Wesley Sims was born on 12 October 1979 and is a retired American professional mixed martial artist.
21 Facts About Wes Sims
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Wes Sims was a star center on the basketball team at Amanda-Clearcreek High School, and went on to Mount St Joseph University in Cincinnati.
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Wes Sims soon met legendary UFC and PRIDE FC fighter Mark Coleman who had a better plan for the young Sims which was to become a mixed martial artist, believing that Sim's huge size advantage would be significant against opponents.
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Wes Sims helped Coleman prepare for his bout with Ricardo Morais at PRIDE 8, before embarking on his own career in the sport.
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Wes Sims has been friends, since before UFC 47, and former training partners with former UFC Hall of Famer Mark Coleman and the deceased Kevin Randleman; they were all very close and described by MMA Weekly in an interview with Randleman, with Wes Sims present, as the 3 Amigos.
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Thanks to Wes Sims, donations raised over $51,000, including a $5,000 donation from fellow Pride FC and UFC fighter Mark Hunt, for Coleman's medical expenses, halfway meeting the goal of $100,000.
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In 2003, Wes Sims fought a controversial fight against Frank Mir at UFC 43.
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At the very beginning of the fight, Mir put out his hand to touch gloves and Wes Sims rushed past Mir's outstretched hand and into a quickly maneuvered takedown by Mir.
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Wes Sims fought again in the UFC at the UFC 47 against Mike Kyle.
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Wes Sims took the fight on less than a weeks notice after Kyle's original opponent got injured.
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Wes Sims protested after the fight that Kyle had bitten him on the chest.
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Wes Sims faced former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia at SuperBrawl 38.
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Wes Sims was unable to defend himself with the injury and Sylvia won by strikes in the first round.
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Tim and Wes had a heated exchange after the fight when Sylvia called Sims out and said he did not deserve to stand in front of him.
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Wes Sims ran up to Sylvia and trainers had to separate the two.
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Wes Sims returned to the UFC as a cast member on the tenth season of The Ultimate Fighter, which began filming in June 2009.
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Wes Sims was defeated by castmate Justin Wren via arm triangle in the first round of Wes Sims' first fight in the house.
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Wes Sims made his Strikeforce debut against Bobby Lashley on January 30,2010, at Strikeforce: Miami.
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Wes Sims came up short and was defeated by Bobby Lashley by TKO.
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Wes Sims was taken down at the beginning of the first round by the decorated wrestler, who then used the ground and pound technique on the 6'8 UFC veteran.
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Wes Sims was expected to fight former UFC Heavyweight Champion Tim Sylvia in Ohio outside of Strikeforce but the Ohio State Athletic Commission did not sanction the bout, citing that the fight was "non-competitive".