‘The Witch’ Meghan O’Neill walked into the street BKFC stage at Friday’s Derby weigh-ins with the kind of presence that requires no introduction. She’s the woman everyone has an opinion about, dressed in all black, pale makeup and an unmistakable vampire-goth aesthetic that has divided social media users faster than you can throw a punch.
‘The Witch’ Meghan O’Neill Sports vampire, gothic aesthetic
The Northern Irish fighter clocked 109.6 pounds for her showdown against fellow debutant Terri Diamond (107.6 pounds) on December 13 at Vaillant Live in Derby. She is a complete crossover personality balancing two completely different industries. She is a model who earns over £10,000 monthly, a former glamor model and now the second ever female BKFC fighter in Ireland – the first from Northern Ireland.
She is covered in tattoos representing the feminine divine that patriarchy has tried to eradicate for centuries: Lilith, Hécate, Callie, Medusa. For her, claiming the witch label is an ancestral reclamation, a middle finger to anyone who views powerful women as demonic. When she walks into a roads wearing all black with pale makeup designed to evoke something otherworldly, it’s part of the package. It’s calculated chaos wrapped in legitimate combat references.
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The reality beneath the theater is where things get interesting. O’Neill holds Irish powerlifting records for her weight division. Her degrees are in philosophy and psychology, which she uses as a weapon against opponents. She has openly stated that she specializes in mind games, where she gets into her opponent’s head before even throwing a punch. During her confrontation with Diamond, she explained that she would question herself before even stepping through the ropes.
“Boxing was never extreme enough for me. You know, I’m extreme. I have to be one or the other. I want to be hurt, you know? I want my opponent to hurt me. I want blood.”
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She has already completed two boxing matches. The first was against an opponent two stone heavier and a foot taller, a mismatch she fought against anyway because she wanted to test herself. The second lasted about a minute and stopped on the first lap. Neither fight hurt her. She was not satisfied. Boxing felt too limited, too controlled. Bare Knuckle, on the other hand, promised the extremism she craves. She describes herself as extreme in nature.
O’Neill’s debut takes place today, Saturday, December 13, 2025, on the BKFC Fight Night Derby card at Vaillant Live in Derby, United Kingdom. The countdown show starts at 1:00 PM ET/10:00 AM PT on YouTube, while the fights themselves start at 2:00 PM ET/11:00 AM PT. O’Neill and Diamond are scheduled for the preliminary card, with the full list of 11 fights available via BKFC’s official mobile application. The main event features Conor Cooke vs. Anthony Holmes in a vacant BKFC UK Light Heavyweight Championship match.
“Every time my sisters were burned at the stake, I feel that ancestral anger inside me. I feel it for my sisters who were murdered because they were considered witches. They weren’t allowed to be who they wanted to be. I would be burned at the stake for what I do if it was all those years ago. So for me, claiming the witch means saying a huge F* you to anyone who burned my sisters at the stake. And I reclaim that kind of thing very much. terrible.”
She’s a single mother of two who gets up every morning and pours it all in, while somehow maintaining a full-time career in two industries. She doesn’t date. She doesn’t drink. She is writing a book on mental resilience and plans to pursue a doctorate in psychology.
“I’m very good at mind games. You know, I studied psychology. I know how to get into my opponent’s mind. And I’ll ruin her life before we step into that ring. You know, she’ll question herself before we step into that ring.”
The balance of the outfit itself, the all-black ensemble, the vampy, gothic aesthetic and the pale makeup is intentional showmanship. Social media kept talking about it, and that was exactly the point.
“The Megan O’Neill brand is very controversial, feisty, you know, out there. And the reason I use the yin-yang symbol is because I am what I think is the true balance of good and bad. You know, I have a very beautiful, motherly, nurturing side. And on the other hand, you know, I have that very dark, chaotic feeling about me, and that’s why I’m called a witch. So it comes into play. There’s both and it balances each other out.”
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