, at UFC Fight Night 59.[12] He won via unanimous decision.[13]

Holohan faced Vaughan Lee on 18 July 2015 at UFC Fight Night 72.[14] He won via unanimous decision.[15]

Holohan faced Louis Smolka on 24 October 2015 at UFC Fight Night 76.[16] Holohan lost by second round submission after taking a series of shots and then giving up his back, opening a window for Smolka to lock in the rear naked choke for the victory.[17]

Holohan was expected to face Willie Gates on 8 May 2016 at UFC Fight Night 87.[18] However, on 25 April, Holohan abruptly announced his retirement, citing Factor XIII deficiency, a rare blood disorder.[19] He was replaced on the card by Yuta Sasaki.[20]

Political career

He was elected to South Dublin County Council for Sinn Féin at the 2019 local elections.[21]

In 2020, Holohan was criticised for comments he made about the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. On Holohan's podcast "Paddy Holohan's No Shame Podcast", in an interview with Terry McMahon on 7 January 2020, Holohan criticized the Taoiseach, and accused the Taoiseach of not understanding the society of Ireland and the history of Ireland, and being detached from the classes of Ireland, due to his father and grandfather's Indian ethnicity. Holohan stated that when he was growing up, he was raised on stories by his own grandfather about the history of Ireland. Holohan stated that Varadkar's passion for Ireland does not go back to the times when "our" (meaning full Irish ancestry) goes back to Gaelic Ireland. Holohan claims that Varadkar would have instead be raised "on stories of the rebellion in India, in the idea of fighting the English there, and Gandhi and all these other stories.", despite the fact the Varadakar's maternal lineage is Irish. Holohan also stated he would like the leader of the country to be a "family man", and to know "what it is like to have kids".

On 16 January, as 2020 Irish general election campaign was underway, Holohan was called upon by his party to apologize for his remarks in regard to Varadkar's Indian heritage and Holohan's family man comments.[22]

Holohan did so later the same day, issuing the following statement on Twitter "Hi all, I would like to take a minute to address comments that were made on my podcast. Firstly I would like to apologise as my comments may have offended people as I of course did not intend to do so. My comments have been misinterpreted and not in anyway meant the way they have been portrayed. Thank you to the people that know me and have supported me. And understand that I would never make such remarks."[23] In response, Leo Varadkar accepted the apology from Holohan, stating "I understand that he has apologised in the last few hours and you know that’s good enough for me" and "I think if somebody makes a remark that they regret and they apologise and they withdraw it, I think that should be accepted". Sinn Féin party leader Mary Lou McDonald also stated that she was satisfied with the apology.[24][25]

On 17 January, it emerged that Holohan made comments regarding the alleged use of sexual extortion by underage girls on his podcast.[26][27] Mary Lou McDonald described the comments as “beyond offensive, I actually find them upsetting”.[26][27] She announced that “I have moved immediately to the party’s disciplinary procedures, and disciplinary action will be taken”.[26][27] Sinn Féin announced that afternoon that he had been suspended from the party and was to face disciplinary procedures.[26][27]

Personal Life

Holohan's mother was placed in a Magdalene Laundry before he was born following the loss of two previous children.[28]

Holohan's maternal grandfather was his father figure; his grandfather was a member of the Defence Forces and Holohan credits his grandfather with instilling in him discipline and morality.[29]

For part of his childhood Holohan resided with a maternal aunt in Belfast, Northern Ireland. During this time Holohan experienced the final years of the Troubles.[28]

Holohan became a father at age 19. He has two sons. His eldest son is named Tiernan, after the Irish comedian Tommy Tiernan, whom Holohan credits with keeping his morale up during tough periods in his life.[30] His son Séamus Patrick was born in 2018 with his partner Chelsea Hudson.

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown
15 matches 12 wins 2 losses
By knockout 1 0
By submission 8 1
By decision 3 1
Draws 1
Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Loss 12–2–1 Louis Smolka Submission (rear-naked choke) UFC Fight Night: Holohan vs. Smolka 24 October 2015 2 1:29 Dublin, Ireland
Win 12–1–1 Vaughan Lee Decision (unanimous) UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Leites 18 July 2015 3 5:00 Glasgow, Scotland
Win 11–1–1 Shane Howell Decision (unanimous) UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Siver 18 January 2015 3 5:00 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Loss 10–1–1 Chris Kelades Decision (unanimous) UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs. Saffiedine 4 October 2014 3 5:00 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Fight of the Night.
Win 10–0–1 Josh Sampo Submission (rear-naked choke) UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Brandao 19 July 2014 1 3:06 Dublin, Ireland Flyweight debut.
Win 9–0–1 Artemij Sitenkov Submission (triangle choke) Cage Contender 14 21 July 2012 1 2:50 Dublin, Ireland
Win 8–0–1 Damien Rooney KO (punch and head kick) Cage Contender 13 28 April 2012 1 1:01 Belfast, Northern Ireland
Win 7–0–1 Neil McGuigan Submission (rear-naked choke) Chaos FC 9 3 September 2011 1 2:46 Derry, Northern Ireland
Win 6–0–1 Steve McCombe Decision (unanimous) Cage Contender 8 12 March 2011 3 5:00 Dublin, Ireland
Draw 5–0–1 Neil McGuigan Draw Chaos FC 8 12 February 2011 3 5:00 Derry, Northern Ireland
Win 5–0 Andreas Lovbrand Submission (triangle kimura) KO – The Fight Before Christmas 3 3 December 2010 1 2:03 Dublin, Ireland
Win 4–0 Milan Kovach Submission (rear-naked choke) Cage Contender 5 24 July 2010 1 4:58 Dublin, Ireland
Win 3–0 Ritchie Ivory Submission (rear-naked choke) Ring of Combat 26 29 May 2010 1 0:00 Waterford, Ireland
Win 2–0 Michael Daboville Submission (triangle choke) Pancrase Fighting Championship 2 17 April 2010 1 4:37 Marseille, France
Win 1–0 Shane Bane Submission (triangle choke) ROT7 – The Next Level 28 July 2007 2 N/A Dublin, Ireland

Mixed martial arts exhibition record

Result Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Loss 0–1 Josh Hill Decision (majority) The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate 4 September 2013 (airdate) 2 5:00 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Elimination bout

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Fight Card – UFC Fight Night Bisping vs. Leites". UFC.com. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Paddy Holohan – Official UFC Fighter Profile". UFC.com. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Patrick Holohan". Fxtv.com.au. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  4. ^ "TUF 18 Cast Announced". UFC. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  5. ^ "TUF 18 Elimination Bout: Hill vs. Holohan". UFC. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Patrick Holohan vs. Josh Sampo booked for UFC Fight Night 46 in Dublin". MMAjunkie. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  7. ^ "UFC Fight Night 46 results: Paddy Holohan submits Josh Sampo". Cage Pages. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Patrick Holohan vs. Louis Gaudinot added to UFC Fight Night 54". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  9. ^ MMAFighting Newswire. "Patrick Holohan will now face Chris Kelades at UFC Fight Night 54". MMAFighting.com. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  10. ^ "UFC Fight Night 54 results: After five days' notice, Chris Kelades upsets Patrick Holohan". mmajunkie. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  11. ^ "UFC Fight Night 54 bonuses: MacDonald, Aubin-Mercier, Kelades, Holohan win $50,000". MMAjunkie. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  12. ^ Petesy Carroll. "Paddy Holohan set for Boston bout with Shane Howell on 18 January". severemma.com. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  13. ^ Ben Fowlkes. "UFC Fight Night 59 results: Patrick Holohan whitewashes Shane Howell". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  14. ^ Staff. "Paddy Holohan vs. Vaughan Lee added to UFC Fight Night 72 in Scotland". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  15. ^ Steven Marrocco. "UFC Fight Night 72 results: Paddy Holohan shuts out Vaughan Lee". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  16. ^ Helwani, Ariel. "Paddy Holohan vs. Louis Smolka targeted for UFC Fight Night Dublin". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  17. ^ Steven Marrocco. "UFC Fight Night 76 results: Louis Smolka silences Dublin, taps Paddy Holohan". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  18. ^ Helwani, Ariel. "Paddy Holohan vs. Willie Gates in the works for UFC Rotterdam". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  19. ^ Staff. "Paddy Holohan announces retirement". ufc.com. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  20. ^ Staff. "With Paddy Holohan's retirement, Willie Gates gets new UFC Fight Night 87 opponent". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  21. ^ "MMA fighter Paddy Holohan elected to South Dublin County Council". Irish Examiner. 26 May 2019.
  22. ^ McGee, Harry; Bowers, Shauna. "Mary Lou McDonald backs SF councillor after apology for Varadkar 'family man' comments". The Irish Times. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  23. ^ Holohan, Paddy (16 January 2020). "pic.twitter.com/vIzXlplD0E". @PaddyHolohanMMA. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  24. ^ Kearney, Patrick (17 January 2020). "Varadkar accepts Sinn Féin councillor apology over remarks". RTÉ. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  25. ^ Gataveckaite, Gabija (17 January 2020). "Varadkar accepts apology from SF councillor Paddy Holohan over controversial comments". Irish Independent. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  26. ^ a b c d Brennan, Cianan (17 January 2020). "Paddy Holohan suspended from Sinn Féin following sexual extortion comments". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  27. ^ a b c d Burns, Sarah (17 January 2020). "Sinn Féin suspends councillor over 'beyond offensive' comments". {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  28. ^ a b Freyne, Patrick (30 November 2019). "Paddy Holohan: 'MMA was a liferaft to grab onto'". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  29. ^ "Paddy Holohan - Hooligan". The Ryan Tuberty Show. 1 November 2019. RTE Radio 1.
  30. ^ Browne, PJ (14 February 2019). "Paddy Holohan Tells Tommy Tiernan Why He Named His Son After Him". balls.ie. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  31. ^ "UFC Fight Night 54 Fighter Bonuses: Kelades and Holohan Score Fight of the Night". MMA Weekly. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
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