Mallory Martin fought an internal battle long before she faced off with Hannah Cifers inside the octagon.
Following her first UFC victory, a comeback submission win over Cifers at UFC Vegas 8 this past month, Martin spoke to the media about her visible emotions after the fight and why the moment meant so much to her. On a recent episode of What the Heck, the 26-year-old strawweight elaborated further on the circumstances leading up to the Cifers clash, and while she still declined to go into into exact detail about the struggles she faced, she confessed she had to find a way to overcome anxiety and depression.