Ken Shamrock

Just though I would post this here and expect a huge amount of anti MMA sentiment but here we go....

Ken Shamrock, one of the first ever UFC champions, aged 51, is going to be fighting James Quinn in the UK in September. The reason for the post in the boxing section is that this is in a sanctioned (ie legal) bare knuckle boxing match. 

He is also facing internet brawler Kimbo Slice in June at a Bellator event. Here is an exert from a recent interview:

Why a bare-knuckle fight in the UK against James Quinn?


Why not man? It is fun, it just sounds like fun, go in there and fight someone. I'm not going to get arrested for it. I'm going to get paid for it. I'm going to entertain the fans, entertain myself. What's not to like?


If you could predict it, what are your chances?
There is no doubt in my mind I'm going to walk in and win this thing. I'm in a different place now. I feel in a better way now than I did 15 years ago. I feel real good and real confident.


In June you are going to face Kimbo Slice as part of Bellator 178, how did the Kimbo Slice fight come together?
I was working on the Bare-knuckle fight and we were promoting that, and we were getting a lot of attention. We heard that Kimbo was going to be signing with Bellator. Well, that's a fight that should've happened awhile back and it didn't. I've always wanted that fight. I reached out and said "Throw my name out there and see if we can get any traction with it." My business partner at the time Dez, threw the name out and they showed a huge interest in that fight. So we sat down and understood that this was a fight that the fans wanted to see. This is a fight I wanted, a fight Kimbo wanted, and there was nothing left to do but sign a contract to make it happen.


Are you doing this for fun or is this a vendetta?
Of course it's for fun; obviously I have reason to do this. I have to shut this guy up. There is some personality behind this. I'm doing this because it's what I love to do, and I'm getting to do the fights I want to do. I'm not trying to be the World Champion anymore. I just want to have fun and do the fights I like.


Is this your last main event?
I think there's one or two left in me. I think right now I have to focus on this one and get the job done. I definitely see what my options are. So as long as I feel healthy, I feel good, I feel I can compete in the ring at a high level and that I'm not endangering myself obviously, then I'm going to keep doing the fights. So if the fights that I take make sense, and there not a 27 year old number one contender in the world, then I'll probably be interested in doing fights that make sense and fights that are marketable.

I don't understand what makes a man in his fifties want to fight, bare knuckled. Much less a man with nothing left to prove. Saddening.

Stop trying to sneak wrestling in on here Adam, whilst this current attempt might be a little more subtle than usual we're not failling for it.

Rowley wrote:Stop trying to sneak wrestling in on here Adam, whilst this current attempt might be a little more subtle than usual we're not failling for it.

Kick him off Rowley..

Rowley wrote:Stop trying to sneak wrestling in on here Adam, whilst this current attempt might be a little more subtle than usual we're not failling for it.

As I didnt mention him as a wrestler, I can only assume that you are aufait with his work? Now pop on the spandex and come around mine for Wrestlemania...

Do like Ken Shamrock.

Thought he was entertaining as a coach on TUF season 3
"we got the hammer"

The Kimbo Slice fight will be interesting.

To be fair, 51 is probably a good age for a wrestler. Not many of them see old age! Tragic bunch.

Dipper Brown wrote:I don't understand what makes a man in his fifties want to fight, bare knuckled. Much less a man with nothing left to prove. Saddening.

Testosterone. That along with all the other crap these MMA lugs chuck into themselves keeps them as horny as an 18-year-old. Normal blokes calm down as they age. This lot go on like the tight t-shirt brigade from Walkabout on a Saturday night.

Dipper Brown wrote:To be fair, 51 is probably a good age for a wrestler. Not many of them see old age! Tragic bunch.

Maybe he should fight hopkins.

Never heard of him. Only came on this thread, because I thought someone had 'outed' strongy.

As for ' come round to my place in your spandex for wreslemania' Adam. Is that what passes for entertainment among the mods. Sounds like one of truss' oyster chat up lines.

milkyboy wrote:Never heard of him. Only came on this thread, because I thought someone had 'outed' strongy.

As for ' come round to my place in your spandex for wreslemania' Adam. Is that what passes for entertainment among the mods. Sounds like one of truss' oyster chat up lines.

51 year old American has been desperately trying to convince everyone he's still got what it takes almost 20 years past his prime...now THAT sounds more like TRUSS

Miles away from 50.....Still the right side of 45.....

My red devil isn't though...

The older woman idea, is great when you're a teenager...

I still dress up as one now...

Can't have Ken on a bill without Barbie...

I read a recent interview with him. He said he loves to fight, if he can get paid for fights he thinks will be challenging but winnable, then why not. He had no illusions of fighting at world level. 

To me it's more freak show than sport, but whatever.

jimdig wrote:I read a recent interview with him. He said he loves to fight, if he can get paid for fights he thinks will be challenging but winnable, then why not. He had no illusions of fighting at world level. 

To me it's more freak show than sport, but whatever.

The interview you refer to sounds familiar. I am sure I have read it too. Ah yes...its in the opening post!