ЛАС ВЕГАС (Август 29, 2016) - Ворлд Сериес оф Фигхтинг (ввв.ВСОФ.цом) announced today that it has bolstered its roster of world-class athletes yet again with the signing of lightweight (155 фунти) star and former Ултимате Фигхтер competition reality television series runner-up Ramsey Nijem (9-6), на ексклузивни, multi-fight promotional agreement with the world championship Mixed Martial Arts (ММА) league.
Fighting out of Orem, Utah, 5-нога-11, 28-year-old Nijem, члан суперстар 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-подела фунти,", Рекао је Ворлд Сериес оф Фигхтинг председника Фатхер Чифс.
Nijem defeated three straight adversaries – two by way of submission and one via TKO – to finish as runner-up on Ултимате Фигхтер: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos у 2011, while competing at welterweight (170 фунти) 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 Броцк Леснар.
Nijem began his successful run on the reality television show with a second round (3:31) подношење (позади-Накед Цхоке) од Charlie Rader, and followed up the victory with a quick, 56-second submission (позади-Накед Цхоке) од Clay Harvison and a second round (1:49) ТКО (ударци) од Chris Cope, односно, to reach the show’s final round of competition where he was stopped with an onslaught of punches by Tony Ferguson у првом кругу (3:54) битке.
During his 10-fight stint with the UFC, Nijem earned both a “Performance of the Night” honor for his first round (4:20) ТКО (ударци) conquest of Бенеил Дариусх он Април 11, 2014, as well a “Fight of the Night” award for his gritty effort in a second round (1:53) ТКО (ударци) defeat at the hands of Carlos Diego Ferreira август 30, 2014.
A lifelong athlete, Nijem was a three-sport (рвање, cross country and soccer) competitor in high school before going on to wrestle for NCAA Division I Utah Valley University.
Ливе Ворлд Сериес оф Фигхтинг акције враћа у НБЦСН на Субота, Нов. 7, with an unprecedented, three-hour telecast and world championship doubleheader, са почетком у 11 п.м. И/8 увече, from Kansas City Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Ви.
In the main event of WSOF33: Гаетхје вс. Дугулубгов, reigning, undefeated world lightweight champion Џастин "Хигхлигхт" Гаетхје (16-0) од Саффорд, Ариз. will risk his title against number one contender Ози Дугулубгов (8-2) of Ridgewood, Н.Ј.
In the light heavyweight (205 фунти) ко-Маин Евент, reigning world champion Дејвид Филијала (16-3) Нев Иорк, НИ. will defend his title against fellow Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and battle-tested veteran Винни Магалхаес (14-7) Лас Вегас, Нев. преко Рио де Жанеиру, Бразил.