Shannon Ritch

Quick Facts

Full Name	Shannon Ritch
Occupation	Mixed Martial Artist
Date Of Birth	Sep 27, 1970(1970-09-27)
Age	54
Birthplace	Coolidge
Country	United States
Birth City	Arizona
Horoscope	Virgo

Shannon Ritch Biography

Shannon Ritch is one of the most popular and richest Mixed Martial Artist who was born on September 27, 1970 in Coolidge, Arizona, United States. Shannon Grey Ritch (born September 27th in 1970) is an American professional mixed boxer, martial artist, grapplerand professional wrestling, and kickboxer. In mixed martial art competitions He was the previous King of the Cage Middleweight Champion, and is currently the BKFC International Heavyweight Champion in the sport of bare-knuckle boxing. Since 1998, a professional athlete, Shannon has competed for M-1 Global, Combate Americas, MFC, Shark Fights, Pancrase, K-1, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, PRIDE, Rebel Fighting Championship, King of the Cage, Gladiator Challenge and the WEC.

Ritch recorded an overall record of 13-16 (1) with notable victories during The Super Brawl promotion in Hawaii and single-night tournaments held in Texas before signing with PRIDE. PRIDE Fighting Championships in Japan. Ritch made his debut with PRIDE on the 31st of October of 2000, at PRIDE 11 against the legendary Japanese fighter Kazushi Sakuraba. Ritch was defeated by the achilles lock around 1:08 of the match.

After impressing PRIDE brass with his showmanship, Ritch made his next appearance for the organization at PRIDE The Best Vol. 2 on July 20, 2002 against A-class shootist, Daisuke Nakamura and lost via armbar submission in the first round.

In 2004 Shannon drew interest from Pancrase after his wins over future The Ultimate Fighter cast members Ray Elbe and Eddy Ellis that same year, his Pancrase debut would be against PRIDE and UFC veteran Yuki Kondo at Pancrase: Brave 6 in a losing effort. He would later take on professional wrestler and MMA journeyman Hikaru Sato at Pancrase 269, their inaugural event on UFC Fight Pass, in 2015 losing the fight. Despite these loses Ritch maintains a partnership with Pancrase occasionally appearing at the Pancrase Gym in Japan to host training seminars and even appearing in the Pancrase energy drink line.

Ritch began his career in 1991 , at an event in Mexico However, like the majority of his professional career, it was at a time that sanctioned fights occurred under the oversight of athletic commissions, which kept no records of mixed martial arts events. The official debut of Ritch as a professional took place in the year 1998. Shannon’s entire record contains more than 200 pro MMA fights, the score of 124 wins, 92 losses and two drawn (4 NC’s) and some fights that were undocumented, and some dating to 1991. his official record of fights dates back to 1998, with a an overall record of 58 wins and losing 88 times (4 N’s).

Shannon Ritch Net Worth

Shannon Ritch is one of the richest Mixed Martial Artist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Shannon Ritch 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Ritch was born in Coolidge, Arizona and was raised “dirt poor” on a farm in Randolph. Ritch began karate training at an early age. He also wrestled in high school until he became a pro-kickboxer as an amateur in 1988. Ritch went to Central Arizona College and Arizona State University and was part of ASU’s ASU wrestlers for three years. Shannon also briefly as a soldier in the US Army with the 4th Infantry Regiment and was discharged in the year 1996, when he was hired as a private soldier by military organisation Blackwater. As a member of Blackwater it was his turn to be deployed into Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan to serve as a launching pad for his studies in Brazilian Jiu- Jitsu. Later, he made the move to a profession in mixed martial art. Shannon began training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in 1996. He earned the black belt in 2007, with Dan G. at the Machado Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Dallas, Texas. Ritch still teaches military individuals with mixed martial art, and is a majorstay at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma. In the past, Shannon worked as a bodyguard to United States Congressman John Negroponte while working as an independent contractor under Blackwater.

Ritch began his boxing career around the mid-1990s playing in an arena known as Plaza del Toro in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. After having an undefeated record of 22-0 in Mexico in 2001, Ritch was among the very first American fighters to be allowed to fight in a tournament under Lethwei regulations in Myanmar He would go to lose via TKO (injury) at the end of round two in the second round to Ei Htee-Kaw. In 2003, he was invited back to Myanmar to fight again and beat two competitors. Ritch lost in his third match in a single- night tournament and bringing his overall record in bare-knuckle boxing to a total of 24-2. Ritch has a current 26-3 record of bare-knuckle boxing with his victories being knockouts and is being ranked as the 8th heavyweight bare knuckle boxer worldwide as of the year 2019. In the year 2016 Shannon was scheduled to take on boxing star Bobby Gunn for the coveted Police Gazette Diamond Heavyweight Championship and the winner would receive the prize of $100,000, but the fight never took place. Shannon then had an unarmed knuckle bout in 2018 as part of BKB. BKB Promotion at the UK against Jack Draper at BKB 6 held in the O2 Arena, losing in the second round following an unpopular TKO. Ritch will fight in the bare-knuckle boxing event again in the year 2019 to compete for The Bare Knuckle Fighting Championships at BKFC 4. Against Omar Molina in Cancun, Mexico, Shannon would go to take the fight by knockout in just 26 seconds in round 1.

Ritch made his pro wrestling debut in October of 2001 for the Battlarts promotion against Daijiro Matsui at the event Battlarts Yuki-Bom-Be-Ye ‘01 losing via pinfall.

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On October 5, 2018 Ritch was to fight in the main event of DWF: MMA Mega Showdown in Delaware against professional wrestler Michael Youngblood, who briefly competed for the WWE and held a 1-0 pro record after beginning his mixed martial arts career earlier in the year, for the DWF Heavyweight Championship and co-headlined by former UFC contender Mike Bronzoulis against veteran Marcus Gaines who is also an occasional training partner with Shannon. After the fighters who were set to compete on the card had conducted the pre fight press conference and weigh-ins to promote the event were later informed as the main card was set to begin that the promoters who made an investment for the card to take place did not have enough funds to pay the fighters and staff and that an announcement would be made to the attendance that their tickets would have to be refunded. The promoter behind the DWF organization, Gail Stallings-Minor who purportedly was the first African-American woman to promote a mixed martial arts event, left the venue after learning the fighters had to be told they would not be paid and that state police had arrived. Bellator MMA Women’s Flyweight Champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane, who was cornering a fighter on the card, later described the venue as “complete chaos” after watching the promoters rush to flee the scene as police began to enter.

Facts & Trivia

Shannon Ranked on the list of most popular Mixed Martial Artist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Shannon Ritch celebrates birthday on September 27 of every year.

In 2020 Shannon announced his return to pro wrestling and that he was signed to appear in a 2 month tour with Canadian promotion HLW. He made his debut in a match against The New Hart Foundation member Kenny Lester on February 20th in Wabasca, Alberta, Canada and won via pinfall after a distraction from Ken Shamrock.