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Stevie Ray's next UFC bout will see him take on Leonardo Santos.

Record Sport Online can exclusively reveal that the Scottish UFC star (22-8) will face Brazil’s Santos (16-3-1) in a lightweight bout at UFC Fight Night 152 in Stockholm, Sweden on Saturday, June 1.

Ray’s last outing was a unanimous victory over Jessin Ayari back in October 2018, taking the Kirkcaldy man’s UFC record to an impressive six wins from nine fights. Now the 29 year old is hoping a victory over The Ultimate Fighter Brazil welterweight champion will push him up the UFC rankings.

Ray said: “I have had a look at him [Santos] and he is unbeaten in 11 fights and has a 4th degree black belt in BJJ, plus he fights out of Jose Aldo’s gym, so his striking will be good also.

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“I know he hasn’t fought for well over two years but he has beaten some top rated guys like Kevin Lee and Adriano Martins so this will probably be one of the toughest opponents I have had.

“But I’ve always had the mindset that I will fight anyone so when the UFC offered me this guy I had no hesitation in taking this fight.

“I own my own gym now, Braveheart MMA in Kirkcaldy, so I want to inspire the adults and children that I now coach by taking tough fights and winning.

“I have two fights left on my UFC contract so I want to get the win, negotiate a new contract and fight a top 15 guy next. I want to push up the rankings this year”.