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 fighter, he was like 'no way', she continued.
"I actually think he put two other females on the card so I wouldn't be the first female, but I stuck with it and I fought on his promotion when I was 15."
O'Neill revealed her younger sister, who was only 8 at the time, tried to turn away MMA legend Mark Hunt when he didn't buy a ticket for one of her father's shows.
Although she is undefeated in her professional career, O'Neill's amateur days didn't go the same way as she was defeated in her first two bouts.
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But the time she has taken to hone her skills has clearly paid off, winning eight consecutive fights as a professional.
Representing both Scotland and Australia when fighting in the UFC, O'Neill is understandably torn when picking her favourite of the two countries.
"Obviously I love Scotland, I was born there. I am Scottish, my whole family are Scottish. I think I love Scotland a little bit more.
"But in Australia there's beaches, theme parks, sun. So I loved it when I was a kid growing up there and that's what started my MMA journey.
"So without Australia I'm not sure I'd be fighting the way I am, it's torn so I love both. I definitely feel the love from the Scottish fans a bit more though."
And it's for this reason that if the UFC were to offer O'Neill a headlining spot on a card in Australia or Scotland, she would choose the latter.
"I'd say Glasgow, for sure. Australia has a bit of that tall poppy syndrome. Glasgow is number one on my bucket list to fight at," she said.
"If I don't get on the Glasgow card when the UFC comes there, I'm gonna start a riot for sure."
