Shane Campbell

Shane Campbell
Born 21 January 1988
Other names Shaolin
Nationality Canadian
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 72.0 kg (159 lb; 11.34 st)
Division Welterweight
Style Muay Thai
Stance Orthodox
Fighting out of Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada
Team Iron Muay Thai Gym
Trainer Alyn Halmagean
Years active 2003–present
Kickboxing record
Total 54
Wins 44
By knockout 11
Losses 10
Mixed martial arts record
Total 5
Wins 4
By knockout 2
By decision 2
Losses 1
By decision 1
Other information
Website http://irontigermuaythai.com/
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Shane "Shaolin" Campbell is a Canadian welterweight Muay Thai kickboxer, fighting out of Iron Muay Thai Gym in Stoney Creek, Ontario. He is a former W.K.A. Muaythai world champion[1] and current W.M.A. Muaythai middleweight world champion.[2] Widely appreciated as the best middleweight kickboxer in North America for the past couple of years, Shane has recently been focusing on MMA.

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Biography/Career

Born on January 21, 1988, Shane grew up in St. Catharines, Ontario and started kickboxing aged sixteen. He had his first pro fight at 18, joining the joining the Iron Muay Thai Gym in Edmonton, Alberta, but would continue to fight on both the professional and amateur circuits up until 2007.[3][4] A very talented prospect Shane was dominant on the domestic Muay Thai scene picking up first the Ontario and then the national C.A.M.T.A.O. (Canadian Amateur Muay Thai Association of Ontario) titles in his early years. Too much for the local circuit Campbell headed south across the border into the United States were he won the I.U.K.A. Mid West American Muay Thai title in 2005 and then the W.K.A. North American title at the beginning of 2006.[5]

In 2006 Shane would have several more title fights in the United States, losing to Justin Greskiewicz by decision at the U.S.K.B.A. Action Sports World Championships[6] by gaining revenge by beating the same fighter in a rematch at the end of the year to claim the W.M.F. North American title.[7] These title victories led to Shane being called up to represent Canada at the 2007 W.M.F. Muay Thai world championships in Bangkok, Thailand. At the championships Campbell managed to reach the final of the junior middleweight section by found his opponent from Belarus, five time amateur world champion Vitaly Gurkov, too strong and had to make do with a silver medal.[8]

Just after the world championships, Shane faced the Dutch based Congolese kickboxer Chris Ngimbi who travelled across from the Netherlands to contest for the vacant W.K.A. world title. After five rounds Campbell was crowned the new W.K.A. world champion having won a hotly contested majority decision victory.[9][10] His reign did not last long, however, as Ngimbi returned to the states in September of that year, winning the rematch and Campbell's belt.[11] After his fights with Ngimbi, Shane left North America for a new challenge, spending the next few years in Europe and Asia fighting top tier fighters such as Warren Stevelmans, Dmitry Valent and Joerie Mes. He would also win another world title in 2009, this one with the W.M.A., beating outmatched opponent Farnam Mirzai by technical knockout.[12] In 2010 Shane was invited to take part in the Enfusion reality show involving eighteen of the some of the world's top Muaythai fighters with a first place prize of $40,000. Campbell won his first elimination fight at the training camp in Koh Samui, Thailand but was unable to qualify for the final 4 in Lisbon in his second match, losing to Pajonsuk.[13] Since 2008 Shane has increasingly become involved in Mixed Martial Arts and has recently signed up with Agression MMA having had some early success in the sport.[14]

Titles

Kickboxing Record

Kickboxing Record

Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

Mixed martial arts record

Result Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Loss 4-1 Dave Mazany Decision (unanimous) AMMA 6 - Edmonton 02010-12-03 December 3, 2010 3 5:00 Edmonton, Canada
Win 4-0 Tony Hervey Decision (split) Awada Combat Club - ERA Fight Night 02010-12-03 December 3, 2010 3 5:00 Edmonton, Canada
Win 3-0 Leo Constant TKO (punches) Heat XC 6 - Bragging Rights 02010-10-15 October 15, 2010 1 0:34 Edmonton, Canada
Win 2-0 Sean Sivell KO Iroquois - MMA Championships 5 02010-09-27 September 27, 2010 1 2:36 Koh Samui, Thailand
Win 1-0 Alain Sylvester Decision (unanimous) Iroquois - MMA Championships 4 02008-06-21 June 21, 2008 5 Ontario, Canada

See also

External links

References

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  2. ^ "WMA Fighter Ranking". www.worldmuaythai.org. http://www.worldmuaythai.org/fighter-ranking. Retrieved 2008-04-17. 
  3. ^ "Shane Campbell - Enfusion-TV (Early career info)". www.enfusion-tv.com. http://www.enfusion-tv.com/en/profiles/fighters/shane-campbell.html. Retrieved 2008-04-17. 
  4. ^ "Find Shane Campbell Profile - MMA News Canada (Early career info)". www.mmanewscanada.com. http://www.mmanewscanada.com/shane-campbell.html. Retrieved 2008-04-17. 
  5. ^ "Friday Night Fights (Campbell vs El Khezzani)". www.fridaynightfightsnyc.com. http://www.fridaynightfightsnyc.com/4_21_06past.html. Retrieved 2008-04-17. 
  6. ^ "Topic:2006 U S K B A Action Sports World Championships". message.axkickboxing.com. http://message.axkickboxing.com/index.phtml?action=dispthread&topic=17896&junk=1158344976.29062. Retrieved 2008-04-17. 
  7. ^ "Topic:Shane Campbell Wmf North American Champion". message.axkickboxing.com. http://message.axkickboxing.com/index.phtml?action=dispthread&topic=17896&junk=1158344976.29062. Retrieved 2008-04-17. 
  8. ^ "WORLD AMATEUR MUAY THAI CHAMPIONSHIPS MARCH 3 – 11, 2007 (Team Canada)". www.masthaiboxing.com. http://www.masthaiboxing.com/documents/WorldChampionshipDetails.pdf. Retrieved 2008-04-17. 
  9. ^ "Topic:Shane Campbell Wka Pro World Champion". message.axkickboxing.com. http://message.axkickboxing.com/index.phtml?action=dispthread&topic=21263&topicgroup=axmain&junk=5131. Retrieved 2008-04-17. 
  10. ^ "20th of January, 2007 Hampton, Virginia (USA) (Scroll down page)". www.wkauk.com. http://www.wkauk.com/news/wka%202007.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-17. 
  11. ^ "Friday Night Fights - WKA USA". www.wkausa.com. http://www.wkausa.com/news41.html. Retrieved 2011-04-12. 
  12. ^ "World Muaythai Association (WMA) Gala". www.worldmuaythai.org. http://www.worldmuaythai.org/event/world-muaythai-association-wma-gala. Retrieved 2011-04-17. 
  13. ^ "Muaythai keskustelu • View topic - Pasi Luukkanen tosi-tv tähdeksi (Finnish Language)". http://www.muaythai.fi. http://www.muaythai.fi/keskustelu/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2966&start=20. Retrieved 2011-04-17. 
  14. ^ "AGGRESSION MMA SIGNS MUAY THAI WORLD CHAMPION SHANE CAMPBELL". www.sherdog.com. http://www.sherdog.com/news/press%20releases/AGGRESSION-MMA-SIGNS-MUAY-THAI-WORLD-CHAMPION-SHANE-CAMPBELL-29931. Retrieved 2011-04-17. 
  15. ^ "Shane Campbell - Enfusion-TV (Record has changed since 2010)". www.enfusion-tv.com. http://www.enfusion-tv.com/en/profiles/fighters/shane-campbell.html. Retrieved 2011-04-16.