Nick Ring Meets James Head at UFC 131 in Vancouver
by Nick Thomas on Apr 11, 2011 4:30 PM EDT
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TUF 11 competitor Nick Ring will fight in his native Canada this June when he faces UFC newcomer James Head at UFC 131 in Vancouver, as announced by the UFC today. Ring is coming off a contentious decision victory over Riki Fukuda at UFC 127 in February, while Head mostly recently upset UFC castoff, Gerald Harris, in a decision victory in February as well. Head trains in Oklahoma City under famed BJJ practitioner, Rafael Lovato Jr., and brings a 7-1 record to the Octagon, while Ring will look to remain undefeated in his 12th career fight.
Nick "The Promise" Ring (11-0)
Win Riki Fukuda - Decision (Unanimous) UFC 127
Win Yannick Galipeau - Submission (Armbar) AMMA 1
Win Chester Post - TKO (Punches) RITC 36
James Head (7-1)Jun 11th, live on Pay-per-view from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
Win Gerald Harris - Decision (Unanimous) Xtreme FN 2
Win Bill Albrecht - TKO (Punches) BB
Loss Jesse Forbes - Decision (Unanimous) PB MMA
Main card:
Junior dos Santos vs. Brock Lesnar
Shane Carwin vs. Jon Olav Einemo
Donald Cerrone vs. Mac Danzig
Demian Maia vs. Mark Munoz
Kenny Florian vs. Diego Nunes
Preliminary card:
Yves Edwards vs. Sam Stout
Dustin Poirier vs. Rani Yahya
Anthony Perosh vs. Krzysztof Soszynski
Darren Elkins vs. Michihiro Omigawa
Jesse Bongfeldt vs. Chris Weidman
Joey Beltran vs. Dave Herman
Nick Ring vs. James Head
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Joe Silva gives Nick Ring, Head.
by yellopanda on Apr 11, 2011 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
didnt see ring vs fukuda
i know he clearly lost according to most people, but how did he look? i feel like hes the only guy from tuf 11 with upside to him, unless court mcgee starts to get enough skill to equal his heart
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He looked ok
He just got taken down a lot.
by Skyscraperfan on Apr 11, 2011 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions
he looked horrible
the only thing offensive he did was a couple of weak leg kicks. He just stood in front of him and did nothing except taken down a couple of times. Even after losing 2 rounds the only thing Nick did was throw a couple of weak leg kicks and circle
by Mohammedini Hussein on Apr 11, 2011 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions
He looked stiff
And I don’t want that getting taken out of context. Nick Ring looked pretty stiff in his fight, and it could have been the layoff or his first time fighting in the UFC. There wasn’t much pep in his strikes, he wasn’t really moving around very much and just stayed stationary, and he just didn’t seem to loosen up as the bout went on. The one from TUF 11 who looks like he has a lot of upside in my opinion is Brad Tavares.
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Is there a worse handle than...
…. “The Promise” Ring?? Makes me want to puke up my mini-wheats every time.
Yes, it could be worse
Nick “The Penile” Ring
Or better,
Nick “Ring of Fire” Ring
so.......
is he gay or no? It doesn’t matter it just bugs me that I can’t tell.
u think if he was more gay dudes would get into the sport?
is there a large population of gay fight fans? i’m gonna assume no due to stereotypes but i seriously dont know
"I have smoked weed with alot of UFC champions" - Joe Rogan
"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
No I don’t think it would affect the sport one way or the other, but the way he had his hand on his hips during tuf, and the lisp, and having the nickname the promise ring, but I have never officially heard hes gay lol.
it would actually be good for the sport.
the lisp isn’t exclusive to gays, though. his mannerisms may be effeminate, but that doesn’t mean mean anything.
in my book, gay or not, if you can fight you can compete.
by Victor Rodriguez on Apr 11, 2011 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
He might be the UFC's Daniel Tosh
A guy where you don’t really know, but that is the idea.
I didn't hear anything about the Gerald upset in the past.
Thats pretty impressive.
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by Neo X on Apr 11, 2011 5:38 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
Shit gets me every fucking time :)
Jules: Normally, both your asses would be dead as fucking fried chicken, but you happen to pull this shit while I'm in a transitional period so I don't wanna kill you, I wanna help you. But I can't give you this case, it don't belong to me. Besides, I've already been through too much shit this morning over this case to hand it over to your dumb ass.
I wonder if Rogan or Goldberg will start a sentence with "Ring is giving Head...."
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The Ring v Fukuda decision might be defensible
I can’t remember. I don’t really know, I think I was upset at the time, even as a Ring fan. Either way, Ring is better than that showing, he looked AWFUL in that fight. He was gassed in seconds.
And then God created Saturn ... and he liked it, so he put a ring on it.
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I don’t think it was defensible in any way whatsoever. Neither does Fightmetric. Ring was outstruck and outgrappled by a wide margin.
"Referees, be sure to step in and stop the fight on time tomorrow, because I might get carried away in the moment and my many punches may end up destroying my opponent." - Tatsuya "CRUSHER" Kawajiri
Probably, I only remember being upset at the time and I only watched it once. Somebody was just trying to convince me otherwise at one point and I softed my stance.
And then God created Saturn ... and he liked it, so he put a ring on it.
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I was there live, and haven’t watched it since, so I may have missed something or have a slightly different perspective, but to me that is without doubt the worst decision I have ever seen in the UFC.
Sounds OK with me, all I can honestly speak to is the fact that Ring did not look like himself at all.
And then God created Saturn ... and he liked it, so he put a ring on it.
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by James Brady on Apr 11, 2011 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I hope Ring catches an L here
Nothing personal, I just wanna see him get the loss he deserved.
So beat that Ring's 11-0
I’m with simpsycho…hope he gets the “L” he deserves, although I don’t see how that helps Fukuda…
Don't let my support confuse you, I am in fact a fan of the Giants.
by tito (eight and oh) on Apr 11, 2011 9:32 PM EDT reply actions
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