By Nathan Reiter

Lethbridge Herald -Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Shannon Clark was never supposed to be a top level Mixed Martial Artist (MMA) fighter.

The 33-year-old Lethbridge woman only got into combat sports as a way to train in the offseason during her post secondary days when she was a soccer player for the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns.

Clark says her desire to compete is what led her to wade deeper in the MMA waters.

“Once my university career was done, I just started training more and more kickboxing. One thing led to another, and then it was more on my competitive side. It kind of was like, Hey, let’s just do one fight and see how good you are in this sport and here we are 11 fights later.”

Clark began her amateur fighting career on Oct. 19, 2019 at Rumble In

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