Shonie Carter

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1 Profile
2 Early Career
3 UFC Career (2000-2001) and Other Notable Bouts
4 2002 - 2005
5 UFC Return and The Ultimate Fighter
6 2007 - Present
7 Mixed martial arts record
8 Gallery
9 External links

Profile

"Mr. International" Shonie Carter (born May 3, 1972) is an American professional mixed martial artist and a veteran of over 50 professional bouts.

He stands 5 ft. 9 in. (176 cm) tall and fights in the welterweight division (170 lbs.).

Carter was a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter 4 as well as a former WEC welterweight champion. He has fought for the UFC, Pancrase, Shooto, and King of the Cage.

Early Career

Shonie Carter made his professional mixed martial arts debut on February 15, 1997 at Extreme Challenge 3. His debut was a short one as he was knocked out cold in just nine seconds by LaVerne Clark.

Just a week later, Carter picked up his first win at Extreme Challenge 4 as he scored a KO victory of his own, stopping Chad Cox in 2:45.

After a draw one month later, Carter claimed an Extreme Challenge one night, four man tournament. To claim the tournament he submitted Andy Sanders and defeated future UFC middleweight champion, Dave Menne via decision.

By the end of June, 1998, Carter had amassed five more successive victories to push his record to 8-1-1.

At Extreme Challenge 20, Carter rematched Menne and this time fought to a draw after twenty minutes.

After three more victories, Carter went 0-2-2 in his next four bouts to close out 1999 as he suffered defeats to Pat Miletich and Steve Berger.

Carter opened the new millenium with a unanimous decision win over Kosei Kubota at a Pancrase event.

UFC Career (2000-2001) and Other Notable Bouts

In March, 2000, Carter earned a call up to the UFC and made his debut at UFC 24 against Brad Gumm. After two rounds, Carter was judged the unanimous decision victor.

A draw in Pancrase followed before Carter scored another UFC decision win as he defeated Adrian Serrano at UFC 26 in June, 2000.

Heading back over to Japan a month later, Carter scored a decision win over Yoshinori Kawasaki, before entering a one-night, four man tournament held by Pancrase to crown the first ever Middleweight King of Pancrase in September, 2000.

He met fellow American, Chris Lytle in the opening round and was declared the victory via unanimous decision after three rounds.

In the final he met Nate Marquardt for the title and after two rounds of action, Marquardt was announced as the winner.

Just twelve days later, Carter tried to get back with a win in a one-night, four man tournament held by the Reality Submission Fighting promotion. He was victorious in the first bout but was submitted with a rear naked choke by Steve Berger in the final.

A victory in Pancrase closed out 2000, and in May, 2001, Carter found himself back in the UFC facing Matt Serra at UFC 31. Serra was controlling the bout with his superior grappling for the majority of the three entertaining rounds. In the dying seconds however, Carter pulled out the victory with a huge spinning back fist that knocked Serra out.

The impressive win earned Carter a rematch with former UFC welterweight champion, Pat Miletich at UFC 32. The two fought back and forth for the first round and a half before Miletich ended proceedings with a high kick that knocked Carter cold.

2002 - 2005

Carter departed from the UFC following the loss to Miletich and rebounded as he racked up seven victories and one draw by midway through March, 2003.

His impressive streak was halted on March 27, 2003 when he made his debut for the World Extreme Cagefighting organization at WEC 8. He was defeated via unanimous decision by Jeremy Jackson after three rounds.

A win in Germany followed before Carter lost again - this time to UFC veteran, Ronald Jhun at a King of the Cage event in May.

After another draw in Japan, Carter scored his first victory in the WEC as he submitted Dax Bruce with a rear naked choke at WEC 7.

The win earned Carter a chance to fight for the vacant WEC welterweight championship at WEC 8. He defeated JT Taylor via decision to claim the title.

Carter headed outside the WEC to face Jon Fitch at a Las Vegas based, Shooto event in November, 2003. Under a minute into the third round, Carter was slammed by Fitch which damaged him to the point he was forced to submit.

Carter got back on track as he defeated Gabe Garcia at WEC 9 via TKO to kick off 2004 but then lost his WEC championship at WEC 10 when he was defeated by Karo Parisyan via unanimous decision.

Not one to dwell on a loss, Carter was back in action nine days later as he defeated Jess Liadin at an event held in Ireland.

Mixed results followed for Carter as he went 3-2 (1 NC) in his next six bouts by the end of January, 2005.

UFC Return and The Ultimate Fighter

Although he had fought with mixed results since his UFC departure, Carter was recalled to the UFC at UFC 53 in June, 2005. He was brought in to face TUF 1 fan favorite, Nate Quarry. Carter was a stiff test for Quarry but was caught early into the round and valiantly tried to survive but was dropped one too many times and the fight was halted.

Back outside of the UFC, Carter racked up three impressive victories over Jason MacDonald, Josh Haynes and Marcin Zontek.

That win streak was snapped by a bulldog choke submission loss to Jonathan Goulet and then a triangle choke submission loss to Mike Pyle in a bout to regain his WEC championship.

By the end of March, 2006 Carter had scored two more victories - which included a TKO victory over Jason Black - pushing his record to 39-15-7.

Carter's mixed success in the UFC and his colorful personality made him a perfect fit for The Ultimate Fighter 4: The Comeback. The fourth season of the UFC's hit reality TV show, The Ultimate Fighter provided a shot at redemption for underachieving UFC veterans, with the winner earning a title shot in their respective weight class.

As a welterweight contestant, Carter made it to the semi finals after beating Rich Clementi in the opening round by decision.

He met former opponent, Matt Serra in the semi finals and in another entertaining and close affair, Serra prevailed via unanimous decision thus eliminating Carter from the show.

At UFC Fight Night 7, Carter met TUF 2's Marcus Davis and was defeated via unanimous decision after three rounds.

Following the bout he was released from his UFC contract.

2007 - Present

Since leaving the UFC, Carter has continued to fight consistently going 8-2 in ten bouts ranging from June, 2007 until February, 2009 while fighting in lower tier promotions.