لاس ویگاس (اگست 29, 2016) - لڑائی کے ورلڈ سیریز (www.WSOF.com) announced today that it has bolstered its roster of world-class athletes yet again with the signing of lightweight (155 پاؤنڈ) star and former الٹی فائٹر competition reality television series runner-up Ramsey Nijem (9-6), ایک خصوصی کرنا, multi-fight promotional agreement with the world championship Mixed Martial Arts (ایم ایم اے) league.
Fighting out of Orem, Utah, 5 فٹ 11, 28-year-old Nijem, سپر اسٹار کے ایک رکن 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-پونڈ ڈویژن,"لڑائی صدر کے ورلڈ سیریز کہا باپ چیفس.
Nijem defeated three straight adversaries – two by way of submission and one via TKO – to finish as runner-up on الٹی فائٹر: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos میں 2011, while competing at welterweight (170 پاؤنڈ) 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 بروک Lesnar.
Nijem began his successful run on the reality television show with a second round (3:31) جمع کرانے (پیچھے ننگے گلا گھونٹنا) کے Charlie Rader, and followed up the victory with a quick, 56-second submission (پیچھے ننگے گلا گھونٹنا) کے Clay Harvison and a second round (1:49) ڈبلیو ایچ او (punches کے) کے Chris Cope, بالترتیب, to reach the show’s final round of competition where he was stopped with an onslaught of punches by Tony Ferguson پہلے راؤنڈ میں (3:54) جنگ کے.
During his 10-fight stint with the UFC, Nijem earned both a “Performance of the Night” honor for his first round (4:20) ڈبلیو ایچ او (punches کے) conquest of Beneil Dariush اپریل 11, 2014, as well a “Fight of the Night” award for his gritty effort in a second round (1:53) ڈبلیو ایچ او (punches کے) defeat at the hands of Carlos Diego Ferreira اگست 30, 2014.
A lifelong athlete, Nijem was a three-sport (کشتی, cross country and soccer) competitor in high school before going on to wrestle for NCAA Division I Utah Valley University.
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