Exclusive: MMA prospect Luke Riley speaks to the ECHO about his remarkable rise in the sport as he prepares to impress Dana White and win a UFC contract on the Contender Series later this year
As it was a sequence of exchanges that could prove to change Luke Riley's life, it is little surprise that he can recall the occasion with such clarity. It was earlier this year that the 25-year-old MMA fighter received a surprise text message from his manager Graham Boylan. 'It was a bit of a mad one,' Riley tells the ECHO at his Next Generation Gym. 'It was a Monday night and my manager messaged me at 10.
'I’ve got the stand-up already, all I need to do now is the ground stuff,' adds Riley. 'I’ve come to the best gym for grappling; Paddy , Paul Rimmer, Ellis Hampson, Adam Venture. I’ve learnt take-down and defence, and just worked on my game. 'That’s how you learn. You come back after getting beat up and choked out, dust yourself down and come in the next day and see a little improvement.
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