Norman Parke

Norman Parke was born in Bushmills, County Antrim, on 22 December 1986, the small town that later became the launchpad for a world-class fighting career. He began learning judo at sixteen, rose to national champion in wrestling and judo, and only at twenty turned those skills into mixed martial arts. The boy from Bushmills went on to win The Ultimate Fighter Lightweight Tournament and accumulate more than thirty professional victories, carrying the name of his home into arenas across the world.