{"id":83860,"date":"2025-08-21T02:16:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T02:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/83860\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T02:16:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T02:16:08","slug":"undefeated-u-k-knockout-artist-luke-riley-signs-with-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/83860\/","title":{"rendered":"Undefeated U.K. knockout artist Luke Riley signs with UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">One of the U.K.\u2019s top prospects has officially made it to the big show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Cage Warriors standout and undefeated knockout artist Luke Riley has signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) after months of fans clamoring for the promotion to scoop him up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The signing was first reported by Eurosport and later confirmed by Riley himself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Riley (11-0) nearly punched his ticket to UFC last year through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-contender-series-dana-white\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Contender Series<\/a>, but visa issues derailed those plans. Instead of sitting idle, the 26-year-old returned to Cage Warriors earlier this year and delivered a statement win, knocking out Tariel Abbasov at Cage Warriors 185.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Unbeaten as both an amateur and a professional, Riley boasts a 73 percent finishing rate with eight knockouts. He trains out of Next Generation MMA in Liverpool, serving as one of UFC star Paddy Pimblett\u2019s main training partners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For now, Riley brings his unbeaten record and knockout power to the UFC\u2019s talent-rich Featherweight division, instantly becoming one of the most exciting new names to watch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Check out some of Riley\u2019s highlight-reel finishes below:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the U.K.\u2019s top prospects has officially made it to the big show. Cage Warriors standout and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,63173,40762,785,32785,25627,85],"class_list":["post-83860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-international-mma-news-results","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-mma-prospects","tag-regional-mma-news-results","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}