LAS VEGAS (Օգոստոս 29, 2016) - World Series պայքարի (www.WSOF.com) announced today that it has bolstered its roster of world-class athletes yet again with the signing of lightweight (155 ֆունտ) star and former The Ultimate Fighter competition reality television series runner-up Ramsey Nijem (9-6), է բացառիկ, multi-fight promotional agreement with the world championship Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) league.
Fighting out of Orem, Utah, 5-ոտքով-11, 28-year-old Nijem, անդամ 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-ֆունտ բաժանումը,«Համաշխարհային շարք Մարտական նախագահի Հայր Chiefs.
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 մեջ 2011, while competing at welterweight (170 ֆունտ) 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) ներկայացում (հետեւի մերկ խեղդել) Հյուրատետր Charlie Rader, and followed up the victory with a quick, 56-second submission (հետեւի մերկ խեղդել) Հյուրատետր Clay Harvison and a second round (1:49) ԱՀԿ- (punches) Հյուրատետր Chris Cope, համապատասխանաբար, to reach the show’s final round of competition where he was stopped with an onslaught of punches by Tony Ferguson առաջին փուլում (3:54) ճակատամարտի.
During his 10-fight stint with the UFC, Nijem earned both a “Performance of the Night” honor for his first round (4:20) ԱՀԿ- (punches) conquest of Beneil Դարիուշ թվականի ապրիլի 11, 2014, as well a “Fight of the Night” award for his gritty effort in a second round (1:53) ԱՀԿ- (punches) defeat at the hands of Carlos Diego Ferreira թվականի օգոստոսի 30, 2014.
A lifelong athlete, Nijem was a three-sport (ըմբշամարտի, cross country and soccer) competitor in high school before going on to wrestle for NCAA Division I Utah Valley University.
Ապրում են World Series պայքարում գործողության վերադառնում է NBCSN վրա Շաբաթ, Oct. 7, with an unprecedented, three-hour telecast and world championship doubleheader, սկսած 11 կեսօրից. ՈՒ/8 կեսօրից հետո, from Kansas City Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Դուք.
In the main event of WSOF33: Gaethje vs. Dugulubgov, reigning, undefeated world lightweight champion Justin "The Highlight» Gaethje (16-0) ՀՀ Safford, Ariz. will risk his title against number one contender Ozzy Dugulubgov (8-2) of Ridgewood, N.J.
In the light heavyweight (205 ֆունտ) ՄԱԿ-գլխավոր միջոցառումը, reigning world champion David Branch (16-3) Նյու Յորքում, N.Y.. will defend his title against fellow Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and battle-tested veteran Vinny Magalhaes (14-7) Լաս Վեգասում, Nev. միջոցով Ռիո դե Ժանեյրոյում, Բրազիլիա.
