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Interview: Ken Shamrock Talks Kimbo Slice, Bare Knuckle Boxing, Personal Protection, and His Ministry — Part 1

By Zach Heim, with Chad Blessinger

Ken Shamrock is a busy man these days. 2015 finds the “World’s Most Dangerous Man” involved in a Bellator main event against Kimbo Slice, a professional bare knuckle fight, a ministry for God, stock trading, and at least four other business and professional ventures. He is busier than ever building a future for himself off of 30 years of hard work, and lucky for us, we managed to get a few minutes with Shamrock to discuss a variety of topics.

CagePotato: You were supposed to fight Kimbo Slice a long time back until a last-minute cut over your eye forced you to bow out. Tell us about that experience.

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By Zach Heim, with Chad Blessinger

CagePotato: You were supposed to fight Kimbo Slice a long time back until a last-minute cut over your eye forced you to bow out. Tell us about that experience.

Ken Shamrock: Yeah, there’s a lot to it. My father had went into a coma and I spent about three weeks at the hospital with him while I was training for this fight. I got on a plane because he told me I needed to go take care of business. So I get on a plane and I fly down to do the fight. The night before the fight they called and told me he went into a coma or they put him on a machine or whatever…they had to keep him on life support. They asked what I wanted to do. So I said don’t do anything until I get back. So there was a lot of stuff going on, along with some different business stuff that was happening.

I grabbed a friend of mine and moved everything out of the hotel room. I was in a suite, so I had an area just to roll around to get my head back in to where it needed to be, a light roll, nothing heavy. I just caught his head the wrong way, it cut me, went to the hospital got it triple stitched/double stitched. I asked the doctor, “Can you clear me?” and he said, “If they let you fight, I’ll let you fight.” I went to the arena, got into the locker room and the [Florida] Commission came in, the promoters came in and I clearly told them I would fight. Of course, the Commission ixnayed it, [saying] you know we can’t take the risk. I told them if it [the cut] opens up or breaks they can stop the fight, it’s on me. No big deal, just let it roll, the fights not going to go very long. There’s no way he’s going to last very long. But if it does open up, you can stop me. I’m ok with that. Well, they said no. The fight didn’t happen.

Now what really made me angry was that when they wouldn’t let the fight happen, all the sudden all these different types of stupid comments started coming into play. Kimbo and his team being a part of that and what really upset me the most was the fact that I had made a sacrifice to go out and do this fight. My father had a problem and they put him on life support, things didn’t work out the way they should have but yet I still hear these stupid comments about why I wouldn’t fight, how come I didn’t fight, I got cut, I cut myself, I’m afraid, all these things coming from the Kimbo camp. It just boiled in me and there was not much I could do about it. I always kept it in my mind that if I ever had the opportunity to get into a ring and fight him in mma, I’d be waiting for him.

Neither of you have fought an MMA fight in 5 years and it has been reported the Missouri Commission is going to ask you to do some additional medical testing. Has any of that begun and what exactly does that entail?

They are going to want extra testing, which to me is, you know, whatever, it is what it is. I don’t know why, I thought we got past this stuff, you know, years and years ago with prejudices against women, against colors, against gender, sexual preferences — all these things. We are supposed to have grown as a nation but we continue to keep pulling people aside for whatever the reason the may be because they may be older or they speak different or whatever the reason is. It seems they can’t let it go. Why in the world would you test somebody who is clearly passing all the regulations they are supposed to pass as a regular fighter? Why does it have to be extensive testing because you are 50 years old or your forty years old? Either you pass, or you don’t pass. I don’t understand what their sanctioning reasons are for. It’s either you pass or you don’t pass. If you pass, you fight. I don’t care what age you are.

I think Kimbo showed a lot about himself when he fought Petruzelli the night they wouldn’t let you fight. Seth knocked him out in, what, 15 seconds or something like that?

I don’t get some of these comments that people are making about “Well if he stands up, he’s gonna lose,” and “If he can’t take him down, he’s going to lose.” I’m thinking, “Who are these people, where is their education?”

Not a lot of people knew much about Seth Petruzelli before that fight, which I suppose made his win all the more shocking.

To me it’s ridiculous. I don’t think Kimbo’s going to handle me, whether it’s stand-up or on the ground. We know [he can’t handle me] on the ground, but even stand-up I just; I watched his boxing. He hand picks his guys, and even then you see [his weaknesses]. Like I said, you know, I’m not going to take him lightly. I’m going to prepare like this is the best fight in the world. But like I said, in the back of my mind, I don’t see a problem here either stand-up or on the ground.

What is the current status of the Lion’s Den? How many gyms are there? What is going on with that part of your career?

I still have Team Lion’s Den. In fact, it is my son, myself, and I will be fighting under Team Lions Den in this fight coming up. My son still fights under it. I have three boys. They fight under it. All my family fights under it. That’s as far as it goes. Right now Team Lion’s Den is basically a ministry outreach program. (It’s) my non-profit organization where I walk out and I help youth and do motivational speaking. I transferred that in that direction but the Team Lion’s Den is definitely not dead now. It’s just that right at this point in time I’m just so focused on really doing more work for my ministry and work for young athletes who are amateurs who are trying to turn pro. I don’t want to, obviously, but them under a team flag or anything like that. I just want to help these guys make good decisions on their own for their own career.

Stay tuned for Part 2 of this interview, which will be up tomorrow.

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By Putting Fun First, Can Bellator Become a Carefree Alternative to the UFC?

A minute or two into last week’s Bellator 134, a guy strolled out from behind a retractable 20-foot video monitor and began noodling a version of “The Star-Spangled Banner” on electric guitar.
On stage behind him stood a lineup of the night&rsquo…

A minute or two into last week’s Bellator 134, a guy strolled out from behind a retractable 20-foot video monitor and began noodling a version of “The Star-Spangled Banner” on electric guitar.

On stage behind him stood a lineup of the night’s fighters, some of them taking his performance very seriously, some of them absolutely not. The monitors streamed pure Americana—shots of the Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, a clip of wheat stalks swaying gently in a breeze.

Just as the guitarist wailed past the line about the perilous fight, cameras cut to a statuesque blonde woman in the front row wearing a black evening gown, one hand tucked somberly over her—uh—heart. At her right elbow, a guy with a full sleeve of tattoos slurped a cocktail out of a plastic cup and gleefully nodded along to the music.

Ninety seconds later, a bunch of fireworks went off indoors.

So, yeah, if you were wondering what Bellator MMA would look like during 2015, you didn’t have to wait long to find out. Friday night’s “British Invasion” fight card was the company’s biggest event of the year so far, and it set an appropriately bombastic tone for Bellator’s new direction—one it hopes finally leads to its big break.

And, you know what? This time it feels like the promotion is actually onto something. Perhaps by giving up on trying to be a low-rent version of the UFC—and by bringing some of the pomp and circumstance back to MMA—it can position itself as a real alternative.

Maybe even a fun one.

This change has been percolating for a while now. In June 2014, the promotion ditched wickedly unpopular showrunner Bjorn Rebney and brought in universally well-liked former Strikeforce executive Scott Coker.

Coker had a proven track record of making second-tier MMA companies work in an industry dominated by the UFC. He brought instant credibility, and his mere presence gave Bellator a fresh start. Almost immediately, he tossed out its restrictive, outdated tournament format and weekly TV time slot in favor of a more traditional (and more manageable) schedule.

Yet a few questions still lingered about exactly how a Coker-led Bellator would look and feel.

Now we know.

There will be fireworks.

There will be glitz, glamour and precious little intrusion from reality.

We got a sample of this transformation late last year, when Tito Ortiz wrested a tepid split-decision victory from Stephan Bonnar in the main event of Bellator 131. Their old-timers bout didn’t nab any rave reviews, but it turned out to be a significant ratings success on SpikeTV.

We got our first look at the revamped production values and video stage set at that event too. It was clear change was in the air.

Still, we had no idea. Not really.

Bellator’s new crazy-like-a-fox vibe didn’t fully reveal itself until last week, when the company announced that Ken Shamrock vs. Kimbo Slice would headline an event in June. That was the matchmaking equivalent of telling the bartender you’ll go ahead and have that third drink after all—and suddenly we knew Bellator was playing for keeps.

Shamrock vs. Slice is a goofy, unexpected fight at least seven years past its expiration date. Shamrock is 51 years old, and prior to this booking it was rumored he would take on a man billed as the “king of the Irish travelers” in a bare-knuckle boxing match. Slice, who is 41, hasn’t fought in MMA since his ill-fated UFC run ended in 2010. He was last seen cobbling together a low-level boxing career circa 2013.

The two were originally supposed to fight in the now-defunct EliteXC organization in 2008, and even then it seemed like kind of a bad idea. Hours before showtime, Shamrock pulled out with a cut, and Slice went on to suffer a 14-second knockout at the hands of replacement fighter Seth Petruzelli.

Now, Bellator will book the do-over nobody saw coming.

It’s crazy. It’s indefensible. It’s totally perfect.

We’re all going to make fun of Shamrock-Slice, and then we’re all going to watch. If it goes off as scheduled, it promises to be an even bigger cable TV hit than Ortiz-Bonnar, perhaps fully realizing the blueprint established by that fight. Make no mistake, no matter how many jokes are cracked or criticisms are lobbed at this fight, it’s a brilliant gambit by Bellator.

After years of staid obligation to pure sport, the company’s new regime is finally letting its hair down. It’s becoming the rebellious kid brother to the stuffy old UFC that it should have been all along.

The B-list organization has never had the best fighters (and probably never will), so it didn’t make sense for Bellator to cast itself as the hard-nosed home of “the toughest tournament in sports.” The UFC is now and will likely always be the industry standard.

So, why not just let the guys at Zuffa LLC shoulder the burden of being the world’s top MMA promotion? Let the UFC hold the somber drug-testing press conferences. Let the UFC try to conquer the world with its 50 shows per year and its digital streaming service.

(Ed. Note: And hey, before we run the UFC too far up the flagpole as the goose that lays only golden eggs, let’s also remember we’re talking about a company that booked a main event, pay-per-view bout between Matt Hughes and Royce Gracie as recently as 2006. Maybe there never were any “rules” to this game.)

If nothing else, Bellator can make some mischief.

With a little a bit of Viacom money to spend and a reliable broadcast home on SpikeTV, Coker and Co. find themselves with a good opportunity to become MMA’s carefree option.

No, you don’t have to watch Bellator every week. No, you don’t have to obsessively follow its official fighter rankings and argue about its pound-for-pound list. No, you don’t have to commit your entire evening to the Internet-only prelim fights. Not if you don’t want to.

With Bellator, you just have to set aside one weekend night once or twice a month when—without paying $60 for pay-per-view—you might catch a fun fight.

The beauty of it is that Bellator really does have some fighters who are worth watching. A couple million people might tune in to see Ortiz, Shamrock or Slice, and some of them might get hooked on Will Brooks, Liam McGeary or Douglas Lima. Perhaps you’ll even come back for some of its more serious but less colorful events, like March 27’s bantamweight title bout between Joe Warren and Marcos Galvao.

Maybe by suckering people into the tent a few times a year to watch its cadre of 2005-era superstars, Bellator can even prove to Viacom it can be a ratings boon and a financial success. If the parent company ever gets the notion it should open the purse stings to help out, well, all bets will be off.

The best part is, it appears Bellator is going to play all of this with a straight face. When it announced Shamrock-Slice, Coker labeled it “unfinished business” on Twitter as though this was something we were all supposed to take very seriously. It only added to the delightful spectacle.

The bottom line is, it’s been awhile since we had an MMA promotion that didn’t sometimes feel like work to follow. It’s been awhile since we had one that didn’t continually demand more and more of its fans’ time and money. It’s been awhile since we had one that just wanted to have fun.

If Bellator can be that company, then it will have already won a major battle.

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Ken Shamrock on Kimbo Slice: ‘I’m Going to Smash This Guy’

If you ask Ken Shamrock if he’s fighting for money, he’ll say “Of course I am.” He’s a professional. It’s what he’s done his whole life. But after five years away from MMA, he feels that he’s earned the r…

The 51-year-old UFC Hall of Famer is scheduled to make his return to fighting on June 20against Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson in Bellator, in a fight that will air live on Spike TV.

Shamrock is the latest in a series of MMA legends to make appearances for Bellator since Scott Coker took the reigns of the Viacom-owned fight promotion last year.

But while legends of the sport like his UFC 1 foe Royce Gracie enjoy the fights from the outside, Shamrock has been waiting for his opportunity to get back inside the cage. He told B/R MMA that the Kimbo fight was one that he has wanted for quite some time, saying:

I’ve always had one foot in, and one foot out. I’ve always wanted the opportunity to fight certain people. I’ve always had one foot in, waiting for these type of opportunities to come my way. This one did, and we definitely jumped on it.

He isn’t coming back to fight top-ranked fighters. He understands that his time competing at the very top of the sport is in the past, and not being the type for hunting and fishing in his retirement, Shamrock is still looking to challenge himself and enjoy the sport that he pioneered in the early 90s.

He feels that he can have fun and also serve a purpose in his relationship with Bellator MMA. He thinks that, much like his 2002 return to the UFC against Tito Ortiz at UFC 40, this is an opportunity for him to elevate an MMA promotion.

Shamrock’s past issues with the UFC are well-documented, and it isn’t shocking that he would align himself with a rival MMA organization. But he considers this an opportunity to give fans an alternative choice for mixed martial arts, saying:

I’ve always jumped up to the challenge. I’ve been involved with a lot of companies that were just starting out, and needed a shot in the arm. Like in the UFC, when I first came back with Tito Ortiz. They were dead. I saw an opportunity there to bring my fans in, all the fans I built along the way that would follow me into that fight. I’ve been a part of a lot of start-ups, and a lot of opportunities where I have been able to help different organizations grow. This is no different. I have an opportunity here to really give fans another option, and that is really what excites me the most, is for fans to really have options in MMA.

The Shamrock vs. Slice fight was originally booked for October 4, 2008 in EliteXC. Shamrock suffered a cut the day of the fight, and he was infamously replaced by Seth Petruzelli, who knocked out Kimbo and EliteXC alike in 14 seconds.

When it was announced that the man they call Kimbo would be fighting in Bellator, Shamrock was already planning on heading across the pond for a bare-knuckle boxing match with the mighty James Quinn-MacDonagh, an Irish Traveller featured in the 2011 documentary Knuckle.

When Scott Coker found out Shamrock was planning on engaging in underground, unsanctioned combat, he decided to offer Shamrock a fight in Bellator. When Shamrock heard about the possibility of finally fighting Kimbo, he jumped at the opportunity, telling B/R MMA:

When this came to me, I told my manager to get that fight. I said “I want that fight.” So when he did, and they came back and they were interested, I almost did a few backflips. Because I know what my abilities are.

Shamrock’s career ended with more losses than wins. In fact, he was only victorious in three of his final 12 fights over an eight-year period. He’s been out of the game since 2010 but says that he fought through injuries that are behind him now.

Kimbo Slice hasn’t competed in MMA since his 2010 UFC loss to Matt Mitrione, and both he and Shamrock see the other as a stepping-stone to a return to active competition. However unlikely a second career run might be for either man, they are still two guys who want to fight each other and are confident others will watch.

Shamrock was pivotal in MMA’s growth during its early years, and he plans on putting on a show for the fans that have stuck by him over past two decades. He feels physically capable, and is extremely motivated at the idea of finally getting his hands on Kimbo Slice:

I’ve had time to really sit back, train hard, work hard, but let my body recuperate and recover, and it’s been a tremendous difference from when I was fighting six years ago, as opposed to what you will see on June 20. I am going to smash this guy and people are going to go “Where did that come from?”

Michael Wellman is a Featured Columnist for Bleacher Report MMA and all quotes were obtained firsthand unless otherwise noted.

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Bellator’s Crazy Main Events Will Set It Apart from the UFC

Scott Coker seems to have a winning formula for television success.
The formula goes a little something like this: Fill up a card with great prospects and great style fights. Upgrade your presentation with a mixture of World Wrestling Entertainment and…

Scott Coker seems to have a winning formula for television success.

The formula goes a little something like this: Fill up a card with great prospects and great style fights. Upgrade your presentation with a mixture of World Wrestling Entertainment and PRIDE, tossing in a little bit of rock-concert action on the side. Set yourself apart from the competition by creating custom entrances, lighting packages and music. Give each fighter a memorable and branded identity.

And for the main event, sign two fighters with name value, and pit them against each other. It doesn’t matter if they are old. It does not matter if they were never a champion. The only thing that matters is that they have recognizable names.

And not just to the hardcore mixed martial arts community. They’ll be watching anyway, because that is what they do. They need to be recognizable to the casual fans who tune in once or twice a year, at most. They need to capture the attention of the people who started watching MMA back in the early days of The Ultimate Fighter, or when Brock Lesnar began pulling astronomical pay-per-view numbers.

Those viewers tuned out at some point over the past five years, but it’s easy to bring them back. All you have to do is give them names they recognize.

It worked for Coker‘s first “tentpole” show in Bellator. When he announced that Tito Ortiz and Stephan Bonnar would headline the November 16 show in San Diego, the hardcore community jumped all over it and not in a good way. And yeah, Ortiz and Bonnar had a terrible fight, which is about what you’d expect from two old men far past their primes.

But the ratings showed that fight quality doesn’t really matter to the masses. Ortiz and Bonnar, winded and wounded, peaked at two million viewers. It was the most-watched cable TV fight of 2014, and it was a success regardless of how painful it was to watch.

Now, Coker will attempt to replicate that success with two more old men. One of them is very old. Ken Shamrock, 51, has not competed since 2010. Kimbo Slice, 41, has also been out of mixed martial arts action since 2010, though he stayed somewhat busy by beating a steady stream of cans in barely passable boxing matches.

Slice was never good at mixed martial arts. Like CM Punk, Slice was brought into the UFC because he could bring eyeballs. It did not matter that he was completely out of his element once the fight went anywhere but on the feet. He was an attraction, and the UFC needed him. It got what it needed out of him on The Ultimate Fighter and two subsequent bouts, and then it sent him on his way.

And now Slice is back, ready (along with Shamrock) to help bring eyeballs to a product attempting to differentiate itself from the market leader. Different is good. Former Bellator czar Bjorn Rebney tried to present his promotion as pure sports. The tournament-based format for determining championship fights was novel, and it was different, and it felt like real sports. It felt like all fighters had a real stake in determining their future.

But it was also boring. At the end of the day, mixed martial arts is still a business built on bringing in the largest amount of money possible. It is an entertainment business. It’s all well and good to create intriguing fights between young, talented competitors. But what good do those matchups do if nobody is watching?

The UFC has the greatest roster of mixed martial arts talent in the short history of the sport. It has nearly 600 fighters on a roster that ranges from the greatest fighter in the sport (Jon Jones) all the way down to young prospects earning their stripes on the preliminary card. Talent for talent, there is no way Bellator (or anyone else) can compete with what the UFC offers. And it certainly cannot attempt to present the same style of product as the UFC and hope for any kind of success.

Bellator has to be different. If the UFC is your dependable and rock-solid father, then Bellator is the crazy uncle that shows up completely hammered at the family reunion and hits on the catering staff. You’ll act embarrassed, and you’ll shake your head, but you won’t stop watching, because you have to see what he does next.

Make no mistake about it: There is a good chance that Slice vs. Shamrock will be one of the worst fights you have ever seen. If both men make it to the end of the second round without collapsing, it will be a victory. On that night, the hardcore MMA fan inside you will die a little bit.

But you aren’t Coker‘s target audience. He already has you. With fights like this one, he’s trying to bring in the folks who rarely watch MMA, in the hopes that they’ll tune in and then see something else on the broadcast they enjoy. He’s trying to set his product apart from the UFC to create new fans and bring back old ones.

And if it takes something as ridiculous and over-the-top as a very old former UFC star against a street fighter, well, so be it. At least he’s doing something different.

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Thank You, MMA Gods: Kimbo Slice vs. Ken Shamrock to Headline June 20th Bellator Event

And there’s PLENTY MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM. (*cries*)

When it was announced that Bellator had signed Kimbo Slice after a five year hiatus from the sport, we were confused.

When we tried handpicking who he should fight for his big debut, we were cautious, but hopeful.

When Bellator broke the news that Slice would be fighting Ken Shamrock — 51 year-old, bare-knuckle boxing, security guard to the stars(ish) Ken Shamrock — earlier today, we fell to our knees and thanked the Gods, for a great blessing had been bestowed upon us.

And there’s PLENTY MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM. (*cries*)

When it was announced that Bellator had signed Kimbo Slice after a five year hiatus from the sport, we were confused.

When we tried handpicking who he should fight for his big debut, we were cautious, but hopeful.

If you recall, Slice and Shamrock were actually scheduled to fight at Elite XC: Heat back in 2008, until a last-minute cut suffered in pre-fight warm-ups saw Shamrock forced out of the bout. He was replaced by UFC alum (and light heavyweight) Seth Petruzelli, who yadda yadda something something EliteXC collapsed.

This, is the greatest piece of news we have heard in quite some time. Seriously, just when you think that Mickey Rourke’s face will be the weirdest thing you’ll see all week, the MMA Gods make their presence known and just…(*kisses fingers*). According to ESPN, Slice vs. Shamrock will transpire on June 20th and be televised live on Spike TV from St. Louis, Missouri. That being said, only the noobiest of TUF noobs would not do everything in their power to see this thing live. I’m already checking TripAdvisor for the cheapest travel/hotel combo. Does the 10 a.m. Greyhound to Ferguson seem like a good idea?

We’ve been publicly stating our desire to see Bellator go full freakshow (“embrace the crazy,” if you will) for some time now, and one Justin-McCully-in-a-clown-rapist-mask at a time, they have been answering our prayers. But this, this is the pinnacle of it all. This is PRIDE. This is Super Hluk. This is the Coker era.

Bless you, MMA, and bless you, Bellator. Scott Coker is our shepherd; we shall not want.

Oh, For The Love of Christ: Ken Shamrock Reportedly Facing James Quinn In a Bare Knuckle Boxing Match

(“We’re thinking of broadcasting it on PPV for the low-price of $109.95, including satellite fees … this is for the poster, right?”/ Photo via Getty)

As if the perils and inconsistent regulations of MMA weren’t cringeworthy enough, it seems like the shift to boxing is the answer to when shit really hits the fan.

UFC Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock announced through a press release on his website that he’ll be duking it out against James Quinn in a bare knuckle boxing match, scheduled to take place sometime this April in the United Kingdom.

Here is an excerpt from the statement:

“Shamrock is in great health and feels invigorated by this opportunity to continue to compete and to continue giving back to his fans. Shamrock is going back to his roots as a fighter. Knowing his body well, Shamrock knows that his decision to re-enter the ring for the love of this sport is a sound decision. Shamrock adamantly believes that age should never be a restriction to any athlete. People can do amazing feats past their prime, if it’s a priority to them.

“Shamrock knows that bare-knuckle boxing is a sport with great potential to grow well beyond where the sport is today. His involvement in this sport is to show support and help its success.”

Now, apart from the hilariousness that is Shamrock building his entire website to announce this news, complete with sections devoted to limited merchandise, “Youth Outreach,” and “Shamrock’s Businesses” (including sections like Yes. I Am Learning The Stock Trade, the Shamrock Slam: Technical Fitness Drink, and Profit 101: Self-Defense & Fitness, all under the “Get Stuff” tab, we’re hoping this does happen (because at this point, who the hell cares anymore), yet we’re not exactly holding out for our hero…

(“We’re thinking of broadcasting it on PPV for the low-price of $109.95, including satellite fees … this is for the poster, right?”/ Photo via Getty)

As if the perils and inconsistent regulations of MMA weren’t cringeworthy enough, it seems like the shift to boxing is the answer to when shit really hits the fan.

Here is an excerpt from the statement:

“Shamrock knows that bare-knuckle boxing is a sport with great potential to grow well beyond where the sport is today. His involvement in this sport is to show support and help its success.”

Shamrock is infamous for no-showing fights, and other ventures he promotes. The former Pride, Pancrase, and WWE superstar is a repeat offender when it comes to ripping off promoters, like that time he was supposed to fight Ian Freeman, amongst countless other mishaps.

Truth be told, we still think he cut himself backstage with a Mach 3 Turbo before his bout against Kimbo Slice at EliteXC: Heat back in 2008. There was slight hope when Shamrock last resurfaced on Canada’s Off The Record, as he and Tito Ortiz were supposed to dish out dirty secrets stemming from the UFC’s business practices. Instead, it was like going out with your two friends that dated the same person six years ago, and one of them is still complaining about how they never got back that ultra-rare The Jesus & Mary Chain sweater.

Also, it seems like “The World’s Dangerous Man” isn’t guarding 50 Cent anymore, presumably because Shamrock actually doesn’t know who he is, or tried to belly-to-belly suplex Tony Yayo in the studio when he tried to pass the dutch to Fitty.

Ok, that’s enough …. on to James Quinn …

Revered as a bare knuckle boxing legend in Europe, Quinn is a fighter and author, and he’s been in his fair share of WTF moments himself. Below is a fight against another well-travelled slugger, Paddy Joyce, presumably taking place where Jim Gillespie shot I Know What You Did Last Summer (check out the backstory on the fight and the rivalry between Quinn and the Joyce family provided by The Irish Mirror):

We’re sorry for showing you the same kind of unfair assault you’d find on World Star Hip Hop, but this is journalism, after all.

On that note, pretty sure this is going to be extremely depressing. We’re waiting on another MMA website that will be previewing the contest and providing a detailed breakdown of the fight.

-Alex G.