Braveheart Stevie Ray happy with 15 minutes of fame at UFC Dublin
There are many things about being a UFC fighter that Stevie Ray loves – but he's particularly pleased about being back in the cage for 15 minutes at a time.
There are many things about being a UFC fighter that Stevie Ray loves – but he's particularly pleased about being back in the cage for 15 minutes at a time.
Undefeated light-heavyweight Paul Craig says the UFC finally making its debut in Scotland will inspire the next breed of Scottish MMA stars.
West Lothian fighter Whiteford is supremely confident that Redmond has very little in his arsenal that can cause the Scot problems. The Dubliner has stopped three previous opponents by toe hold submission - but lost his only UFC bout to date, against Mirsad Bektic, by unanimous decision.
She was missing her usual steely-eyed killer instinct and paid the price by being submitted in the first round. And the more obsessive viewers would also have noticed she was missing something else - her regular cornerman James Doolan. And here's where things get complicated.
The Edinburgh native is making big changes in his quest for cage glory. First he left his Headhunters team in January to join the highly-regarded coach James Doolan's squad of West Lothian warriors at Higher Level - a satellite branch of the Dinky Ninja Fight Team.
Galbraith, 29, is trying out for the UFC's reality TV show The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) for the fourth time, having been rejected on three occasions. And with his record of nine wins and seven losses not as attractive as TUF bosses usually hope for, coupled with the fact he lost his last fight - against Danny Henry in Edinburgh - he knows his chances of making it fourth time lucky when he travels to Las Vegas for the trials on Monday, April 27, are not overwhelmingly positive.
She was part of a panel of fighters delivering the UFC's upcoming European schedule of events, and she was given the honour of announcing that the world's biggest MMA promotion is coming to Scotland.
The 26-year-old from Lanarkshire tops the bill at First Fighting Championship's next event, FFC Resurgence at Hamilton Townhouse this weekend.
Calderwood, 28, is one of the 16 women included in the cast of the UFC's reality TV show which will this season end in the crowning of the organisation's first ever straw-weight (115lb) women's champion.
With Robert Whiteford having picked up the first ever win for a Scottish fighter in the UFC, and Joanne Calderwood heavily fancied as a real contender on the upcoming 20th edition of the UFC's reality TV show The Ultimate Fighter, our elite MMA stars are shining bright.
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