Wes Sims

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1 Profile
2 Early Career
3 UFC (2003 - 2004)
4 2004 - 2008
5 The Ultimate Fighter
6 Mixed martial arts record
7 Gallery
8 External links

Profile

Wes "A-Hole Show" Sims (born October 12, 1979) is an American professional mixed martial artist training out of Team Hammer House.

He stands 6 ft. 10 in. (209 cm) tall and fights in the heavyweight division at approximately 260 lbs..

Sims is a UFC and IFL veteran and currently competes as a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights.

Sims was previously known as "The Project", a name given to him by Mark Coleman in regards to his potential as a fighter, but in 2009 changed it to "A-Hole Show".

Early Career

Wes Sims made his professional debut for the Reality SuperFighting promotion on June 23, 2001. He faced UFC legend and future UFC Hall of Famer, Dan Severn and was outwrestled for three rounds en route to a unanimous decision defeat.

Seven months later, Sims recorded his first win on a technicality when his opponent, Mike Paduano refused to fight Sims once he got in the cage giving Sims the win by forfeit.

Sims picked up his first real victory two months later when he finished Josh Mueller in the first round.

He fought five more times in 2002, going 4-0 with one no contest. The last of those wins came against UFC veteran, Marcus Silveira via second round TKO.

UFC (2003 - 2004)

With the support of his mentor, Mark Coleman, Sims was brought into the UFC in 2003. His debut came at WEC 43 against rising heavyweight star, Frank Mir. Mir was all over Sims early as he secured a takedown and worked various dominant positions. Sims resisted though and when Mir spun to and missed an armbar, Sims stood up and dropped down multiple, illegal stomps on Mir's face while holding the cage. Mir was unable to continue and Sims was disqualified.

The two were matched up again at UFC 46 with the start of the fight playing out the same way with Mir completely outclassing Sims on the ground. Sims once again resisted and managed to drastically tire Mir out but unfortunately did the same to himself. Towards the end of the second round the bout turned into a wild striking match with Mir's power coming out on top and shutting Sim's lights out.

Three months later, Sims accepted a fight with Mike Kyle on one day's notice at UFC 47. Sims pulled guard early and worked unsuccessfully for submissions. A brief guillotine choke oppurtunity was snuffed with Sims complaining that Kyle had bit him in order to get out of it. When the fight returned to the feet a gassed Sims was easy pickings and was knocked cold with just one second left in the round.

2004 - 2008

Following the loss to Kyle, Sims departed from the UFC. His first fight after leaving was not a good one as he was stopped with punches in the second round against Ricardeau Francois.

Sims halted the four fight slide five days later when he forced Mellotte to submit to strikes but it would not last long as he headed over to Hawaii in November and was submitted by kickboxer, Antoni Hardonk.

After having called out former UFC heavyweight champion, Tim Sylvia for the past couple of years Sims finally got the fight he wanted when he met Sylvia at SuperBrawl 38 in December. Sims didn't last long and was pounded out 1:32 into the first frame.

Sims finally strung some wins together in 2005 as he picked up three consecutive finishes. The win streak was temporarily delayed in March, 2006 when he fought to a controversial draw with Daniel Gracie.

After a win over Buddy Butler in his next bout, Sims would be defeated again when he rematched Gracie in the IFL and was brutally submitted with a rear naked choke at 2:42 of the first round.

Sims impressively rebounded from the loss to go a flawless 6-0 in his remaining bouts for 2006 that included a stoppage win over UFC legend, Kimo Leopoldo.

He made it seven in a row to begin 2007 before fighting to a no contest against Van Palacioand then losing a decision to Chris Guillen.

A victory Daniel Long followed, before Sims would drop his next three bouts which included a rematch against Guillen, a unanimous decision loss to Travis Fulton and a submission defeat to Canadian, Steve Bosse.

He snapped the losing streak and closed out 2008 with three successive victories to leave his record at 22-12-1 (2 NC).

The Ultimate Fighter

Midway through 2009 it was announced that Sims had been surprisingly picked up as one of 16 heavyweight contestants on the 10th season of The Ultimate Fighter, The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights. Depending on his performance on the show, Sims could potentially make his first appearance in the UFC since 2004.

Mixed martial arts record

**Professional Breakdown**
27 matches	22 wins	12 losses
By knockout	9	5
By submission	11	3
By decision	0	3
Draws	1

*Sims has had two No Contests with Edwin Allseitz in 2002 and Van Palacio in 2007. He has a disqualifcation loss against Frank Mir in 2003 and a DQ win over Anton Cano in 2006. He also has an unknown way of victory over Josh Mueller in 2002.