वेगास (अगस्ट 29, 2016) - झगडा को विश्व शृंखला (www.WSOF.com) announced today that it has bolstered its roster of world-class athletes yet again with the signing of lightweight (155 पाउण्ड) star and former परम लडाकू competition reality television series runner-up Ramsey Nijem (9-6), एक अनन्य गर्न, multi-fight promotional agreement with the world championship Mixed Martial Arts (एमएमए) league.
Fighting out of Orem, Utah, 5 फुट-11, 28-year-old Nijem, सुपरस्टारको सदस्य 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-पाउन्ड विभाजन,"लड राष्ट्रपति को विश्व शृंखला भने पिता प्रमुखों.
Nijem defeated three straight adversaries – two by way of submission and one via TKO – to finish as runner-up on परम लडाकू: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos मा 2011, while competing at welterweight (170 पाउण्ड) 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 बिज्जू Lesnar.
Nijem began his successful run on the reality television show with a second round (3:31) जम्मा (पछि-नाङ्गो दमा) को Charlie Rader, and followed up the victory with a quick, 56-second submission (पछि-नाङ्गो दमा) को Clay Harvison and a second round (1:49) कसले (घूंसे) को Chris Cope, क्रमशः, to reach the show’s final round of competition where he was stopped with an onslaught of punches by Tony Ferguson पहिलो गोल मा (3:54) युद्धको.
During his 10-fight stint with the UFC, Nijem earned both a “Performance of the Night” honor for his first round (4:20) कसले (घूंसे) conquest of Beneil Dariush अप्रिल मा 11, 2014, as well a “Fight of the Night” award for his gritty effort in a second round (1:53) कसले (घूंसे) defeat at the hands of Carlos Diego Ferreira अगस्ट 30, 2014.
A lifelong athlete, Nijem was a three-sport (लडन्त, cross country and soccer) competitor in high school before going on to wrestle for NCAA Division I Utah Valley University.
झगडा कार्य को विश्व शृंखला मा NBCSN गर्न फर्काउँछ बाँच्न शनिबार, अक्टोबर. 7, with an unprecedented, three-hour telecast and world championship doubleheader, मा शुरुवात 11 p.m. र/8 बजे, from Kansas City Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, तपाईं.
In the main event of WSOF33: Gaethje बनाम. Dugulubgov, reigning, undefeated world lightweight champion जस्टिन "यो हाइलाइट" Gaethje (16-0) Safford को, Ariz. will risk his title against number one contender Ozzy Dugulubgov (8-2) of Ridgewood, N.J.
In the light heavyweight (205 पाउण्ड) सह-मुख्य घटना, reigning world champion दाऊदले शाखा (16-3) न्यूयोर्क को, N.Y.. will defend his title against fellow Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and battle-tested veteran विन्नी Magalhaes (14-7) लास भेगास को, Nev. रियोडेजानेइरो मार्फत, ब्राजिल.