Niklas Bäckström is a Swedish mixed martial arts fighter, born in 1989, who competes in the lightweight and featherweight divisions and has fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Raised in Luleå, he began training jujutsu at ten and added boxing and wrestling at fourteen, then moved to Stockholm and took up mixed martial arts. He first competed in submission wrestling and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, earned a purple belt in 2008, and began his professional career in 2009. He signed with the British promotion Cage Warriors and built an early record of seven wins and one no contest before reaching the UFC.
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