26 Facts About Shonie Carter

Shonie Carter is a former WEC Welterweight Champion, a UFC veteran, and a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter 4 reality show.

Shonie Carter has competed in Pancrase, Shooto, King of the Cage, M-1 Global, KSW, and Bellator.

Shonie Carter is known for his flashy dress, colorful vocabulary, outlandish personality and use of the spinning backfist in competition.

Shonie Carter began his martial arts training in Wrestling at Triton College in River Grove, Illinois before transferring to Carson-Newman College in Tennessee where he began studying Judo and Jujutsu, under Dr Stephen Terrell and Dr Stephen Karr.

Shonie Carter was an All-American Wrestler and participated in the Olympic trials.

Shonie Carter won state titles in the White-Green and Brown divisions, and placed second in the Black Belt division.

Shonie Carter's instructor awarded him his Brown Belt after his performance.

Shonie Carter later added Boxing, Kung Fu and Karate to his repertoire.

Shonie Carter has fought in a wide variety of shows, both large and small.

Shonie Carter has won at least ten belts in various organizations throughout his career.

Shonie Carter began his career in 1997, fighting primarily in the Extreme Challenge promotion.

Shonie Carter began to make appearances in Pancrase and won his UFC debut at UFC 24 against Brad Gumm.

Shonie Carter went on to win notable victories over Chris Lytle and Matt Serra.

Shonie Carter applied as a contestant for the fourth season of The Ultimate Fighter a reality show on Spike.

Shonie Carter joined Team Mojo and was picked to fight first against Team No Love's Rich Clementi.

Shonie Carter arrived to the show out of shape and struggled through his initial workout.

Shonie Carter angered both teams by unilaterally deciding to train with Team No Love for a day.

Shonie Carter asked Clementi to corner him in his fight with Serra.

Shonie Carter did make an appearance a month later at UFC Fight Night: Sanchez vs Riggs, losing to Marcus Davis by unanimous decision.

Shonie Carter announced his first retirement in January 2013, with around 240 full contact karate, kickboxing and MMA bouts under his belt.

Shonie Carter came out of retirement in January 2014, when he faced Matt Dwyer for the BFL Welterweight Championship.

On May 16,2008, Shonie Carter served as an impromptu guest referee for a notorious bout at a Legends of Fighting event that resulted in a double-knockout.

Shonie Carter faced undefeated Jimmy "Celtic Warrior" Sweeney, BKB's most popular and recognized fighter, in a Middleweight title fight.

Shonie Carter lost a spirited bout by decision after five rounds, but took Sweeney the distance, the first fighter in BKB history to do so.

Shonie Carter had his training camp for this bout with Lytes Out Podcast host Mike Davis.

Shonie Carter is a bartender and bouncer at the Mexican restaurant Fiesta Cantina in the Wrigleyville neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois and a personal trainer at XSport.