Nick Ring Meets James Head at UFC 131 in Vancouver

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)
Win Gerald Harris – Decision (Unanimous) Xtreme FN 2
Win Bill Albrecht – TKO (Punches) BB
Loss Jesse Forbes – Decision (Unanimous) PB MMA

Jun 11th, live on Pay-per-view from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:

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