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Nick Ring Born February 10, 1979
Cedar Falls, Iowa, United StatesOther names The Promise Nationality Canadian Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st) Division Middleweight Reach 74.0 in (188 cm) Style Boxing, Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Fighting out of Calgary, Alberta, Canada Team B.D.B. Martial Arts
Tristar GymRank brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Years active 2002–present Professional boxing record Total 5 Wins 4 By knockout 2 Losses 1 Mixed martial arts record Total 13 Wins 12 By knockout 2 By submission 6 By decision 4 Losses 1 By decision 1 Other information Boxing record from Boxrec Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog Nick Ring is a Canadian professional mixed martial artist who competes in the middleweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2002, Ring fought in various promotions, most notably the Bellator Fighting Championships. Ring was a competitor in the Ultimate Fighting Championship's eleventh season of The Ultimate Fighter.
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Mixed martial arts career
Early career
Ring's early background in fighting was as a kickboxer, where he compiled around 30 fights. His transition to MMA was quoted as being because "eventually what I liked about MMA versus kickboxing - and I love kickboxing - was just the whole ground aspect. I like the purity of an MMA fight."[1]
Ring was also a professional boxer (during his hiatus from MMA through injury) with a record of 4–1, with 2 victories coming by knockout.
Ring started his MMA career in 2002 in local promotions in his home region of Alberta, Canada against Bill Mahood. Ring was able to win via verbal submission just 22 seconds into the first round.
A year later, Ring made his second professional MMA appearance against Wyatt Lewis. Ring was again victorious, this time via decision after 2 rounds.
Just two weeks later, Ring fought again. Against Alex Gasson, Ring won another decision and followed this up with a submission (strikes) victory over Kevin Dolan.
Two years later, Ring made his return to mixed martial arts against Kimo Woelfel, winning via first round rear naked choke. Ring next fought Mike Malone and won via first round TKO; his first TKO of his career. Ring later won a unanimous decision over Ryuichi Murata.
Injury and return at Bellator
Ring suffered a knee injury which forced him out of competition for over three years. During this time, Ring took up a professional boxing career, compiling a record of 4–1, with three knockouts. He eventually made his return to MMA when he signed with Bellator.
At Bellator 9, Ring fought Isidro Gonzalez and was able to submit him in 39 seconds with a guillotine choke.[2] Ring then won his next two fights against Chester Post and Yannick Galipeau, both in the first round.
It was rumoured that Ring was offered a place in Bellator at the same time as The Ultimate Fighter.[3]
The Ultimate Fighter
In March 2010, Ring was announced as part of the upcoming eleventh season of The Ultimate Fighter.[4]
In a dominant first performance, to gain entry into the TUF house, Ring defeated Woody Wetherby via TKO due to punches in round 1. Ring earned praise from Tito Ortiz, who expressed his interest in selecting Ring as the first member of Team Punishment. This was indeed to be the case as Ortiz selected him as his number one pick, making Ring the first overall pick of the competition.
For his second bout, Ring fought Court McGee, winning via majority decision (20–18, 19–19, 20–18).
Later on in the competition, McGee was reinstated and the two were set to have a rematch in the quarter-finals. However, after visiting the doctor, Ring discovered that he faced a third ACL reconstruction surgery and faced a choice; fight on injured and risk tearing his meniscus, or withdraw from competition and have surgery immediately. James Hammortree was named as Ring's replacement.
Due to his knee injury and surgery, Ring was not able to compete at the TUF 11 Finale. Ring's surgery took place on April 8, 2010 and afterwards, Ring faced a long period of recovery time, getting cleared to train in September.[5] After his recovery, Ring trained for his debut at UFC 127 at his home club, BDB Martial Arts in Calgary AB, and at Tristar Gym in Montreal QC, with the likes of Georges St-Pierre and Rory MacDonald.[6]
Ultimate Fighting Championship
Ring beat promotional newcomer and DEEP middleweight champion, Riki Fukuda on February 27, 2011 at UFC 127 via controversial unanimous decision.[7][8] All three judges gave Ring the first two rounds despite Fukuda controlling all three rounds with takedowns. Literally all major MMA media news organizations scored the fight as a decision win for Fukuda.[9][10][11][12] Regardless of Ring's win on the scorecards, UFC president Dana White, fans, and spectators all felt Fukuda won the bout. Dana stated on his Twitter account that Fukuda would be paid his win bonus.[13]
For his sophomore UFC bout, Ring faced promotional newcomer James Head on June 11, 2011 at UFC 131.[14] He won the fight via submission in the third round.
In his third UFC fight, Ring faced Tim Boetsch on September 24, 2011 at UFC 135. He lost the fight via unanimous decision, the first loss of his professional MMA career.[15]
Mixed martial arts record
Professional record breakdown 13 matches 12 wins 1 loss By knockout 2 0 By submission 6 0 By decision 4 1 Result Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes Loss 12-1 
Tim BoetschDecision (unanimous) UFC 135 24 September 2011 3 5:00 Denver, Colorado, United States Win 12-0 James HeadSubmission (rear naked choke) UFC 131 11 June 2011 3 3:33 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Win 11-0 
Riki FukudaDecision (unanimous) UFC 127 27 February 2011 3 5:00 Sydney, Australia Win 10–0 
Yannick GalipeauSubmission (armbar) AMMA 1 – First Blood 24 October 2009 1 2:30 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Win 9–0 Chester PostTKO (punches) Rumble in the Cage 36 12 September 2009 1 2:24 Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada Win 8–0 Isidro GonzalezSubmission (guillotine choke) Bellator 9 29 May 2009 1 0:39 Monroe, Louisiana, United States Win 7–0 Ryuichi MurataDecision (unanimous) Deep – 23 Impact 5 February 2006 2 5:00 Tokyo, Japan Win 6–0 Mike MaloneTKO (punches) Icon Sport – Opposites Attract 28 October 2005 1 3:04 Hawaii, United States Win 5–0 Kimo WoelfelSubmission (rear-naked choke) Superbrawl – Icon 23 July 2005 1 2:06 Honolulu, Hawaii, United States Win 4–0 Kevin DolanSubmission (punches) WFF 4 – Civil War 4 April 2003 1 1:20 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Win 3–0 Alex GassonDecision (unanimous) Calgary Max 22 February 2003 3 5:00 Calgary, Alberta, Canada Win 2–0 Wyatt LewisDecision (unanimous) Roadhouse Rumble 7 8 February 2003 2 5:00 Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada Win 1–0 Bill MahoodSubmission (verbal) Roadhouse Rumble 5 23 February 2002 N/A N/A Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada Mixed martial arts exhibition record
Professional record breakdown 2 matches 2 wins 0 losses By knockout 1 0 By submission 0 0 By decision 1 0 Result Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes Win 2–0 Court McGeeDecision (majority) The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz 2 5:00 Las Vegas, NevadaPreliminary bout Win 1–0 Woody WeatherbyTKO (punches) The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz 1 2:42 Las Vegas, NevadaElimination bout References
- ^ Morgan, John (2010-04-05). "Meet "The Ultimate Fighter 11" cast: "Lazy" landowner Nick Ring". MMAjunkie.com. http://mmajunkie.com/news/18590/meet-the-ultimate-fighter-11-cast-lazy-landowner-nick-ring.mma. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
- ^ someguy says:. "Bellator 9 Results - Canadian Nick Ring Victorious | Top MMA News at". Topmmanews.com. http://topmmanews.com/2009/05/30/bellator-9-results-canadian-nick-ring-victorious/. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
- ^ "Nick Ring Joins The Ultimate Fighter 11 Cast | Top MMA News at". Topmmanews.com. 2010-02-15. http://topmmanews.com/2010/02/15/nick-ring-joins-the-ultimate-fighter-11-cast/. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
- ^ "The Ultimate Fighter 11 cast unveiled with 28 middleweight fighters". MMAJunkie.com. http://mmajunkie.com/news/18131/the-ultimate-fighter-11-cast-unveiled-with-28-middleweight-fighters.mma. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
- ^ "Catch-up with Nick Ring". ultimatefighter.com. August 9, 2010. http://www.ultimatefighter.com/blog/catch-up-with-nick-ring.
- ^ "Nick Ring vs. Riki Fukuda Inked for UFC 127 February 27 in Australia". cagepotato.com. December 7, 2010. http://www.cagepotato.com/nick-ring-vs-riki-fukuda-inked-ufc-127-february-27-australia.
- ^ "Ring wins inexplicable UFC 127 decision over Fukuda". yahoo.com. February 26, 2011. http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Ring-wins-inexplicable-UFC-127-decision-over-Fuk?urn=mma-326830.
- ^ "Nick Ring Defends Controversial Decision Win". mmafighting.com. February 27, 2011. http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/02/27/nick-ring-was-a-little-bit-surprised-with-decision-win/.
- ^ "UFC 127 Results & Live Play-by-Play". sherdog.com. February 26, 2011. http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/UFC-127-Results-amp-Live-Play-by-Play-30295.
- ^ "UFC 127 play by play and live results". mmajunkie.com. February 26, 2011. http://mmajunkie.com/news/22617/ufc-127-play-by-play-and-live-results.mma.
- ^ "UFC 127 Play-by-Play: Riki Fukuda vs. Nick Ring". mmaweekly.com. February 26, 2011. http://mmaweekly.com/ufc-127-play-by-play-riki-fukuda-vs-nick-ring.
- ^ "UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch - Live Results". bloodyelbow.com. February 26, 2011. http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2011/2/26/2017467/ufc-127-penn-vs-fitch-live-results.
- ^ "Dana White @ Twitter". twitter.com. February 27, 2011. http://twitter.com/danawhite/status/41759034344345600.
- ^ "Nick Ring vs. James Head added to UFC 131 in Vancouver". mmajunkie.com. 2011-04-11. http://mmajunkie.com/news/23198/nick-ring-vs-james-head-added-to-ufc-131-in-vancouver.mma.
- ^ Stupp, Dann. "UFC 135 preliminary-card results: Ferguson breaks Riley's jaw, Boetsch cruises". MMAJunkie.com. http://mmajunkie.com/news/25389/ufc-135-preliminary-card-results-ferguson-breaks-rileys-jaw-boetsch-cruises.mma. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
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