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UFC: Undefeated Briton Luke Riley signs contract with promotion

Undefeated British featherweight Luke Riley has signed a contract with the UFC.

Liverpool’s Riley has won the first 11 fights of his career, building an exciting reputation in UK-based promotion Cage Warriors.

The 26-year-old trains at Next Generation Gym in Merseyside and is team-mates with UFC star Paddy Pimblett.

Riley posted on social media “it’s official, signed with the UFC”, with Cage Warriors also confirming the news.

Pimblett, who has won all seven of his fights in the UFC, said it was “inevitable” Riley would join the promotion.

“My man Luke Riley finally put pen to paper. Was a long time coming but it was inevitable. All you featherweights aren’t ready for my boy, watch,” Pimblett wrote on Instagram.


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