25 Facts About Nick Ring

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Nick Ring was born on February 10,1979 and is a Professional boxer and mixed martial artist who is best known for competing in the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

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Nick Ring was a competitor on Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter 11.

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Nick Ring started his MMA career in 2002 in local promotions in his home region of Alberta, Canada against Bill Mahood.

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Nick Ring was able to win via verbal submission just 22 seconds into the first round.

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Nick Ring was again victorious, this time via decision after 2 rounds.

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Against Alex Gasson, Nick Ring won another decision and followed this up with a submission victory over Kevin Dolan.

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Two years later, Nick Ring made his return to mixed martial arts against Kimo Woelfel, winning via first round rear naked choke.

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Nick Ring next fought Mike Malone and won via first round TKO; his first TKO of his career.

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Nick Ring suffered a knee injury which forced him out of competition for over three years.

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Nick Ring eventually made his return to MMA when he signed with Bellator.

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At Bellator 9, Nick Ring fought Isidro Gonzalez and was able to submit him in 39 seconds with a guillotine choke.

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In March 2010, Nick Ring was announced as part of the eleventh season of The Ultimate Fighter.

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Nick Ring earned praise from Tito Ortiz, who expressed his interest in selecting Nick Ring as the first member of Team Punishment.

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However, after visiting the doctor, Nick 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.

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Nick Ring's surgery took place on April 8,2010, and afterwards, Nick Ring faced a long period of recovery time, getting cleared to train in September.

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Nick Ring beat promotional newcomer and DEEP middleweight champion, Riki Fukuda on February 27,2011, at UFC 127 via controversial unanimous decision.

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Nick Ring won the fight via submission in the third round.

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Nick Ring lost the fight via unanimous decision, the first loss of his professional MMA career.

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Nick Ring then fought Court McGee in a rematch from their time on The Ultimate Fighter on July 21,2012, at UFC 149.

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Nick Ring was expected to face Costas Philippou on November 17,2012, at UFC 154 but the fight was cancelled due to Nick Ring's illness on the day of the weigh ins.

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Nick Ring faced Chris Camozzi on March 16,2013, at UFC 158.

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Nick Ring was expected to meet Uriah Hall at UFC Fight Night 26.

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However, Nick Ring was pulled from the bout and initially replaced by Josh Samman, who was ultimately pulled and replaced by UFC returnee John Howard.

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Nick Ring faced Caio Magalhaes on December 7,2013, at UFC Fight Night 33.

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Nick Ring got out of his car, checked on the victims, and along with another bystander who saw the fight in progress started to chase what he called the "wannabe gangsters" who ran when they saw them.