It appears that the OP
@UFCBlackbelt is working his way up event by event from UFC 1 onwards.
That's cool, and I wish more newer fans would do that. However, I would suggest actually getting through a large number of UFC events first, then watching a good number of non-UFC events of the time, (the early Extreme Fighting events headed by Peretti, Pancrase up until Kondo became champ, MARS, and slightly later on, the early PRIDE events) and then seeing how the sport evolved
before passing judgment on a fighter being "boring" or not.
Quite a few legends and pioneers, not just Ken Shamrock, had their share of "boring" fights. At the time, MMA had far fewer rules while being far more primitive in terms of techniques, and as such, more closely simulated a street fight.
For instance, Shamrock's rematches against Royce and Dan Severn, as well as his superfight against Oleg Taktarov were very dull affairs. However, in each case, that was a consequence of Ken's skills relatives to that of his opponents, not any fundamental failing of his. His fights in Pancrase, his first fights against Royce and Severn, or his match against Kimo were all reasonably fun for the time.
