For the majority of fighters, being relatively close to home isn’t considered a luxury for just special occasions, but a necessity for staying sane and keeping a solid head on their shoulders when the grueling rigors of a regimented lifestyle become too big for their plate, personally and professionally. In today’s episode of Across The Pond, you will be introduced to a number crunching assailant of bone-chilling effeminacy racking up the bantamweight body count for Unified MMA. A professional mixed martial artist since July 2023 and representing The MAT Factory Wrestling Club, Ferdaws Nayimi owns a 7-0 record consisting of five decisions and two submissions. Nayimi has fought for various organizations throughout his time as a professional MMA fighter including Unified MMA, RUF MMA and Legacy Fighting Alliance. He is 4-0 under the Unified MMA banner. All of his decision victories have resulted in unanimous verdicts. Both of his submission wins have been inside the distance. Nayimi has spent the majority of his career in his home nation of Canada along with the United States.
In his professional MMA debut at Bayfront Brawl 13, he faced Jacob Zack and went on to defeat him via unanimous decision. Nayimi defeated Nathan Small in his promotional debut under the Unified MMA banner via unanimous decision at Unified MMA 55. Then at Unified MMA 57, he defeated Ryan Yapsam via unanimous decision. Nayimi submitted Potey Doahi in the first round via rear-naked choke at Unified MMA 60. He defeated Jacob Wiggins in his only outing under the Legacy Fighting Alliance banner on the main card of LFA 202 via unanimous decision. Nayimi choked out Deandre Anderson via rear-naked choke in round three at RUF MMA 64 to score his second submission victory as a professional.
On the main card of Unified MMA 66. he defeated Ramon Cardozo via unanimous decision. The victory secured Nayimi the fifth decision win of his professional career in addition to earning his fourth victory under the Unified MMA banner. He also notched his seventh consecutive overall win to start his tenure as a professional mixed martial artist in the process. At 7-0, Nayimi possesses the skill required to expertly deconstruct any assignment down to basic math!