Nicholas George Newell was born on March 17,1986 and is an American mixed martial artist, who competes in the lightweight division.
31 Facts About Nick Newell
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Nick Newell was born with congenital amputation of his left arm, which ends just below his elbow.
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Nick Newell has a very short yet muscular stump of his forearm which he learned from a young age to grasp objects with.
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Nick Newell was born with his stump and therefore learned to use it like a hand from birth.
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Nick Newell grew up playing first soccer and then baseball, but pivoted to high school wrestling in Jonathan Law High School.
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Nick Newell has over 300 victories between high school and college in wrestling.
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Nick Newell stated that while growing up, he idolized former Yankees pitcher Jim Abbott, who has no right hand and was an inspiration for Nick Newell to challenge himself.
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Nick Newell describes his early MMA career as a struggle, not because he could not win, but because other fighters did not want to fight a one armed fighter.
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In 2011, Nick Newell signed a multi-fight deal with both Shark Fights and Xtreme Fighting Championships.
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Nick Newell was supposed to have made his Shark Fights debut at Shark Fights 19, however an injury resulted in him being left off the card.
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Nick Newell had his first bout with XFC at XFC 15: Tribute.
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Nick Newell defeated Denis Hernandez at XFC 15 with a dominant 71 second submission victory.
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Nick Newell did an interview with Bleacher Report to talk about the fame he has been getting since his first televised fight at the XFC event.
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Nick Newell then defeated Chris Coggins via majority decision in what was Nick Newell's biggest test in his MMA career so far.
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Nick Newell next fought for the vacated XFC Lightweight title at XFC 21 against Bellator veteran Eric Reynolds.
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Nick Newell won the fight via submission in the first round and took the XFC Lightweight Title in the process.
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On May 28,2013, Nick Newell signed a multi-fight contract with World Series of Fighting.
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Nick Newell won the fight via submission in the first round.
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Nick Newell challenged Justin Gaethje for the WSOF Lightweight Championship at WSOF 11.
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Nick Newell lost the fight via knockout in the second round, suffering the first defeat of his professional career.
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On February 13,2015, it was announced that Nick Newell has signed a new four-fight contract with WSOF.
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Nick Newell faced Joe Condon and won the back-and-forth fight by unanimous decision.
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Nick Newell returned to the promotion on October 17,2015, at WSOF 24.
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Nick Newell faced Tom Marcellino and won the back-and-forth bout by unanimous decision.
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Nick Newell came out of retirement on March 9,2018, when he met Sonny Luque in a lightweight main event at LFA 35 in Houston.
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Nick Newell won the contest via tapout due to a neck crank at 2:10 of the first round.
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On July 23,2019, it was announced that Nick Newell had signed a single-fight deal with Bellator MMA.
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Nick Newell won the fight via an arm triangle submission in the first round.
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On September 18,2019, Bellator president Scott Coker announced on his social media that Nick Newell had signed a four-fight contract with the organization.
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Nick Newell was expected to face Zach Zane at Bellator 241 on March 13,2020.
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Nick Newell faced Bobby King at Bellator 260 on June 11,2021.