UFC lightweight Norman Parke is celebrating a new contract with the promotion this evening.
The Bushmills fighter joined the UFC in 2012 and has fought eight times in less than three years, racking up a 5-2-1 record in the Octagon as part of an overall MMA record of 21-4-1.
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Parke, 28, bounced back from a pair of split decision defeats in 2015 to finish off the year on a high at last month's UFC Dublin card, scoring a unanimous decision over veteran Reza Madadi.
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