{"id":278879,"date":"2018-06-19T09:10:33","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T16:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=278879"},"modified":"2018-06-20T07:32:04","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T14:32:04","slug":"exclusive-ramsey-nijem-explains-choice-to-sign-with-pfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/exclusive-ramsey-nijem-explains-choice-to-sign-with-pfl\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE | Ramsey Nijem explains choice to sign with the PFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BJPENN.COM Radio Ep. 85 \/\/ Curtis Blaydes | Devin Clark | Will Brooks | Ramsey Nijem\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LXPYJtQuCOg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Following his departure from the UFC, Ramsey Nijem received interest from a number of top mixed martial arts promotions. In the end, he decided to sign with the Professional Fighters League (PFL), a new league that is striving to revolutionize the MMA industry with an exciting seasonal format and whopping, million-dollar prizes.<\/p>\n<p>Nijem, who is set to battle Brian Foster in the opening round of the PFL lightweight season this Thursday, is obviously very excited about the possibility of depositing a million-dollar check at the end of this inaugural PFL season. For Nijem, however, this hefty prize was not the only appeal of the PFL.<\/p>\n<p>The PFL utilizes an inventive scoring system for its tournament bouts. Each winner receives three points, but winners also receive a three-point bonus for finishing in the first round, a two-point bonus for finishing in the second, and a one-point bonus for finishing in the third. In other words, it is very much in a fighter&#8217;s best interest to win\u00a0<em>quickly.\u00a0<\/em>In Nijem&#8217;s eyes, this scoring system will entirely reshape the way fighters game-plan for fights, and hopefully, result in an altogether more exciting version of MMA.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think one of the biggest things that the PFL [will] change is game-planning,&#8221; Nijem said on the latest episode of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/podcasts\/bjpenn-com-radio-ep-85-curtis-blaydes-devin-clark-will-brooks-ramsey-nijem\/\">BJPENN.COM Radio<\/a>. &#8220;I think one of the biggest things that the PFL is doing a great job [with] is the bonus points. That changes everyone&#8217;s game plan, cause it&#8217;s not just go in, take someone down, and try to hold him down for the three points, cause that might not be enough to [advance] in the tournament. You gotta go out and try to get bonus points. There&#8217;s guys out there getting first-round finishes, second, third round finishes, and getting all these bonus points to get that seating.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I really, really think the format and incentives, and the [bonuses for] finishing early just kind of makes for exciting fights,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Like that PFL 1 [card]. It was exciting. I thought all the fights were super interesting because you can&#8217;t look away. Like, what if someone gets a finish and bonus points. It really sucks you into the fight more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, there are also several other reasons why Nijem elected to sign with PFL \u2014 even beyond the potential for a massive payday and the innovative point system. For one, he believes the seasonal format will erase the possibility of politics affecting championship matchmaking, as <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/brock-lesnar\/report-brock-lesnar-to-be-in-attendance-for-ufc-226\/\">it so clearly does in the UFC.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I decided to fight with this organization because I do believe in what they&#8217;re doing,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;ve watched sports my whole life. So, it&#8217;s like, whoever&#8217;s the winner [each] year is the champion that year, and that&#8217;s it. And then, if you&#8217;re an injured champion, you&#8217;re [not] the champion, or if you&#8217;re not willing to defend your belt, you&#8217;re not the champion. And so, it&#8230; it kind of takes away a lot of the politics of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nijem also uses his station as a well-known MMA star to inspire and empower young people \u2014 particularly refugees. This is a cause that is near and dear to him, and one he says the PFL has been very supportive of.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I understand what martial arts can do for people, physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually,&#8221; Nijem said. &#8220;And that&#8217;s why I&#8217;m a big advocate. Like, alright, lets get these refugee kids into MMA, get them training, and it&#8217;s gonna help [with] everything else in life. It&#8217;ll help them with whatever they&#8217;ve been through, help them learn English, help them build a community of people that they know. On the mat, everyone&#8217;s the same. It doesn&#8217;t matter if you have a doctor degree in something or you&#8217;re just a homeless dude off the street. We&#8217;re all the same on the mat. I think that&#8217;s a really powerful thing about you bringing these kids with some of these people, and just kind of bring everyone together. Kind of help everyone just heal a little bit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[One of my] biggest supporters has been thePFL,&#8221; he added. &#8220;They gave me tickets, free tickets for the refugee kids to all come to the fights, they&#8217;ve helped me promote it, they&#8217;ve actually given me more tickets than I even asked for. They send me emails saying &#8216;hey, any way we can help, let us know&#8217;. So, it&#8217;s been super cool to have such a support system from the promotion because really at the end of the day, [all of] us working together is what kind of what PFL is trying to do, and I&#8217;ve really experienced that. These are things that I&#8217;ve always wanted to do, and I&#8217;ve always worked for myself, but I&#8217;ve only had my own voice. Now when you have voices of other people and more people, it kind of builds that momentum. That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m super grateful for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Honestly, like, right after that happened \u2014 I was already excited to fight for PFL, and then they started helping me with this, and then I was like, &#8220;Hell yeah! Dude, I&#8217;m even more excited now&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Catch Ramsey Nijem in action opposite Brian Foster at PFL 2 this Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 6\/19\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following his departure from the UFC, Ramsey Nijem received interest from a number of top mixed martial arts promotions. In the end, he decided to sign with the Professional Fighters League (PFL), a new league that is striving to revolutionize the MMA industry with an exciting seasonal format and whopping, million-dollar prizes. 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