Duncan sights are on Sin City's headliners

Published date02 March 2024
Publication titleDaily Star (England)
However, Gloucester middleweight Christian Leroy Duncan, who signed with the UFC last March, cannot wait to cap a promising first 12 months when he faces Claudio Ribeiro in Las Vegas tonight

After a mixed start to his octagon career, 'CLD' displayed the free-flowing striking that made him a Cage Warriors stand-out in his TKO win over Denis Tiuliulin last November.

Duncan (inset) said: "It has been an eventful 12 months but I have enjoyed every moment. My first fight I won by TKO but it wasn't the TKO I would have liked to have got, with the knee injury (to Dusko Todorovic).

"The second fight (against Armen Petrosyan) a lot of lessons were learned outside the cage and the fight didn't end up going my way.

"The third fight I corrected things outside and I was able to perform how I have done in my past fights. Here we are now ready to continue the journey."

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