Chris Dempsey UFC Bound – Set to Fight July 19 in Dublin, Ireland

Chris Dempsey UFC Bound – Set to Fight July 19 in Dublin, Ireland

Gladiators of the Cage middleweight champion Chris Dempsey has signed with the UFC.

The 26-year-old Ambridge, Pa., native holds a 10-1 professional MMA record, and has an eight-fight winning streak going into the world’s largest mma organization.

Dempsey broke the news late this morning via his official facebook page, he is scheduled to make his debut on July 19 on the UFC fight night card in Dublin, Ireland.

Dempsey will be fighting Illir Latifi, a Swedish fighter who is 1-1 in the octagon.  Latifi was originally slated to fight Tom Lawlor but Lawlor is now out of the fight due to injury.

MyMMANews.com interviewed Dempsey just a few short months ago. Click here to see that article.

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