{"id":47396,"date":"2025-08-06T08:37:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T08:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/47396\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T08:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T08:37:08","slug":"tameside-based-mma-starlet-fights-for-ufc-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/47396\/","title":{"rendered":"Tameside-based MMA starlet fights for UFC contract"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By James Bovington<\/p>\n

A TAMESIDE-TRAINED MMA fighter is to compete for arguably the biggest prize in the discipline \u2013 a UFC contract.<\/p>\n

Louis Lee Scott, a member of Ashton-under-Lyne\u2019s Manchester Top Team, is flying to Las Vegas to compete on the Dana White Contender Series.<\/p>\n

As temperatures reach the 40s outside, the action will be as hot in the Nevada city\u2019s Apex Arena, where the man known as Lightning will meet Kaushik Saikumar in a five round bantamweight bout.<\/p>\n

And the prize to the winner is an almost certain UFC contract.<\/p>\n

\"\"Louis Lee Scott MMA \u2013 CREDIT ARES FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP<\/p>\n

\u201cDana White is chief executive of the UFC and with an impressive win, I\u2019ll be signing up to the UFC,\u201d said 25-year-old Louis, who hails from the Morley area of Leeds but trains at Manchester Top Team\u2019s Boodle Street base.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn doing so I\u2019d become the first UFC fighter from Leeds and the\u00a0only current Yorkshireman in what is, let\u2019s face it, the promotion that\u2019s every fighter\u2019s ultimate ambition.\u201d<\/p>\n

Louis, who trains under Carl Prince at Manchester Top Team, is undefeated as a professional MMA fighter having won seven of nine professional bouts since 2019 by stoppage and two by decision.<\/p>\n

His latest victory was in Paris last January when he defeated French\u00a0fighter Youssoff Binate on the ARES Fighting Championship.<\/p>\n

Louis also had a distinguished record in amateur MMA, starting aged 16 and winning 14 of 16 contests.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been working with Louis since he was 16, aiming for the UFC,\u2019 said Mr Prince.<\/p>\n

\u201cLouis has everything wanted in a professional athlete. A supreme talent with an unmatched work ethic.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m expecting a fantastic showing from Louis. He\u2019ll leave with his first multi-fight UFC contract and his name will be etched in northern fight folklore for decades to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Louis may have the skill, the attitude, the work ethic and the training \u2013 but he also has the backing of his mum, Sarah Lee.<\/p>\n

She said as he heads out on Monday, August 11: \u201cLouis has been working towards this for 15 years. It\u2019s all he focuses on.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s super dedicated and his life is pretty much spent training. He\u2019s totally disciplined with his food and constantly studies how he can improve his fight technique.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re all proud of how committed he is to be achieving his life\u2019s ambition to fight in the UFC.\u201d<\/p>\n

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