Ramsey Nijem Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

L

Andrew Holbrook

Lightweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC on FOX: Dillashaw vs. Barao II · Jul 25, 2015

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Split

UFC on FOX: Dillashaw vs. Barao II

Jul 25, 2015

L

Diego Ferreira

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R2 · 1:53

UFC 177: Dillashaw vs. Soto · Aug 30, 2014

KO/TKO

R2 · 1:53

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC 177: Dillashaw vs. Soto

Aug 30, 2014

W

Beneil Dariush

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head From Half Guard · R1 · 4:20

UFC Fight Night: Minotauro vs. Nelson · Apr 11, 2014

KO/TKO

R1 · 4:20

Punches to Head From Half Guard

UFC Fight Night: Minotauro vs. Nelson

Apr 11, 2014

W

Justin Edwards

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Philippou · Jan 15, 2014

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Philippou

Jan 15, 2014

L

James Vick

Lightweight · Submission · Guillotine Choke On Ground · R1 · 0:58

UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Sonnen · Aug 17, 2013

Submission

R1 · 0:58

Guillotine Choke On Ground

UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Sonnen

Aug 17, 2013

L

Myles Jury

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R2 · 1:02

UFC on FOX: Henderson vs. Melendez · Apr 20, 2013

KO/TKO

R2 · 1:02

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC on FOX: Henderson vs. Melendez

Apr 20, 2013

W

Joe Proctor

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC on FOX: Henderson vs. Diaz · Dec 8, 2012

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC on FOX: Henderson vs. Diaz

Dec 8, 2012

W

CJ Keith

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head From Mount · R1 · 2:29

UFC on FX: Maynard vs. Guida · Jun 22, 2012

KO/TKO

R1 · 2:29

Punch to Head From Mount

UFC on FX: Maynard vs. Guida

Jun 22, 2012

W

Danny Downes

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 137: Penn vs. Diaz · Oct 29, 2011

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC 137: Penn vs. Diaz

Oct 29, 2011

L

Tony Ferguson

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance · R1 · 3:54

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos Finale · Jun 4, 2011

KO/TKO

R1 · 3:54

Punches to Head At Distance

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos Finale

Jun 4, 2011

Outside the UFC

5-4across 9 bouts · 7 promotions · wins by 1 KO · 2 sub · 2 decPFL · XMMA 2 · Showdown Fights 2 · Showdown Fights 1 · Throwdown Showdown 5 +2

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Ben Saunders23-13-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	XMMA 2	Jul 30, 2021
L	Natan Schulte25-6-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	0:52	PFL	Oct 17, 2019
W	Yuki Kawana18-12-5	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	PFL	Oct 13, 2018
L	Brian Foster30-13	KO/TKO	Flying Knee and Punches	R3	0:23	PFL	Jun 21, 2018
W	Scott Casey14-4	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:48	Showdown Fights 2	Sep 24, 2010
W	Eric Uresk8-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	4:02	Showdown Fights 1	Apr 9, 2010
W	Logan Hancock6-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Throwdown Showdown 5	Nov 20, 2009
L	Gordon Bell8-2	Submission	Armbar	R1	0:21	XC	Oct 24, 2009
W	Ryan Miller0-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:15	Throwdown Showdown 1	Apr 18, 2008

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

3 wins, 4 losses

W3

L4

Submission

2 wins, 3 losses

W2

L3

Decision

5 wins, 2 losses

W5

L2

Finishes

UFC KOs

2

Above avg · 10%Lightweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.30

Above avg · 0.21Lightweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 6%Lightweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.60

Above avg · 0.44Lightweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Ramsey Nijem

PowerChin

Knockout rate

20%

2 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

3

1.49 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

3

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

3

2.94 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Decision behavior

Judging

3 scorecards on file

Ramsey Nijem

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 0 of 1 coin-flip decision — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls. Judges have given them 0 of 2 rounds they disagreed on (0%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

0–1

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

0–2

Won – Lost

0% went their way

Unanimous2 decisions · 67%

2W

Split1 decision · 33%

1L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

3 rounds total

3

Won

0

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB61st

44%258 / 581

Striking accuracy

62%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.43 differential

Landed3.05

Absorbed1.62

59%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+6%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head78%66th201
Body13%41st34
Leg9%39th23

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

54%Standing

Standing54%139
Clinch15%38
Ground31%81

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Ramsey Nijem

Landed per 15

Head

A

70th

35.6

70th

Body

D

29th

6.0

29th

Leg

D

30th

4.1

30th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

A

84th

18.1

84th

Body

A+

89th

3.9

89th

Leg

A+

89th

2.3

89th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	35.6	201	490	41%
Body	6.0	34	62	55%
Leg	4.1	23	29	79%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	18.1	102	305	33%
Body	3.9	22	42	52%
Leg	2.3	13	22	59%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Ramsey Nijem

63%

Takedown accuracy

56%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+5.2 min net

On top7.3

On bottom2.1

Offense

Takedowns

A+

93rd

5.3

93rd

TD accuracy

A+

86th

63%

86th

Sub attempts

A

76th

1.1

76th

Control

A+

89th

7.3 min

89th

Defense

TD defense

C

43rd

56%

43rd

Controlled

2.1 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	30 / 48
Submission attempts	6
Control time	41:01

Defense

TDs defended	5 / 9
Control absorbed	11:51

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (85min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Ramsey Nijem

10 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 85 min

99%

R3 pace · 4 bouts

Nijem builds (+5% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Nijem sustains 99% of round-1 output by round 3 (4 bouts).

Nijem ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Nijemlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Nijemattempts / min

Control time

Nijem% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	6.6	3.5	2.2	0.53	38%	10
R2	6.4	2.5	1.2	0.61	52%	6
R3	7.3	2.9	1.0	0.60	66%	4

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Ramsey Nijem

10 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

36/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

C

45th

30%

45th

Win quality

C

51st

40%

51st

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

1

3

1

2

3

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	1	1-0	100%
Ranked 6–15	3	0-3	0%
Cross-div ranked	1	0-1	0%
Building	2	1-1	50%
Unproven	3	3-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Andrew Holbrook	Building	15	Jul 25, 2015
L	Diego Ferreira	Ranked 6–15	49	Aug 30, 2014
W	Beneil Dariush	Top-5	57	Apr 11, 2014
W	Justin Edwards	Unproven	12	Jan 15, 2014
L	James Vick	Ranked 6–15	47	Aug 17, 2013
L	Myles Jury	Ranked 6–15	49	Apr 20, 2013
W	Joe Proctor	Building	15	Dec 8, 2012
W	CJ Keith	Unproven	8	Jun 22, 2012
W	Danny Downes	Unproven	8	Oct 29, 2011
L	Tony Ferguson	Cross-div ranked	32	Jun 4, 2011

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

10 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

1-0

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

3-3

6 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

1-1

2 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

0-1

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

2-2

4 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

3-2

5 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

0-1

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last bout

5 years

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Ramsey Nijem

Extended layoff

5 yearssince last bout

vs Ben Saunders · Jul 30, 2021

Fight-by-fight odds & scoring

DFSAs favorite 4-2As underdog 1-3

69.90

DK avg

87.70

Median

137.30

Ceiling

5.70

Floor

50%

Boom

30%

Bust

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