After missing over two years of action following a successful pro debut in late 2014, welterweight Ramiz Brahimaj was able to finally come back to MMA in 2017, and had himself quite a year.
In four bouts, Brahimaj was able to pick up all first round finishes, continuing right where he had left off a couple years prior.
“I dealt with a lot of injuries and a lot of opponents falling through, but going into 2017 I knew I was going to hit the ground running and that it would be a breakthrough year,” Brahimaj told MMAWeekly.com. “Just rattling off those four wins, all first round finishes, I couldn’t ask for a better year.”
Though he never lost sight of his goal of returning to fighting, Brahimaj admitted there were plenty of difficulties having to sit on the sidelines and wait for his opportunity to come back to MMA.
“To be honest, during the whole process I would be a fool to say that I wasn’t frustrated,” said Brahimaj. “But as long as I kept my nose to the grindstone and I kept working hard and helping my teammates, and was growing as a human and as a fighter, I knew good things were going to happen.”
This article first appeared at News – MMAWeekly.com
