Shane W.

Native of South Georgia and North Florida, began studying the martial arts in 1991 at the age of 7. I made my Professional Mixed Martial Arts debut in 2006. I have fought against world class competitors in Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, and Florida. Among other promotions, I have had victories in the RFC: Real Fighting Championship - Florida's largest and longest running MMA promotion. Later on I earned a Nova Uniao blue & purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under UFC and WEC veteran Rich "Cleat" Crunkilton. I opened my own gym to give amateur athletes the training and experience crucial to them before entering the pro arena.

2014 Florida BJJ Championship Bronze Purple belt
2013 NAGA Pan Ams Bronze Purple belt
2013 NAGA Pan Ams Silver Expert No Gi
2012 NAGA Pan Ams Silver Expert No Gi
2012 NAGA Florida Gold Medalist
2012 NAGA Florida Silver Medalist Blue belt
2012 5th annual BBJ Open Gold Medalist
2011 Georgia Grapplers Quest Silver Medalist No Gi
2009 Georgia Grapplefest Runner Up
2009 Georgia Grapplefest Winner
2007 Georgia March Mayhem Grappling Winner
2006 Georgia NAGA FINALS Silver Medalist No Gi
2006 Georgia NAGA Bronze Medalist Blue Belt
2006 Georgia NAGA Silver Medalist No Gi
2005 Georgia NAGA Bronze Medalist White Belt
2005 Georgia NAGA Silver Medalist No Gi
2005 World Yoshukai Super Fights Runner up
2005 18th Annual Sunshine Classic- Point Sparring Runner up
2005 North Florida Karate Champ- Point Sparring

BJJ promotes the concept that a smaller, weaker person can successfully defend against a bigger, stronger assailant by using proper technique, leverage, and most notably, taking the fight to the ground, and then applying joint-locks and choke holds to defeat the other person. BJJ training can be used for sport grappling tournaments (gi and no-gi) and mixed martial arts (MMA) competition or self-defense. Sparring (commonly referred to as "rolling") and live drilling play a major role in training, and a premium is placed on performance, especially in competition, in relation to progress and ascension through its ranking system.