Лас-Вегасе (Жнівень 29, 2016) - Сусветная серыя Fighting (www.WSOF.com) announced today that it has bolstered its roster of world-class athletes yet again with the signing of lightweight (155 фунты) star and former Ultimate Fighter competition reality television series runner-up Ramsey Nijem (9-6), ў выключнай, multi-fight promotional agreement with the world championship Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) league.
Fighting out of Orem, Utah, 5-ногі-11, 28-year-old Nijem, член суперзвезды Gilbert Melendez’s Skrap Pack fight team, will make his debut under the World Series of Fighting banner on a date to be announced soon.
“We have been aggressively pursuing some of the best available fight talent on the market and as a phenomenal and established competitor, Ramsey Nijem should make an exciting addition to our stacked, 155-фунт падзел,"Сказаў Сусветны серыі Барацьба Прэзідэнта Бацька начальнікаў.
Nijem defeated three straight adversaries – two by way of submission and one via TKO – to finish as runner-up on Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos у 2011, while competing at welterweight (170 фунты) as a member of UFC superstar Junior Dos Santos’ seven-man fight team that opposed a squad captained by WWE icon and former UFC heavyweight champion Брок Леснар.
Nijem began his successful run on the reality television show with a second round (3:31) прадстаўленне (задні ўдушэнне) з Charlie Rader, and followed up the victory with a quick, 56-second submission (задні ўдушэнне) з Clay Harvison and a second round (1:49) СААЗ (ўдары) з Chris Cope, адпаведна, to reach the show’s final round of competition where he was stopped with an onslaught of punches by Tony Ferguson у першым туры (3:54) бітвы.
During his 10-fight stint with the UFC, Nijem earned both a “Performance of the Night” honor for his first round (4:20) СААЗ (ўдары) conquest of Beneil Дарыюш красавіка 11, 2014, as well a “Fight of the Night” award for his gritty effort in a second round (1:53) СААЗ (ўдары) defeat at the hands of Carlos Diego Ferreira Жнівень 30, 2014.
A lifelong athlete, Nijem was a three-sport (барацьба, cross country and soccer) competitor in high school before going on to wrestle for NCAA Division I Utah Valley University.
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