Las Vegas (August 29, 2016) - World Series ea Fighting (www.WSOF.com) announced today that it has bolstered its roster of world-class athletes yet again with the signing of lightweight (155 lik'hilograma tse) star and former The Ultimate Fighter competition reality television series runner-up Ramsey Nijem (9-6), ho a ikgethileng a, multi-fight promotional agreement with the world championship Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) league.
Fighting out of Orem, Utah, le 5 ba maoto a-11-, 28-year-old Nijem, e leng setho sa superstar 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-boima ba arola,"O ile a re World Series ea Roshan Mopresidente Ntate Marena.
Nijem defeated three straight adversaries – two by way of submission and one via TKO – to finish as runner-up on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos a 2011, while competing at welterweight (170 lik'hilograma tse) 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 Brock Lesnar.
Nijem began his successful run on the reality television show with a second round (3:31) ho ikokobelletsa (ka morao-hlobotse a bipetsa) ea Charlie Rader, and followed up the victory with a quick, 56-second submission (ka morao-hlobotse a bipetsa) ea Clay Harvison and a second round (1:49) WHO (punches) ea Chris Cope, ka ho latellana, to reach the show’s final round of competition where he was stopped with an onslaught of punches by Tony Ferguson a ga tikologo ya ntlha (3:54) la ntoa.
During his 10-fight stint with the UFC, Nijem earned both a “Performance of the Night” honor for his first round (4:20) WHO (punches) conquest of Beneil Dariush ka April 11, 2014, as well a “Fight of the Night” award for his gritty effort in a second round (1:53) WHO (punches) defeat at the hands of Carlos Diego Ferreira ka August 30, 2014.
A lifelong athlete, Nijem was a three-sport (loane, cross country and soccer) competitor in high school before going on to wrestle for NCAA Division I Utah Valley University.
Phela ka ho World Series ea Fighting khato o khutlela ho NBCSN ka Moqebelo, Oct. 7, with an unprecedented, three-hour telecast and world championship doubleheader, qala ka 11 p.m. LE/8 p.m., from Kansas City Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, U.
In the main event of WSOF33: Gaethje vs.. Dugulubgov, reigning, undefeated world lightweight champion Justin "The a totobatsa" Gaethje (16-0) ea Safford, Ariz. will risk his title against number one contender Ozzy Dugulubgov (8-2) of Ridgewood, N.J.
In the light heavyweight (205 lik'hilograma tse) sebedisana ka sehloohong ketsahalo, reigning world champion David Branch (16-3) ea New York, N.Y.. will defend his title against fellow Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and battle-tested veteran Vinny Magalhaes (14-7) ea Las Vegas, Nev. ka Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
