Wes Shivers

Wesley Davis Shivers (born March 8, 1977) is an American professional mixed martial artist.

He was a cast member of SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights.

Shivers also played in three National Football League (NFL) games with the Atlanta Falcons in 2000.

Shivers had a small role in the movie Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown and Universal Soldier: The Reckoning as well as an appearance in the pseudo reality show The Devils Ride as Bobby Slaughter in season 3.

After he entered high school at Benton Academy, Wes decided that he wanted to devote all of his time to American football.

After graduation, Shivers attended a junior college prior to attending Mississippi State University.

Shivers played on the football team as an offensive tackle.

He was named a Junior College All-American, as well as being on the All-Southeastern Conference team.

Shivers was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the seventh round of the 2000 NFL Draft and played three games with Atlanta before being cut.

Shivers became a police officer after retiring but retired from that to pursue MMA.

After picking up 4 stoppage wins in local Mississippi organizations, Shivers spent a good part of 2009 participating in the UFC's The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights.

In his first fight, he lost a controversial majority decision to eventual semi-finalist James McSweeney.

After more than a year, Shivers returned to action, defeating Goldman Butler at Strikeforce Challengers: Wilcox vs. Ribeiro via KO.