British UFC star Christian Leroy Duncan returns to motion vs Claudio Ribeiro
Christian Leroy Duncan returns to UFC motion on March 2 when he takes on Claudio Ribeiro.
The 28-year-old middleweight final entered the Octagon final November when he claimed a formidable TKO victory over Denis Tiuliulin.
It was the right response to his first UFC loss final June after he was bested in a call by Armen Petrosyan which gave Duncan his first-ever skilled loss in MMA.
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However, after returning to successful methods final yr, the Gloucester native (8-1) is ready for his return to MMA‘s premier organisation at UFC Fight Night 238 in Las Vegas on the UFC Apex in opposition to the Brazilian Claudio Ribeiro.
The 31-year-old (11-3) is coming off a brutal head kick knockout loss by Roman Kopylov final July and will definitely be seeking to get again into the win column in opposition to the Brit.
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It’s a third-straight look on the UFC Apex for Duncan and after his commanding victory final November, he admitted he had features of his sport that he was compelled to work following the primary defeat of his profession.
“My last fight with (Armen) Petrosyan showed me a lot of areas that I need to work on in my own game,” he mentioned. “There have been just a few issues main as much as the combat, as nicely, being out right here in Vegas, that I had to take a look at main as much as the combat – we put it into movement this week.
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“It was just a multiple amount of things that we put together which led to this performance tonight – especially working on things like my boxing, my grappling, my wrestling. I looked into those areas a lot more.”
With his first combat of 2024 on its method, Duncan mentioned that he needed to be lively this yr and mentioned persistently preventing is “the best way that I can learn and keep growing as a fighter”.
The card in March additionally has fellow Brit fighter Muhammad Mokaev taking over his largest check to date in former Flyweight title challenger Alex Perez.
