Casey O'Neill details 'Scaussie' heritage and confusion over her accent

Growing up in two different countries can have many advantages but it also comes with its downsides, just ask UFC women's flyweight Casey O'Neill.

O'Neill looks to extend her unbeaten run to four on Saturday night when serves as the opponent for Roxanne Modafferi's final fight at UFC 271.

The 24-year-old has stopped all three opponents she's faced since making her UFC debut, making her one of the many breakout stars in the promotion last year.

O'Neill was raised in Kilmarnock, Scotland and lived in the town for 10 years before being hit with a big change of scenery as she moved to sunny Queensland in Australia.

She has resided on Australia's Gold Coast ever since, but also frequently visits Phuket in Thailand to train at the Tiger Muay Thai gym.

And O'Neill said she is commonly being quizzed by people about her accent no matter where she is.

"It's so bad," she told Mirror Fighting. "I'm living in Australia and everyone's like 'where are you from?' then I'll go home to visit my family in Scotland and people will say 'where are you from?

"I'm like I don't fit in anywhere! Nobody has any idea of my accent, so I call it my 'Scaussie' accent and every three words it changes from Scottish to Australian.

"My dad's here right now and him being around makes my accent a little bit stronger, especially when I'm yelling at him angrily. I get super Scottish when I'm mad."

O'Neill started training in kickboxing before moving to Australia, following in the footsteps of her father who was also a fighter.

Her father owned his own MMA promotion and after years of trying to convince him, O'Neill competed in the promotion at just 15-years-old.

"When we moved to Australia he started his own MMA promotion and I wanted to be his first female