title: American Combat Association
Darrell Horcher
Melvin Guillard
Khabib Nurmagomedov
Caol Uno
Kamal Shalorus
Chris Brennan
Alexander Sarnavskiy
Jens Pulver
Satoru Kitaoka
sentences: The American Combat Association is a small mixed martial arts company founded by Olympic wrestler, world Abu Dhabi champion and UFC fighter Kamal Shalorus and professional mixed martial arts fighter, Broadcaster and American professional wrestler Matthew "The Granimal" Granahan.
 
Darrell Horcher (born July 28, 1987) is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the Lightweight division of the UFC.
 A professional mixed martial artist since 2010, he formerly competed for Bellator and the Cage Fury Fighting Championships, where he was the Lightweight Champion.
Melvin Paul Guillard, Jr. (born March 30, 1983) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Welterweight division.
 Guillard most notably competed in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) where he went (12–9), Bellator MMA (Bellator) where is went (0–3 (1)) and World Series of Fighting (WSOF) where he went (1–1).
 He debuted in the company on "The Ultimate Fighter 2" television series, losing to Josh Burkman by decision in the first Welterweight elimination bout.
 Guillard currently holds the UFC record for most TKO/KO victories (eight) in the Lightweight division, surpassing the previous record held by Multi-Divisional Champion B.J. Penn with his knockout of Shane Roller at "UFC 132".
 He again extended this record in his knockout victory over Mac Danzig at "".
Khabib Abdulmanapovich Nurmagomedov (Russian: Хабиб Абдулманапович Нурмагомедов ; Avar: ХIабиб ГӀабдулманапил НурмухӀамадов ; born September 20, 1988) is an undefeated Russian mixed martial artist of Avar heritage.
 He is a two time Combat Sambo World Champion, a wrestler and a judo black belt who currently fights in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
 He currently holds one of the longest undefeated streaks in MMA with 24 wins.
 As of 17 November 2016, he is ranked the #1 contender in the UFC Lightweight division and #12 in official UFC pound-for-pound rankings and numerous other publications.
Kaoru "Caol" Uno (宇野薫 , Uno Kaoru ) (born May 8, 1975) is a Japanese mixed martial artist.
 He is the Co-Champion of the UFC 41 Lightweight Tournament and a former Shooto Lightweight Champion.
 As one of the early Ultimate Fighting Championship's elite Lightweight competitors, Uno competed for the UFC Lightweight Championship on two separate occasions.
 Despite falling short in both championship bouts; losing a five-round decision against Jens Pulver at UFC 30, to determine the inaugural UFC Lightweight Champion as well as a draw against B.J. Penn at UFC 41 (in a bout which would have determined the new UFC Lightweight Champion and UFC 41 Lightweight Tournament Winner), Uno is acknowledged as a pioneer for his impact and influence during the early era of the UFC Lightweight Division.
Kamal Shalorus is an Iranian professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the Lightweight division of ONE FC.
 A professional competitor since 2008, Shalorus has also formerly competed for the UFC and the WEC.
Chris "The Westside Strangler" Brennan (born October 12, 1971) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Lightweight division.
 He has competed for the UFC, PRIDE, King of the Cage and Shooto.
 He is a former King of the Cage Middleweight Champion and former King of the Cage Middleweight Superfight Champion.
 He is also one of 18 fighters to compete in the -77 kg division at the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championships in 2005.
 Chris was also the founder of Nogi Industries, a Mixed martial arts clothing company.
 In 2014 Chris was inducted in to the Mixed Martial Arts Hall of Fame.
Alexander Sarnavskiy (born January 17, 1989) is an Ethnic Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division.
 A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Sarnavskiy has mostly competed in his native Russia, where he is an M-1 Global veteran and former lightweight division in the Bellator Fighting Championships.
 Alexander is currently ranked as the #4 lightweight in Europe.
Jens Johnnie Pulver (born December 6, 1974) is an American professional mixed martial artist and undefeated boxer and kickboxer.
 Pulver was the inaugural UFC Lightweight Champion in addition to serving as the head coach on "The Ultimate Fighter 5" reality show against long-time rival B.J. Penn.
 In mixed martial arts, Pulver competed at the Lightweight, Featherweight, Bantamweight and Flyweight divisions in addition to competing at the Middleweight, Light Middleweight, and Welterweight divisions as a professional boxer.
 While perhaps best known for competing in the UFC, Pulver has also competed in Pride Fighting Championships, for the PRIDE 2005 Lightweight Grand Prix.
 He is to-date the youngest UFC Lightweight Champion in the UFC history, eventually relinquishing his title, after two defenses, due to a contract dispute.
 Pulver officially retired from combat sports in 2014.
 Pulver is considered the founder of the UFC lightweight division.
Satoru Kitaoka (北岡悟 , Kitaoka Satoru , born 4 February 1980) , is a Japanese shoot wrestler and mixed martial artist who most recently competed in the Lightweight division of RIZIN.
 A professional competitor since 2000, he has also competed for DREAM, Pancrase, DEEP, and World Victory Road.
 Kitaoka is renowned for his Catch wrestling abilities which he learned studying under two of Japan's most respected shoot wrestlers Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki.
 In addition to mixed martial arts success, Kitaoka has also won several submission grappling tournaments, including being the reigning Brazilian jiu-jitsu and No-Gi Open Champion in both the 79.7 kg and Absolute divisions.
 In August 2008, he entered and won the 2008 Sengoku Lightweight Grand Prix.
 He is currently the DEEP Lightweight Champion.

Question: Question: Which Lightweight division mixed martial artist founded the American Combat Association? 

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 The American Combat Association is a small mixed martial arts company founded by Olympic wrestler, world Abu Dhabi champion and UFC fighter Kamal Shalorus and professional mixed martial arts fighter, Broadcaster and American professional wrestler Matthew "The Granimal" Granahan.
  

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 Darrell Horcher (born July 28, 1987) is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the Lightweight division of the UFC.
 A professional mixed martial artist since 2010, he formerly competed for Bellator and the Cage Fury Fighting Championships, where he was the Lightweight Champion. 

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 Melvin Paul Guillard, Jr. (born March 30, 1983) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Welterweight division.
 Guillard most notably competed in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) where he went (12–9), Bellator MMA (Bellator) where is went (0–3 (1)) and World Series of Fighting (WSOF) where he went (1–1).
 He debuted in the company on "The Ultimate Fighter 2" television series, losing to Josh Burkman by decision in the first Welterweight elimination bout.
 Guillard currently holds the UFC record for most TKO/KO victories (eight) in the Lightweight division, surpassing the previous record held by Multi-Divisional Champion B.J. Penn with his knockout of Shane Roller at "UFC 132".
 He again extended this record in his knockout victory over Mac Danzig at "". 

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 Kaoru "Caol" Uno (宇野薫 , Uno Kaoru ) (born May 8, 1975) is a Japanese mixed martial artist.
 He is the Co-Champion of the UFC 41 Lightweight Tournament and a former Shooto Lightweight Champion.
 As one of the early Ultimate Fighting Championship's elite Lightweight competitors, Uno competed for the UFC Lightweight Championship on two separate occasions.
 Despite falling short in both championship bouts; losing a five-round decision against Jens Pulver at UFC 30, to determine the inaugural UFC Lightweight Champion as well as a draw against B.J. Penn at UFC 41 (in a bout which would have determined the new UFC Lightweight Champion and UFC 41 Lightweight Tournament Winner), Uno is acknowledged as a pioneer for his impact and influence during the early era of the UFC Lightweight Division. 

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 Kamal Shalorus is an Iranian professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the Lightweight division of ONE FC.
 A professional competitor since 2008, Shalorus has also formerly competed for the UFC and the WEC. 

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 Chris "The Westside Strangler" Brennan (born October 12, 1971) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Lightweight division.
 He has competed for the UFC, PRIDE, King of the Cage and Shooto.
 He is a former King of the Cage Middleweight Champion and former King of the Cage Middleweight Superfight Champion.
 He is also one of 18 fighters to compete in the -77 kg division at the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championships in 2005.
 Chris was also the founder of Nogi Industries, a Mixed martial arts clothing company.
 In 2014 Chris was inducted in to the Mixed Martial Arts Hall of Fame. 

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 Alexander Sarnavskiy (born January 17, 1989) is an Ethnic Russian mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division.
 A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Sarnavskiy has mostly competed in his native Russia, where he is an M-1 Global veteran and former lightweight division in the Bellator Fighting Championships.
 Alexander is currently ranked as the #4 lightweight in Europe. 

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 Jens Johnnie Pulver (born December 6, 1974) is an American professional mixed martial artist and undefeated boxer and kickboxer.
 Pulver was the inaugural UFC Lightweight Champion in addition to serving as the head coach on "The Ultimate Fighter 5" reality show against long-time rival B.J. Penn.
 In mixed martial arts, Pulver competed at the Lightweight, Featherweight, Bantamweight and Flyweight divisions in addition to competing at the Middleweight, Light Middleweight, and Welterweight divisions as a professional boxer.
 While perhaps best known for competing in the UFC, Pulver has also competed in Pride Fighting Championships, for the PRIDE 2005 Lightweight Grand Prix.
 He is to-date the youngest UFC Lightweight Champion in the UFC history, eventually relinquishing his title, after two defenses, due to a contract dispute.
 Pulver officially retired from combat sports in 2014.
 Pulver is considered the founder of the UFC lightweight division. 

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Answer: Kamal Shalorus