Shanon Slack (born April 23, 1983) is a retired American mixed martial artist who competed in Bellator's featherweight division.
[2] Slack lived his early life in Chicago, but his family moved to Richmond, Virginia when he was in the 6th grade.
In wrestling, he was a high school All American as a senior, wrestled at Cerritos College where he won All-American honors and the California JUCO title then Fresno State and Old Dominion and trained at the Olympic Training Center.
After the 2008 Olympic trials, Slack moved to California and began working as a financial analyst.
Soon after, he gained interest in mixed martial arts and met Dominick Cruz.