MMA FIGHTER CATHAL Pendred is currently making waves as a he competes in UFC’s The Ultimate Fighter.

Today, however, he made waves of a different kind as he rescued an injured dolphin.

Pendred was walking along Doonbeg beach with his model girlfriend Michelle McGrath, where they were attending a wedding, when he came across the injured animal.

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Unperturbed, he took off his pants and returned the stricken dolphin to the sea, where he says the animal is doing well.

Fair play.

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MMA fighter goes to wedding, saves a dolphin

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