{"id":139699,"date":"2015-04-23T08:53:47","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T15:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=139699"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:34:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:34:47","slug":"ramsey-nijem-vs-erik-koch-set-ufc-fox-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ramsey-nijem-vs-erik-koch-set-ufc-fox-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramsey Nijem vs. Erik Koch set for UFC on FOX 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/UFC.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/UFC.png\" alt=\"UFC\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-139711\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A lightweight bout featuring Ramsey Nijem taking on Erik Koch is the latest addition to July&#8217;s UFC on FOX 16 card in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>UFC officals announced the booking yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Erik Koch (14-4 MMA) will return to the cage for the first time since May of 2014, where he suffered a brutal TKO loss to Daron Cruickshank. 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