Its a matter of mind set .I think he was so pumped up and quicker back in the day he never truly adjusted after Pride imop.....I would say 1996 is where he was peak,though one could argue 1993 b/c he wasn't overly big and more fluid.....in any case he should have went down the best fighter of all time ...size./skill/athletism/talent....what happened? changing of rulwes/age and mind set.....what ultimately went wrong? He was a early peak fighter as a late 20's early 30's.....with ped usage? Maybe but that was the game then.....I think rematch actually would sell good and wopuld want to see it....I mean how much can Shamrock fall down and continue his downward spiral even more? Get a win if you can then Run ....run far away from MMA.
Thanx..and as you can see im rewarded for posting yet more intelligent posts with a yellow card for being "SMART" on this forum....haha...Ive studied shoot fighting back in the day before UFc,I like the art still and its old school ways of thought,mainly street defense...Bart Vale is who I wanted to be back as a kid...lol....would have loved to see him in MMa back in the 80's. Tough guy.
Even if you were hit in the nuts, why would you lay on the ground and take punches instead of fighting back? Your instinct should still be to fight back despite the pain. And then to hop right up afterwards and put on a production? It's the knee to the head that grounded him, and he was looking for an excuse to get out and save face.
He beat a Severn easily who at the time would have beat Gracie in a rematch most likely back in the haydays. If that does not prove anything idont know/ Saggs? Saggs fought a drunkard shamrock in a mortel room ,lets not get ubsurd here and I have to think the telephone incident was real where he hoit shamrock with one.....howabout Shamrock fighting big show back stage and subbing him?
hark of ertain inidual wh i made a fool of....my posts speor them
Being a mark for someones insecurities is another matter....my posts speak for themselves .On the other hand you couldnt figure out why shamrock actually lost to kimbo and claimed it wasnt real..Intelligent was the word used correct.go figure?
hark of ertain inidual wh i made a fool of....my posts speor them
Being a mark for someones insecurities is another matter....my posts speak for themselves .On the other hand you couldnt figure out why shamrock actually lost to kimbo and claimed it wasnt real..Intelligent was the word used correct.go figure?
Agreed, though i can't determine which were the obvious works besides hume, suzuki, one funaki fight and the Kimbo fight. He's So far gone now that I could buy him not being able to throw around royce anymore. Only reason he pushed Kimbo around pretty easy was it being a work.
