Adam Darby

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• Adam Darby is described as Ireland's newest UFC signing after winning on Dana White's Contender Series the week before this episode.

  Episode 112: Adam Darby Secures UFC Contract & What next for Will Fleury?

• Adam Darby says he is the first Irishman to pick up a UFC contract on Dana White's Contender Series.

  Episode 112: Adam Darby Secures UFC Contract & What next for Will Fleury?

• Adam Darby fought on a Tuesday night on Contender Series and was training at the UFC Performance Institute with Teddy Adlington-Stringer the next morning.

  Episode 112: Adam Darby Secures UFC Contract & What next for Will Fleury?

• Adam Darby took only about a three-day break in San Diego after the fight before getting back to training.

  Episode 112: Adam Darby Secures UFC Contract & What next for Will Fleury?

• Adam Darby trained at Extreme Couture before the fight and attended Sean Strickland's class at the UFC Performance Institute twice a week.

  Episode 112: Adam Darby Secures UFC Contract & What next for Will Fleury?

• Adam Darby says Sean Aspen handled his nutrition for the camp and had him on high calories throughout.

  Episode 112: Adam Darby Secures UFC Contract & What next for Will Fleury?

• Adam Darby's Contender Series opponent Rivera had five or six first-round finishes in his last six fights.

  Episode 112: Adam Darby Secures UFC Contract & What next for Will Fleury?

• Adam Darby's game plan was to leg kick Rivera, slow him down, and pick him apart for a finish.

  Episode 112: Adam Darby Secures UFC Contract & What next for Will Fleury?

• Adam Darby was upset the referee stopped the fight because he wanted a definitive stoppage finish.

  Episode 112: Adam Darby Secures UFC Contract & What next for Will Fleury?

• Dana White called Adam Darby's Contender Series performance a masterclass.

  Episode 112: Adam Darby Secures UFC Contract & What next for Will Fleury?

• A post-fight stat cited on the show said Adam Darby's leg-kick output would have ranked second in UFC history behind the Carlos Condit versus Nick or Nate Diaz fight.

  Episode 112: Adam Darby Secures UFC Contract & What next for Will Fleury?

• Adam Darby says Rivera landed 30 leg kicks on him during the bout.

  Episode 112: Adam Darby Secures UFC Contract & What next for Will Fleury?

• Adam Darby cut his finger on Rivera's tooth and had to be cleared by doctors before the contract announcement.

  Episode 112: Adam Darby Secures UFC Contract & What next for Will Fleury?

• Adam Darby wrote a 2018 notes-app goal stating he would become a UFC fighter.

  Episode 112: Adam Darby Secures UFC Contract & What next for Will Fleury?

• Adam Darby lived in San Diego for about two and a half to three years while pursuing his career.

  Episode 112: Adam Darby Secures UFC Contract & What next for Will Fleury?

• Adam Darby plans to stay in Dublin for a while and head to the United States about four or five weeks early if his next UFC assignment is in America.

  Episode 112: Adam Darby Secures UFC Contract & What next for Will Fleury?

• Adam Darby's brother is making his professional debut in Dubai the week after this episode.

  Episode 112: Adam Darby Secures UFC Contract & What next for Will Fleury?

• Adam Darby asked the UFC for a Paris debut but received a 12-day medical suspension for the finger cut and could not take that slot.

  Episode 112: Adam Darby Secures UFC Contract & What next for Will Fleury?

• Adam Darby says he needs to sort a United States visa and expects that may take about five or six weeks.

  Episode 112: Adam Darby Secures UFC Contract & What next for Will Fleury?

• Adam Darby wants his UFC debut to happen in 2026 and says he is healthy, fit, and ready whenever the promotion schedules him.

  Episode 112: Adam Darby Secures UFC Contract & What next for Will Fleury?

• Adam Darby says Andy Ryan and Team Rhino did not block him from training abroad at the MMA Academy in San Diego.

  Episode 112: Adam Darby Secures UFC Contract & What next for Will Fleury?

• Adam Darby plans to attend Cage Warriors 210 as a fan rather than fight on the card.

  Episode 112: Adam Darby Secures UFC Contract & What next for Will Fleury?

• You're only as good as your last win, so got to get back in the gym and get back training.

  Episode 112: Adam Darby Secures UFC Contract & What next for Will Fleury?

• I told them I'm ready to go.

  Episode 112: Adam Darby Secures UFC Contract & What next for Will Fleury?

• It has to be this year. I'm healthy. I'm fit. I'm good to go.

  Episode 112: Adam Darby Secures UFC Contract & What next for Will Fleury?

• Failure is not an option. I will be a UFC fighter.

  Episode 112: Adam Darby Secures UFC Contract & What next for Will Fleury?

• Adam Darby fights Patrick Rivera in the main event of Dana White's Contender Series on 1 September.

  Episode 111: Ian Garry's Missed Opportunity & Eoin "The Sheriff" Sheridan's Breakout PFL KO

• Adam Darby represents Team Ryano.

  Episode 111: Ian Garry's Missed Opportunity & Eoin "The Sheriff" Sheridan's Breakout PFL KO

• Adam Darby will knock out Patrick Rivera, likely late in round one or early in round two, via elbows or knees against the cage.

  Episode 111: Ian Garry's Missed Opportunity & Eoin "The Sheriff" Sheridan's Breakout PFL KO

• Adam Darby is booked to fight Patrick Rivera on Dana White's Contender Series on 1 September.

  Episode 110: Gary Rooney | Will Fleury Loss | Ian Machado Garry vs Islam Makhachev Preview

• Adam Darby is booked to fight Patrick Rivera on September 1 in Las Vegas at the Apex.

  “Some People Cried When I Told Them” Adam Darby Receives Dana White Contender Series Call #DWCS #UFC

• Adam Darby does not think Patrick Rivera is good enough for him.

  “Some People Cried When I Told Them” Adam Darby Receives Dana White Contender Series Call #DWCS #UFC

• Adam Darby received a text and then a call from his manager Graham Boylan telling him he had to get down for Contender Series week.

  “Some People Cried When I Told Them” Adam Darby Receives Dana White Contender Series Call #DWCS #UFC

• When Graham Boylan called, Adam Darby was stripping wallpaper and starting to paint his bedroom because he was bored.

  “Some People Cried When I Told Them” Adam Darby Receives Dana White Contender Series Call #DWCS #UFC

• Adam Darby told close friends, his family, and his girlfriend Amy about the Contender Series booking.

  “Some People Cried When I Told Them” Adam Darby Receives Dana White Contender Series Call #DWCS #UFC

• A couple of people cried when Adam Darby told them about the booking, out of happiness.

  “Some People Cried When I Told Them” Adam Darby Receives Dana White Contender Series Call #DWCS #UFC

• Adam Darby had built up in his head that the Contender Series opportunity was happening this year.

  “Some People Cried When I Told Them” Adam Darby Receives Dana White Contender Series Call #DWCS #UFC

• Adam Darby has been doing MMA since he was about 16 or 17.

  “Some People Cried When I Told Them” Adam Darby Receives Dana White Contender Series Call #DWCS #UFC

• In school Adam Darby used to tell teachers and others he was going to be a UFC fighter and do MMA for a living, and people laughed and said he could not.

  “Some People Cried When I Told Them” Adam Darby Receives Dana White Contender Series Call #DWCS #UFC

• As of the interview, Adam Darby says the fight is six or seven weeks away.

  “Some People Cried When I Told Them” Adam Darby Receives Dana White Contender Series Call #DWCS #UFC

• Adam Darby plans to get signed to the UFC off this Contender Series fight.

  “Some People Cried When I Told Them” Adam Darby Receives Dana White Contender Series Call #DWCS #UFC

• Adam Darby says he is not going to lose the fight and believes losing is impossible for him after how much he has put in.

  “Some People Cried When I Told Them” Adam Darby Receives Dana White Contender Series Call #DWCS #UFC

• After watching Patrick Rivera's interviews, Adam Darby does not think Rivera wants it as much as he does.

  “Some People Cried When I Told Them” Adam Darby Receives Dana White Contender Series Call #DWCS #UFC

• Couple of people cried when I told them.

  “Some People Cried When I Told Them” Adam Darby Receives Dana White Contender Series Call #DWCS #UFC

• I will get signed to the UFC off this.

  “Some People Cried When I Told Them” Adam Darby Receives Dana White Contender Series Call #DWCS #UFC

• I'm not going to lose this fight.

  “Some People Cried When I Told Them” Adam Darby Receives Dana White Contender Series Call #DWCS #UFC

• I don't think he's good enough for me, to be honest with you.

  “Some People Cried When I Told Them” Adam Darby Receives Dana White Contender Series Call #DWCS #UFC

• Adam Darby is booked to fight Patrick Rivera on 4 September at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

  Adam Darby Reacts To Receiving Dana White's Contender Series Opportunity #DWCS

• Adam Darby does not think Patrick Rivera is good enough for him.

  Adam Darby Reacts To Receiving Dana White's Contender Series Opportunity #DWCS

• Adam Darby is on a six-fight win streak and is 7-1 as a professional in Cage Warriors.

  Adam Darby Reacts To Receiving Dana White's Contender Series Opportunity #DWCS

• Adam Darby's last fight was at Cage Warriors 200: Simon vs. Bagley, about three months before this interview.

  Adam Darby Reacts To Receiving Dana White's Contender Series Opportunity #DWCS

• Adam Darby found out about his Dana White's Contender Series opportunity about six weeks before this interview.

  Adam Darby Reacts To Receiving Dana White's Contender Series Opportunity #DWCS

• Adam Darby says his UFC contract for the Contender Series bout was signed about twelve weeks before the fight.

  Adam Darby Reacts To Receiving Dana White's Contender Series Opportunity #DWCS

• Adam Darby was meant to fight at Cage Warriors Manchester before the Contender Series call.

  Adam Darby Reacts To Receiving Dana White's Contender Series Opportunity #DWCS

• About two weeks out from Cage Warriors Manchester, Adam Darby had an opponent secured who he recalls as roughly 20-4 with a couple of first-round finishes.

  Adam Darby Reacts To Receiving Dana White's Contender Series Opportunity #DWCS

• Graham Boylan called Adam Darby while he was painting his room and told him he had to get down for Contender Series in about a week or ten days.

  Adam Darby Reacts To Receiving Dana White's Contender Series Opportunity #DWCS

• Adam Darby told close friends, family, and his girlfriend the day of or the day after he got the Contender Series news.

  Adam Darby Reacts To Receiving Dana White's Contender Series Opportunity #DWCS

• Adam Darby has been involved in MMA since he was about 16 or 17.

  Adam Darby Reacts To Receiving Dana White's Contender Series Opportunity #DWCS

• This Contender Series bout will be Adam Darby's first time competing in the United States.

  Adam Darby Reacts To Receiving Dana White's Contender Series Opportunity #DWCS

• Adam Darby trains at Team Ryano and has also been traveling to San Diego.

  Adam Darby Reacts To Receiving Dana White's Contender Series Opportunity #DWCS

• When the Contender Series call came, Adam Darby was ten weeks into camp and two weeks out from his planned Cage Warriors Manchester fight.

  Adam Darby Reacts To Receiving Dana White's Contender Series Opportunity #DWCS

• Adam Darby prefers twelve-week camps but says he is always training and always ready.

  Adam Darby Reacts To Receiving Dana White's Contender Series Opportunity #DWCS

• Adam Darby says he had been back in camp for about five or six weeks and was six weeks out from the Contender Series bout at the time of the interview.

  Adam Darby Reacts To Receiving Dana White's Contender Series Opportunity #DWCS

• Adam Darby's last win before this interview was against Thiago Alves at Cage Warriors 200: Simon vs. Bagley.

  Adam Darby Reacts To Receiving Dana White's Contender Series Opportunity #DWCS

• Adam Darby thought his next Cage Warriors fight might have been against Leon Hill or Andreeas Binder.

  Adam Darby Reacts To Receiving Dana White's Contender Series Opportunity #DWCS

• Adam Darby wanted the Cage Warriors belt and would have liked to win it before leaving for the UFC.

  Adam Darby Reacts To Receiving Dana White's Contender Series Opportunity #DWCS

• Adam Darby says his whole professional career has been in Cage Warriors.

  Adam Darby Reacts To Receiving Dana White's Contender Series Opportunity #DWCS

• Adam Darby believes he will get signed to the UFC after Contender Series and says he is not going to lose the fight.

  Adam Darby Reacts To Receiving Dana White's Contender Series Opportunity #DWCS

• Adam Darby sees his Contender Series appearance as a foot in the door that could help teammates such as James, Lewis Byrne, and Jay get looks from the UFC.

  Adam Darby Reacts To Receiving Dana White's Contender Series Opportunity #DWCS

• Adam Darby says he has never done a takedown across roughly thirty amateur and professional fights, though he may have swept an opponent and let him back up.

  Adam Darby Reacts To Receiving Dana White's Contender Series Opportunity #DWCS

• Adam Darby plans to fight business as usual against Patrick Rivera in September.

  Adam Darby Reacts To Receiving Dana White's Contender Series Opportunity #DWCS

• Adam Darby plans to hurt Patrick Rivera badly in their Contender Series fight.

  Adam Darby Reacts To Receiving Dana White's Contender Series Opportunity #DWCS

• Adam Darby says he kept training on the mats with a cast on when he broke his hand.

  Adam Darby Reacts To Receiving Dana White's Contender Series Opportunity #DWCS

• Andy Stevenson says Adam Darby has had five fights fall through.

  Adam Darby Reacts To Receiving Dana White's Contender Series Opportunity #DWCS

• Fighting Patrick Rivera, September the 4th, Las Vegas in the Apex.

  Adam Darby Reacts To Receiving Dana White's Contender Series Opportunity #DWCS

• I find out about 6 weeks ago.

  Adam Darby Reacts To Receiving Dana White's Contender Series Opportunity #DWCS

• The contract's been signed since 12 weeks out.

  Adam Darby Reacts To Receiving Dana White's Contender Series Opportunity #DWCS

• Look, you have to get down in a week or 10 days series.

  Adam Darby Reacts To Receiving Dana White's Contender Series Opportunity #DWCS

• This will be the first time competing in the States.

  Adam Darby Reacts To Receiving Dana White's Contender Series Opportunity #DWCS

• I wanted that belt.

  Adam Darby Reacts To Receiving Dana White's Contender Series Opportunity #DWCS

• To me this is the UFC. I will get signed to the UFC after this.

  Adam Darby Reacts To Receiving Dana White's Contender Series Opportunity #DWCS

• All my fights I've never done one takedown.

  Adam Darby Reacts To Receiving Dana White's Contender Series Opportunity #DWCS

• Adam Darby submitted Thiago Habib in 1 minute and 22 seconds with a ninja face crank choke at Cage Warriors 200: Simon vs. Bagley: Simon vs. Bagley and moved to 7-1.

  Episode 101: Cage Warriors 200 Review & Is MMA Really A Sport?

• Adam Darby wants a Cage Warriors welterweight title fight against top active names such as Leon Hill, Dvalet, Clancy, or Burlson rather than easy matchups.

  Episode 101: Cage Warriors 200 Review & Is MMA Really A Sport?

• Andy Ryan said Adam Darby wanted the Leon Hill fight before Cage Warriors 200: Simon vs. Bagley: Simon vs. Bagley.

  Episode 101: Cage Warriors 200 Review & Is MMA Really A Sport?

• Derby wants sport.

  Episode 101: Cage Warriors 200 Review & Is MMA Really A Sport?

• Andy Ryan said Solomon Simon is a brown belt in jiu-jitsu and often spars with Adam Darby and bigger teammates for power work.

  Episode 100: Graham Boylan & Andy Ryan

• Andy Ryan said Adam Darby is difficult to match because proposed opponents often refuse or go missing, including a recent Brazilian opponent who disappeared last week.

  Episode 100: Graham Boylan & Andy Ryan

• Andy Ryan is not in a rush to push Adam Darby toward a Cage Warriors welterweight title shot and would be happy with another fight this year before a title fight unless one is offered.

  Episode 100: Graham Boylan & Andy Ryan

• Andy Ryan said Adam Darby wants to fight Leon Hill but Andy does not know whether that matchup has been discussed with Cage Warriors.

  Episode 100: Graham Boylan & Andy Ryan

• Leon Hill faces Aldo Pereira and Adam Darby faces Thiago Habib in two Ireland-versus-Brazil welterweight bouts on the Cage Warriors 200: Simon vs. Bagley main card.

  Episode 100: Graham Boylan & Andy Ryan

• Derby wants to fight everybody on that welterweight list.

  Episode 100: Graham Boylan & Andy Ryan

• Adam Darby stopped Robert Constantine in the third round at Cage Warriors 194: Hill vs. Blasco and received a £2,000 performance bonus.

  Episode 92: Caolan Loughran Interview, Cage Warriors Dublin Recap, Hughes vs Nurmagomedov 2 Preview

• Adam Darby is 6-1 as a pro with five finishes and is on a win streak since an earlier career loss.

  Episode 92: Caolan Loughran Interview, Cage Warriors Dublin Recap, Hughes vs Nurmagomedov 2 Preview

• Leon Hill and Adam Darby fought each other as amateurs on the opening card of Cage Warriors 81.

  Episode 92: Caolan Loughran Interview, Cage Warriors Dublin Recap, Hughes vs Nurmagomedov 2 Preview

• Let's just stick them together and see. Let's do it for an interim title.

  Episode 92: Caolan Loughran Interview, Cage Warriors Dublin Recap, Hughes vs Nurmagomedov 2 Preview

• Adam Darby is five and one in Cage Warriors and is on a three or four fight winning streak with a finish in his last bout.

  The Auld Triangle Episode 91: Damien McKenna, Trevor Makengo & Jamie Abbott-Bissett

• Adam Darby beat Tat Pimera by second-round knockout at Cage Warriors 190 in Manchester and moved to 4-1.

  The Auld Triangle Episode 87: Omar Tugarev

• Adam Darby is scheduled for Cage Warriors 190 on June 27.

  The Auld Triangle Episode 86: Denis "The Menace" Frimpong

• Adam Darby finished Torsen Jacobs in the first round with a guillotine choke at a recent Team Rhino card after training in San Diego.

  The Auld Triangle Irish MMA Podcast: Episode 45 with Andreeas Binder & Dom Norkus

• Sinéadh Ní Nualláin and Adam Darby are booked on Cage Warriors 163 in London on Saturday 11 November 2023.

  The Auld Triangle Irish MMA Podcast: Episode 44 with Adam Darby & Sinéadh Ní Nualláin

• Adam Darby spent about three months training in San Diego at the Fight Academy Ireland after about five or six weeks in Thailand.

  The Auld Triangle Irish MMA Podcast: Episode 44 with Adam Darby & Sinéadh Ní Nualláin

• Adam Darby joined Fight Academy Ireland season two after Andy Graham contacted him while he was in Thailand.

  The Auld Triangle Irish MMA Podcast: Episode 44 with Adam Darby & Sinéadh Ní Nualláin

• Adam Darby's Fight Academy Ireland contract prohibits drinking and smoking during filming.

  The Auld Triangle Irish MMA Podcast: Episode 44 with Adam Darby & Sinéadh Ní Nualláin

• Adam Darby's end goal is the UFC and he is not chasing money over that goal.

  The Auld Triangle Irish MMA Podcast: Episode 44 with Adam Darby & Sinéadh Ní Nualláin

• Adam Darby plans to stay at welterweight for at least the next six or seven fights while he grows into his frame.

  The Auld Triangle Irish MMA Podcast: Episode 44 with Adam Darby & Sinéadh Ní Nualláin

• Adam Darby was fighting at lightweight about eight or nine months before this interview.

  The Auld Triangle Irish MMA Podcast: Episode 44 with Adam Darby & Sinéadh Ní Nualláin

• Adam Darby takes on Toran Jacobs on short notice at Cage Warriors 163.

  The Auld Triangle Irish MMA Podcast: Episode 44 with Adam Darby & Sinéadh Ní Nualláin

• Adam Darby wants five fights in the next 12 to 14 months and would like to be fighting for a Cage Warriors title after about five or six pro fights.

  The Auld Triangle Irish MMA Podcast: Episode 44 with Adam Darby & Sinéadh Ní Nualláin

• Adam Darby plans to return to San Diego in early January 2024 for about eight to ten weeks after roughly five or six weeks back in Dublin following Cage Warriors 163.

  The Auld Triangle Irish MMA Podcast: Episode 44 with Adam Darby & Sinéadh Ní Nualláin

• Adam Darby predicts he will finish Toran Jacobs late in round one or early in round two.

  The Auld Triangle Irish MMA Podcast: Episode 44 with Adam Darby & Sinéadh Ní Nualláin

• Adam Darby says Graham Boland recently highlighted him as one of Ireland's leading prospects.

  The Auld Triangle Irish MMA Podcast: Episode 44 with Adam Darby & Sinéadh Ní Nualláin

• The end goal is the UFC like that's where everyone wants to go.

  The Auld Triangle Irish MMA Podcast: Episode 44 with Adam Darby & Sinéadh Ní Nualláin

• I'm not chasing the money I'm chasing that fame of making the UFC.

  The Auld Triangle Irish MMA Podcast: Episode 44 with Adam Darby & Sinéadh Ní Nualláin

• I want five fights in the next year say 12 to 14 months.

  The Auld Triangle Irish MMA Podcast: Episode 44 with Adam Darby & Sinéadh Ní Nualláin

• Adam Darby is training at the MMA Academy in California.

  The Auld Triangle Irish MMA Podcast: Episode 42 with Graham Boylan, Solomon Simon & Paddy McCorry

• Adam Darby submitted Jack Tucker with a triangle choke at Cage Warriors 153.

  The Auld Triangle Irish MMA Podcast: Episode 31 - Paddy McCorry

• Paul Redmond will corner James Sheehan and Adam Darby at Cage Warriors 153 and has been involved in Solomon Simon’s preparation.

  The Auld Triangle Irish MMA Podcast: Episode 30 - Paul Redmond & Caolan Loughran

• Adam Darby was stopped early against Mush Aslani at Cage Warriors 147 after taking a heavy overhand right.

  The Auld Triangle Irish MMA Podcast: Episode 21 - Carl McNally

• Adam Darby is turning pro and looking for a fight after his UKFC bout fell through.

  The Auld Triangle Irish MMA Podcast: Episode 8 with Andy "Taz" Young