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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Donagh Corby

British MMA legend Steven Ray planning retirement after one last PFL season

British MMA legend Steven Ray is planning to retire on his own terms at the end of this PFL season after a storied MMA career.

The Scottish grappler is a former BAMMA and Cage Warriors champion, and has competed in the UFC as well as PFL where he has defeated former world title holder Anthony Pettis and major names such as Michael Johnson. But after coming within inches of lightweight gold in last year's season, he feels he has one more run in him this year.

In order to stretch his run from one fight to three and win the million dollars, he will need to blast out boxer Clay Collard later this month in his second regular season fight. Ray lost to Nathan Schulte in the season opener after being stunned by Olivier Aubin-Mercier in last year's final, and would have to land a stoppage to guarantee progression to this year's play-offs.

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