Frank Shamrock vs. Kazushi Sakuraba Confirmed for Oct. 15 in RIZIN (Grappling Bout)

Motto?

  • "In fact, pro wrestling is strong." - K. Sakuraba

    Votes: 33 58.9%

  • "Wrestlers need a lesson in submission, and I’m just the one to teach them." - F. Shamrock

    Votes: 23 41.1%
  • Total voters
    56
In their primes is pick Saku to win in Grappling. Both are pretty beat up now, but Saku may be the only guy more beat up than Frank.
 
this is about 15 or so years too late and it's a grappling match, but I'm pulling for Saku.

Bout will probably end in a draw imo
 
Is it over already? How come no pbp thread?
 
sonhow said:
Is it over already? How come no pbp thread?
Click to expand...

It is in the Rizin pbp thread which was moved and stickied in the heavies

It ended in a draw. 10 min match and it never once hit the ground. Saku at least tried for a few ankle picks, but Frank never once tried to get it to the ground.
 
Crap, passed out and woke up and event is basically over. Guess I'll have to watch some replays of stuff online. See Kawajiri got KO'd
 
Shoot Boxe Hero said:
It is in the Rizin pbp thread which was moved and stickied in the heavies

It ended in a draw. 10 min match and it never once hit the ground. Saku at least tried for a few ankle picks, but Frank never once tried to get it to the ground.
Click to expand...
You're kidding. Right?
 
Frank said he'd been waiting 18 odd years for this and was going to crush Saku, the mother fucker.
 
RDUBYA said:
Frank said he'd been waiting 18 odd years for this and was going to crush Saku, the mother fucker.
Click to expand...

That's an outta shape Frank taking his check and bouncing without an L for ya
 
Shoot Boxe Hero said:
It is in the Rizin pbp thread which was moved and stickied in the heavies

It ended in a draw. 10 min match and it never once hit the ground. Saku at least tried for a few ankle picks, but Frank never once tried to get it to the ground.
Click to expand...
Saku got shutdown??
 
Hey, is it over yet? All i saw was 2 old guys mean mugging each other.
 
Thesnake101 said:
Saku got shutdown??
Click to expand...

Abu-Shaubi treatment

1.gif


so much headpushing
 
I remember when Frank wore that Hawaiian shirt to Pride, dropped names of all the guys he wanted to fight, and then Saku licked his own lips like a hungry animal when Frank mentioned him.

Match was a dud, but glad we finally got to see them go at it.

Maybe they can set up something similar with Saku and Rickson. If Rickson loses, he can always just say he would have won in a "real fight".
 
On the one hand, it's totally understandable that these guys are in their mid-40s and have injuries / limitations.

On the other, Shamrock is a showman and has to realize that this drives his value way down. Had this match been exciting (in spite of being a grappling bout), it's entirely possible he could've had a life-after-death career competing against other big names (IE: his brother Ken, Royce, Sonnen, etc) under a far more safer and favourable ruleset, and still made some cheese.

But we'll see. Maybe this was just an isolated incident, and future grappling bouts won't be as boring.
 
Saku is too damn skilled in grappling
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Latest posts

Forum statistics

Threads
1,237,073
Messages
55,465,477
Members
174,785
Latest member
JoyceOuthw

Share this page

Back
Top