For those who met Ken Shamrock...

[Corrado Soprano]

I met Ken Shamrock once. He called me a little bitch monkey

 

[Ogata]

lol, go tell that to the ufc! anyway, saying that shamrock isn't a pioneer as well just makes you sound bitter to ken, for some reason.

The truth is the truth regardless of who delivers it.

Vale Tudo and combat sambo were in existence since the 1960s. Sambo is a hybrid system that took from judo and wrestling as well as incorporate stand up fighting.

Vale Tudo was muay thai and BJJ or muay thai and luta livre.

 

[Ogata]

It's a running joke. This has been posted multiple times randomly. It's awesome because it's full of totally weird details.

Oh my bad!

Oddly enough it sounds like something bj Penn would do.

Who was this about?

 

[CasualBot]

Why

Un-intentionally eavesdropped for 30 mins before we spoke.
He was happy to hear from a fan.
Nearly broke my hand in a handshake. Self absorbed.
Was nice to only me, and pointlessly rude to people around.
It made me see how people behave when their ass is kissed.
This was twenty years ago.

He's abrupt and not that smart, so he takes offense at the drop of a hat, but I think he felt comfortable around wrestling because nobody was talking shit to him.

This is exactly the impression he left, minus the wrestling.

Nice to me, and easily snark / rude to employees.

 

[chiefwiggum]

Wrong!

That honor goes to judo gene lebell who was a true pioneer in America and together with gokor they already had a fight team but never got invited to the UFC.

what was his fighting record? And any footage of him fighting at all?

no disrespect to him but we’re talking about pioneers of mma fighting. In the us.

 

[jimmy dakine]

If you ever heard his story, its full of sadness and misery from childhood. I dont think he ever healed. The psychological scars run deep in him. You might grow into adulthood and hide as much as you can but unless you actually, genuinely heal, that shit is always just below the surface. There are people with worse childhoods than his who do find happiness and joy in life....I dont think Ken is one of them. The dark force in him runs deep.

 

[chiefwiggum]

I got to shake his hand in 2001. We both went for it and our hands sounded like bags of Chips crushing.
He showed no pain neither did I.

I also had the pleasure of coughing on him about a dozen or so times. He was a gentleman. He didn’t even say anything. Even when bits of chewed up food was going in his hair. I respect that.

 

[The Bloody Nine]

I just finished this.

He sounds like an asshole, randomly taking advantage of his 'students' by beating the living shit out of them for real.

 

[Todd498]

Wonder is Dana would have said that to Kens face just like he did there...

 

[Arnold Palmer]

Wonder is Dana would have said that to Kens face just like he did there...

Why wouldn't he ?

 

[Richard Fannin]

I just finished this.

He sounds like an asshole, randomly taking advantage of his 'students' by beating the living shit out of them for real.

His first book, "Inside the Lion's Den" is knee-slapping hilarious, it reads like a homoerotic fanfiction everytime the "narrator" talks about Ken/Ken talks about himself.
I'll post some quotes If I find the motivation.

This latest one is also strange, but in a different way. He does seem like an asshole to everyone in his life.

Ken claims that he could have beaten Bas Rutten even quicker in their first fight, but he carried him for 15 min to entertain the crowd.

Ken also claims that both of his submission losses to Suzuki were works, same for when he got choked out by Funaki (Suzuki and Funaki weren't aware though, and they thought the fights were real)
On the other hand, the 2 times he beat Funaki were totally 100% legit

as were all of his other fights, it's only when he lost that the fights were worked

 

[The Bloody Nine]

His first book, "Inside the Lion's Den" is knee-slapping hilarious, it reads like a homoerotic fanfiction everytime the "narrator" talks about Ken/Ken talks about himself.
I'll post some quotes If I find the motivation.

This latest one is also strange, but in a different way. He does seem like an asshole to everyone in his life.

Ken claims that he could have beaten Bas Rutten even quicker in their first fight, but he carried him for 15 min to entertain the crowd.

Ken also claims that both of his heel-hook losses to Suzuki were works, same for when he got choked out by Funaki (Suzuki and Funaki weren't aware though, and they thought the fights were real)
On the other hand, the 2 times he beat Funaki were totally 100% legit

as were all of his other fights, it's only when he lost that the fights were worked

I was surprised to learn that his beating from The Nasty Boys happened before his MMA career. I always figured that happened during his time with the WWF. Turns out he was just an indie guy at the time.

 

[Deleted member 576123]

I met him at a Tower records, sometime in the 90's with a bunch of Pride fighters... He acted like he was gods gift. I stopped him for a quick picture, he turned me down and walked away.

He had already received my call and was busy to get to me. Sorreh bowda.

 

[Handsome Bruce]

Owen Hart beat him into a living death.

 

[NicholasJBasile]

He was always awesome to the wrestling community. He would come hang out at the local tournaments(Lodi Invitational), sign a few autographs for the parents, congratulate the kids for winning matches and give encouragement to the losers. He's abrupt and not that smart, so he takes offense at the drop of a hat, but I think he felt comfortable around wrestling because nobody was talking shit to him.

My old college roommate is from the area (went to Lassen High school) and said that Shamrock went to his school to do some motivational speeches voluntarily and seemed like a good dude. I've never met him though.

 

[Badger67]

Met him once for 5 minutes at a kotc event in michigan.
He was supposed to be ringside the entire event, he watched two fights with one being the one he commentated on.
He seemed okay when i got my pic taken with him.

 

[NicholasJBasile]

I saw Ken Shamrock at a grocery store in Miami once. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying.

The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.

When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.

Damn I'm a Shamrock fan but that is pretty fucked

 

[Deleted member 449757]

His first book, "Inside the Lion's Den" is knee-slapping hilarious, it reads like a homoerotic fanfiction everytime the "narrator" talks about Ken/Ken talks about himself.
I'll post some quotes If I find the motivation.

This latest one is also strange, but in a different way. He does seem like an asshole to everyone in his life.

Ken claims that he could have beaten Bas Rutten even quicker in their first fight, but he carried him for 15 min to entertain the crowd.

I have read the book and can confirm this. The book contains passage after passage describing his bronze tanned body with the beautiful chest of a greek god or something along those lines. Then later, it contains a quote of his girlfriend describing on why she finds his beautiful body so attractive. And then he shits on Severn for not being able to finish fights ... *cough*TAKTAROV *cough*GRACIE2 ...

Ken also claims that both of his heel-hook losses to Suzuki were works, same for when he got choked out by Funaki (Suzuki and Funaki weren't aware though, and they thought the fights were real)
On the other hand, the 2 times he beat Funaki were totally 100% legit

as were all of his other fights, it's only when he lost that the fights were worked

With the Funaki loss i'm pretty confident it actually was a work if you look at the time of the match. He previously lost to Gracie in just under a minute, and the Funaki match took place right before UFC 3, when they were expected to fight again. Since Ken was the King of Pancrase at that time my guess is they wanted him to lose the title in dominant fashion so the reputation of Pancrase would not be damaged if he lost to Gracie again in similar fashion. What's funny though is the claim that Funaki was not aware, because that raises the question about why he believes he would be told beforehand when he was going to win a one-sided work.

I may be in the minority but I think he should have won UFC 1. I think he wanted to prove he was a better grappler than Royce was instead of throwing punches & leg kicks.

I strongly doubt that. According to the people who were backstage at UFC 1 Ken didn't even bother watching Gracie fight and therefore wasn't aware he was a grappler. Since Gracie wore a gi, Ken thought he was some Karate bullshido guy. Kind of funny that right after his first fight against Pat Smith, he said in an interview that this tournament was much easier than Pancrase fights because the guys here don't know anything about submissions.

 

[Ghostoftheville]

I saw Ken Shamrock at a grocery store in Miami once. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying.

The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.

When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.

How many people have been placed in this story now?

 

[BabyBlue_Bomber]

Met him in 2013...

Seemed nice and took a pic with me.

That being said, there are stories of fans asking him for autographs or pictures and him turning them down.