Shawn Tompkins Signs To Fight For XFA
World renowned veteran mixed martial arts (MMA) Elite Trainer and Muay Thai World Champion Fighter, Shawn Tompkins, has signed an agreement to fight for the Xtreme Fighting Association (XFA).
Shawn Tompkins is originally from Ontario, Canada, where he ran Canada’s most successful MMA gym for over 10 years, Team Tompkins Muay Thai & Submission. He now lives in Las Vegas, Nevada and is the Head Trainer and Gym Manager of the Xtreme Couture gym, where he trains elite professional athletes, including MMA World Champion Randy Couture and many of the top MMA fighters in the world. Previously he was the Head Striking coach for Team Quest and their leader Dan Henderson. Shawn has trained fighters such as Randy Couture, Wanderlei Silva, Forrest Griffin, Kimbo Slice, Sam Stout, Dan Henderson, Chris Horodecki, Kendal Grove, Kevin Randelman, Phil Baroni and many many more, including 10 national and international champions.
As a fighter Shawn Tompkins has held 3 titles in the Thai Boxing world where he fought 47 professional fights with 43 wins. He has created such fighting champions and superstars as Mark “the Machine” Hominick, Sam “Hands of Stone” Stout and Chris ” the Polish Hammer” Horodecki. Developing his system through the foundation of the Bas Rutten Mixed Martial Arts System and has been the official Head Coach of the IFL’s Los Angeles Anaconda’s. The style of striking and game plans that Shawn Tompkins has put together for Mixed Martial Arts has made him one of the most sought out MMA trainers in the world and in 2007 was voted trainer of the year.
We are absolutely thrilled to have Shawn join the XFA. He is widely respected throughout the MMA world internationally, as well as in the Muay Thai and Kickboxing community for his character and commitment to professionalism. He is exactly the kind of person we want representing the XFA.” Said Christopher Reis, President of the XFA, “With Shawn leading the way we believe additional elite athletes will be joining the XFA.”
Shawn is known as a fierce competitor that has never refused a fight challenge, never backs up and never backs down and has competed all over the world.
“The XFA is a great place for me to get back in the ring. I love stand up fighting and have gotten to know and admire the XFA owners. They put the fighters first and have created a platform for all stand up fighting disciplines,” said Tompkins. “The XFA has a very professional approach, which lifts the sport’s credibility with mainstream audiences, corporate sponsors and network TV. I hope to have many fights with the XFA.”
“There’s a lot of speculation already building about who Shawn will be matched up with, when he makes his XFA debut this fall,” said Reis. “All we can say for now is, it will be a suitable opponent.”
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I can’t imagine why Tompkins (o-4) would want to compete in MMA again. He’s been TKO’d all four times, and has only gotten older.
OMG Finally he signed with someone, everybody wanted his 0-4 record so bad.Nowadays losing 4 straight loses is better than winning them, just ask patrick cote! Shawns going to be future champion in sport. lololololol
WHy is this news?
those who cant do teach!
he sounds like an awesome coach working with the cream of the crop i dont believe he needs to fight in less its a hobby or something.
and what the crap is the xfa?
Its news because he is a name. Probably one of the best names the XFA has under contract.
Shawn is an awesome Coach and great guy. I imagine he’s been working on his past weaknesses and I really hope he does well with this.
Great, thanks so much Dieterick, I had no idea he was a big time coach and that was how he is a name. Oh, yes I did, because I just read the article, too.
I don’t much about this guy at all, but if he’s trained all of those big named guys, I would assume that he should be a really good striker. According to you guys, although this guy sounds like he has good Muay Thai skills, he struggles in “MMA”. Hopefully he has worked on and gotten better at his total MMA game and will be more well rounded.
Rutdog what I meant was the XFA doesn’t have a big pull yet so the announcement was big in that Tompkins’s name has been in the press before…Like running Xtreme Couture team and stepping in for Bas as coach on IFl when he went to the mic. The XFA is hoping you are diehard enough to link him to those past events and pluck down the cash to watch him fight.
Before you start to criticize him take a look at when those prior MMA bouts took place. It was back when MMA was very very new to Canada. It was also during a time before he had a ground game. Since training with and coaching the likes of Rutten, Silva, Stout, Hominick, Henderson, Ryo Chonan, Baroni, need I go on, I am sure he can handle himself just fine.