Nick Ring

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Nick Ring
Born (1979-02-10) February 10, 1979 (age 45)
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
Other namesThe Promise
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Division Middleweight
Reach74 in (188 cm)
Fighting out of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Team Champion's Creed Martial Arts
Tristar Gym
RankBlack belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Brian Bird
Black belt in Muay Thai under Mike Miles
Years active2002–2015
Professional boxing record
Total6
Wins5
By knockout2
Losses1
Mixed martial arts record
Total18
Wins14
By knockout2
By submission6
By decision6
Losses4
By decision4
Other information
Boxing record from BoxRec
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Nick Ring (born February 10, 1979) is a professional boxer and mixed martial artist who is best known for competing in the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional MMA competitor from 2002 to 2015, Ring fought in various promotions. Ring was a competitor on Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter 11 .

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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 rumored 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 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, as well as many spectators, 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]

Ring then fought Court McGee in a rematch from their time on The Ultimate Fighter on July 21, 2012, at UFC 149. Ring won via unanimous decision. For the second time in a bout against McGee, the win was regarded as controversial by many media sources. Stats after the fight showed that McGee outstruck Ring 32–25 in the second round and 53–16 in the final round. [16] After the fight, McGee said "I felt like I had cage control, was more aggressive, out-struck him and attempted a submission in the third round. I should not have left it in the hands of the judges and finished the fight." [17]

Ring was expected to face Costas Philippou on November 17, 2012, at UFC 154 [18] but the fight was cancelled due to Ring's illness on the day of the weigh ins. [19]

Ring faced Chris Camozzi on March 16, 2013, at UFC 158. [20] He lost the fight via split decision.

Ring was expected to meet Uriah Hall at UFC Fight Night 26. [21] However, Ring was pulled from the bout and initially replaced by Josh Samman, who was ultimately pulled and replaced by UFC returnee John Howard.

Ring faced Caio Magalhães on December 7, 2013, at UFC Fight Night 33. [22] He lost the fight via unanimous decision.

Post UFC career

Nick was released from the UFC. In his first post-UFC bout, he defeated Jason Zentgraf via unanimous decision at Hard Knocks Fighting Championship 43 on May 22, 2015, in Calgary, Alberta.

Personal life

Nick Ring and both of his parents were born in the United States of America. On June 6, 2012, Ring was leaving a Starbucks at Macleod Trail and 94th Avenue in Calgary when he saw a group of about 6–10 people across the street beating up a couple to steal a young woman's backpack. One girl had another girl by her hair and was kneeing her in the face while her boyfriend was trying to protect her but was being held down. 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. As he chased the suspects, who appeared to be about 17 or 18 years old, Ring called police on his cellphone and the pair were able to catch one suspect. Ring says police caught another five or six suspects. Calgary Police have advised citizens to avoid participating in this type of heroics. [23]

Professional boxing record

6 fights5 wins1 loss
By knockout20
By decision31
No.ResultRecordOpponentMethodRound, timeDateLocationNotes
6Win5–1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Elvis VukajUD6April 3, 2015 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Deerfoot Inn & Casino, Calgary, Alberta
5Win4–1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Willard LewisTKO4 (8), 3:00April 25, 2009 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Deerfoot Inn & Casino, Calgary, Alberta
4Loss3–1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kevin ReynoldsUD8December 27, 2008 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Red Robinson Show Theatre, Coquitlam, British Columbia
3Win3–0 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kombo MohamedTKO1 (4), 2:24March 15, 2008 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bowness Sports Plex, Calgary, Alberta
2Win2–0 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Chris LadouceurMD4November 22, 2007 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Chateau Lacombe Hotel, Edmonton, Alberta
1Win1–0 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul TrylUD4September 27, 2007 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Croatian Cultural Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown
18 matches14 wins4 losses
By knockout20
By submission60
By decision64
Res.RecordOpponentMethodEventDateRoundTimeLocationNotes
Loss14–4 Cory Devela Decision (unanimous)Hard Knocks 44June 26, 201535:00 Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Win14–3Jason ZentgrafDecision (unanimous)Hard Knocks 43May 22, 201535:00 Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Loss13–3 Caio Magalhães Decision (unanimous) UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Bigfoot December 7, 201335:00 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Loss13–2 Chris Camozzi Decision (split) UFC 158 March 16, 201335:00 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Win13–1 Court McGee Decision (unanimous) UFC 149 July 21, 201235:00 Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Loss12–1 Tim Boetsch Decision (unanimous) UFC 135 September 24, 201135:00 Denver, Colorado, United States
Win12–0 James Head Submission (rear-naked choke) UFC 131 June 11, 201133:33 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Win11–0 Riki Fukuda Decision (unanimous) UFC 127 February 27, 201135:00Sydney, Australia
Win10–0Yannick GalipeauSubmission (armbar) AMMA 1: First Blood October 24, 200912:30 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Win9–0Chester PostTKO (punches)Rumble in the Cage 36September 12, 200912:24 Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Win8–0Isidro GonzalezSubmission (guillotine choke) Bellator 9 May 29, 200910:39 Monroe, Louisiana, United States
Win7–0 Ryuichi Murata Decision (unanimous) Deep: 23 Impact February 5, 200625:00Tokyo, Japan
Win6–0Mike MaloneTKO (punches)Icon Sport – Opposites AttractOctober 28, 200513:04Hawaii, United States
Win5–0Kimo WoelfelSubmission (rear-naked choke)Superbrawl – IconJuly 23, 200512:06 Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Win4–0Kevin DolanSubmission (punches)WFF 4 – Civil WarApril 4, 200311:20 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Win3–0Alex GassonDecision (unanimous)Calgary MaxFebruary 22, 200335:00 Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Win2–0Wyatt LewisDecision (unanimous)Roadhouse Rumble 7February 8, 200325:00 Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Win1–0Bill MahoodSubmission (verbal)Roadhouse Rumble 5February 23, 200210:22 Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

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