Gzim Selmani

Gzim Selmani
Selmani (left) with Paul Ellering
Birth name	Gzim Selmani
Born	(1994-06-16) June 16, 1994 (age 22) Huizen, Netherlands
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Rezar Gzim Selmani
Billed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Billed weight	315 lb (143 kg)
Billed from	Albania
Trained by	Matt Bloom
Debut	30 January 2016

Gzim Selmani (born June 16, 1994) is a Dutch professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist of Albanian descent. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs in its developmental territory NXT under the ring name Rezar and is the current NXT Tag Team Champion with Akam as part of the Authors of Pain.

Selmani was born in Huizen. He is an ethnic Kosovo Albanian. He began practicing judo from the age of four, took up kickboxing at age 12 and began training in mixed martial arts alongside his brother Egzon at the age of 15.

Selmani joined Golden Glory management team and began to compete in amateur mixed martial arts Shooto competitions in the Netherlands in 2012. His first professional fight was in November 2012 against Anatoli Ciumac, which he won. He faced Ante Delija at Final Fight Championship 05 and lost by TKO. Selmani defeated Mario Milosavljevic in November 2013 to record his second professional victory, and beat Tomaž Simonič at FFC 10 in Skopje, Macedonia. Selmani defeated Oli Thompson in 18 seconds in the main event of BAMMA 15 on 5 April 2014 in London. Selmani competed for Bellator MMA at Bellator 130 in October 2014, losing via TKO to Daniel Gallemore.