Kamal Shalorus

Wrestling As a youth, Shalorus did well in wrestling and received the opportunity to train in Turkey, Greece, and eventually Britain, where he emigrated to in 1997. It has been claimed by Shalorus and repeated by others that he was captain of the British wrestling team for the Olympics and world championships, In reality, only one British wrestler qualified for the 2004 Olympics: Nate Ackerman, and United World Wrestling has no record of Shalorus competing at the Olympics, world championships, or any other notable international competitions.

Shalorus has also competed in grappling tournaments. He has a notable win over Joachim Hansen in the Abu Dhabi Combat Club (ADCC) European Trials.

Mixed martial arts career Shalorus became interested in MMA when he cross-trained with fighters in Britain, including Lee Murray and Alex Reid. Karalexis was replaced by WEC newcomer Will Kerr. Shalorus defeated Kerr via TKO in the first round.

Shalorus defeated previously unbeaten Dave Jansen via unanimous decision on 10 January 2010 at WEC 46. but Shalorus was forced off of the card with an injury. Varner/Shalorus took place on 20 June 2010 at WEC 49. The fight ended in a split draw (29–27 Varner, 29–27 Shalorus, and 28–28), with Shalorus being docked one point for multiple groin strikes.

Shalorus was expected to face Bart Palaszewski on 11 November 2010 at WEC 52, but the bout was moved to WEC 53 after Shalorus re-injured his hand that was broken during the bout with Varner. Shalorus won the fight via split decision (30–27, 28–29, and 29–28).

Ultimate Fighting Championship

In October 2010, World Extreme Cagefighting merged with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. As part of the merger, all WEC fighters were transferred to the UFC. Shalorus was the third Iranian fighter to ever compete for the UFC; the other two being Reza Nasri, and Reza Madadi.

In his UFC debut, Shalorus faced Jim Miller on 19 March 2011 at UFC 128. He lost the fight via TKO in the third round, the first loss of his professional career.

Shalorus next faced promotional newcomer and future UFC Lightweight Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov on 20 January 2012 at UFC on FX: Guillard vs. Miller. He lost the fight via submission in the third round.

Shalorus faced Rafael dos Anjos on 15 May 2012 at UFC on Fuel TV: Korean Zombie vs. Poirier. After being dropped with a head kick, Shalorus was submitted via rear naked choke in the first round and was subsequently released from the promotion.

ONE Fighting Championship

Nearly a year after being released from the UFC, Shalorus signed with the Asia's biggest MMA promotion, ONE FC promotion. He made his promotional debut against Eduard Folayang at ONE Fighting Championship 9 on 31 May 2013 and won the fight via unanimous decision.

Kamal faced Ariel Sexton on 14 March 2014 at ONE Fighting Championship 14. He won the fight via unanimous decision.

Shalorus faced Shinya Aoki for the ONE Lightweight Championship on 29 August 2014 at ONE Fighting Championship 19. He lost the fight via submission in the first round.

Shalorus fought Ev Ting at ONE: Throne of Tigers, losing by split decision. Shalorus has not fought since. Fight was changed to a non-title fight. Win

Jonathan Evans TKO (punches) Extreme Challenge: War at the Shore

Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States Win

Edwyn Jones Submission (rear-naked choke) Supreme Warrior Championship 2: Battlegrounds

Frisco, Texas, United States Win

Jeff Davis TKO (punches) King of Kombat 3

Austin, Texas, United States