Shamar Bailey
| Shamar Bailey | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 22, 1982 Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Other names | The Watchman |
| Residence | Indiana, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st) |
| Division |
Welterweight Lightweight |
| Reach | 75.0 in (191 cm) |
| Fighting out of | Indianapolis, Indiana, United States |
| Team | Integrated Fighting Academy |
| Years active | 2006–2014 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 27 |
| Wins | 16 |
| By knockout | 5 |
| By submission | 3 |
| By decision | 7 |
| By disqualification | 1 |
| Losses | 11 |
| By knockout | 6 |
| By submission | 1 |
| By decision | 4 |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Shamar Bailey is a retired American mixed martial artist who competed in the Lightweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2006, Bailey has formerly competed for the UFC, Strikeforce, Bellator, M-1 Global, and was a competitor on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos.
The son of a devoted pastor father, Shamar Bailey was raised in a strict Christian household which moved him across state lines six times before his 20th birthday. These moves were due to his dad's full-time corporate re-locations. Bailey was homeschooled until his senior year of high school when he elected to attend the local Greenwood, Indiana, public school. During his senior season at Center Grove High School, Bailey excelled on the varsity wrestling team, going undefeated over the course of the year. After high school, Bailey attended college and majored in church-ministry.
Building on his impressive senior year at Center Grove, Bailey entered Division III Maranatha Baptist Bible College in Wisconsin where he continued to thrive on the mats, earning All-Conference three times and being named NCAA National Qualifier. The Church Ministries major returned to Indianapolis after graduation and began to train with Jake O'Brien and Chris Lytle to stay active as he mulled over an offer to move to Colorado Springs to train at the Olympic Training Center with the World Team training camp. Bailey began to feel more comfortable in the sport and decided to decline the invitation in order to pursue mixed martial arts and soon after, in 2006, Bailey had his first professional fight, a first-round TKO victory over Jason Cook.
For the past four years, Bailey has trained with Integrated Fighting Academy while also working part-time for the Indianapolis Fire Department with Chris Lytle. During this time, he has earned notable victories over John Kolosci and Waachiim Spiritwolf.
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