Shannon Ritch
| Shannon Ritch | |
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| Born | Shannon Grey Ritch September 27, 1970 Coolidge, Arizona, United States |
| Other names | The Cannon |
| Nationality | American |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Weight | 218 lb (99 kg; 15.6 st) |
| Division |
Heavyweight Light Heavyweight Welterweight Middleweight |
| Reach | 71 in (180 cm) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Fighting out of | Coolidge, Arizona |
| Team | Cannon Jiu-Jitsu |
| Rank | black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt in Karate |
| Years active | 1998-present |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 136 |
| Wins | 53 |
| By knockout | 9 |
| By submission | 42 |
| By decision | 0 |
| By disqualification | 2 |
| Losses | 79 |
| By knockout | 25 |
| By submission | 54 |
| By decision | 0 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 4 |
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Shannon Grey Ritch (born September 27, 1970) is an American professional mixed martial artist and occasional boxer also former kickboxer currently competing in the Light Heavyweight division. A professional competitor since 1998, Ritch has competed for the MFC, Pancrase, K-1, PRIDE, King of the Cage and the WEC. Ritch has also has also been featured in the documentary Bumfights 3: The Felony Footage, an episode of Walker, Texas Ranger as a Biker Gang Member, Movie Choke as an extra, CSI Las Vegas as Thug #2, an episode of iCarly as a MMA Fighter, an episode of Numbers, an episode of Ultimate Soldier Challenge on the History Channel and most recently in 2017 the direct to DVD film, directed by Robert Parham, Bullets, Blades and Blood. Shannon claims he has over 200 professional MMA fights 112 wins, 88 losses and 2 draws, some fights going undocumented and dating back as far as 1991. His documented record of fights goes back to 1998 with a record of 53 wins, 79 loses, and 4 draws.
Ritch is from Coolidge, Arizona and was raised on a farm. Ritch began learning karate from a young age and also competed in high school wrestling before becoming a professional kickboxer beginning as an amateur sometime in 1988. Ritch later also had a brief stint enlisted in the US Army, later ending in the early 1990's before being employed by the private military organization Blackwater, deploying to Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan which served as a launch pad for his training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and later transition to a career in professional mixed martial arts.
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