Nick Ring
| Nick Ring | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 10, 1979 Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States |
| Other names | The Promise |
| Nationality |
American Canadian |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st) |
| Division | Middleweight |
| Reach | 74.0 in (188 cm) |
| Fighting out of | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Team | Champions Creed Martial Arts Tristar Gym |
| Rank |
Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Brian Bird Black belt in Muay Thai under Mike Miles |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Professional boxing record | |
| Total | 6 |
| Wins | 5 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| Losses | 1 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 18 |
| Wins | 14 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| By submission | 6 |
| By decision | 6 |
| Losses | 4 |
| By decision | 4 |
| Other information | |
| Boxing record from BoxRec | |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Nick Ring (born February 10, 1979) is an American-Canadian mixed martial artist who is best known for competing in the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional MMA competitor since 2002, Ring fought in various promotions. Ring was a competitor on Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter 11.
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."
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.
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. 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.
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