(WFRV) – The 29-year-old Wisconsin man nicknamed ‘Blue Collar’ who earned a UFC contract in October while competing in season eight of Dana White’s Contender Series is set to make his official debut on Saturday night.
Nick ‘Blue Collar’ Klein is a former Random Lake wrestler and native of Plymouth. Klein’s career fighting record is 6-1-0, with the latest fight according to his profile being the win that earned him a contract.
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Klein is set to take on 7-0-0 Mansur Abdul-Malik in a middleweight bout as part of the preliminary card for Saturday’s UFC Fight Night in Seattle.
The fight can be viewed on ESPN+ with the preliminary fights starting at 5 p.m.