BAMMA two-division champion Tom “FireKid” Duquesnoy (14-1) reportedly signed a deal with the UFC according to french magazine L’Avenir de L’Artois which was later confirmed by FloCombat’s Jim Edwards on Twitter.

The current BAMMA bamtamweight and featherweight champion is regarded as one of the best fighters outside of the UFC and has been heavily linked with the promotion for some time.

Last year he fought three times for British promotion BAMMA, winning all three via stoppages.

At BAMMA 27 in December he successfully defended his bantamweight title against Northern Ireland’s Alan Philpott (16-9) in one of the most exciting European bouts of the year, defeating him via rear-naked choke in round-two.

He is expected to make his UFC debut on 15th April but official details have yet to be released.

Duquesnoy enters a bantamweight division which just witnessed Cody Garbrandt claim the title against former-champ Dominic Cruz at UFC 207.

The 23 year-old will be confident that he can mount a title charge and will add some explosiveness to an already exciting division.

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