UFC Hall Of Famer and recent Bellator MMA fighter Ken Shamrock claimed that if he had been on the scene, Kim Kardashian wouldn’t have been robbed while in France this past weekend.
“The World’s Most Dangerous Man” spoke with celebrity-gossip website TMZ.com (see above) this week and explained why he had been involved, the two thieves disguised as police officers wouldn’t of had the chance to get close to the celebrity and wife of Kanye West, let alone been able to hold her at gun point while robbing a reported $10 million worth of jewelry.
“I think that there were a lot of mistakes made,” said Shamrock. “When you have that many people that are very popular, and they are traveling — and they only have one guy that they brought with them, to stay with them for 24 hours and then they split up — well, someone is going to have to be left alone. In that situation I think it’s a huge mistake.’
Shamrock continued, “You have to look at the whole picture, too, how much was this an error by security or the celebrities themselves? I don’t think that you can blame anybody, I just think that mistakes were made. I wouldn’t say, ‘yes,’ right away [if Kim Kardashian asked for his help]. I have to make sure I get to know who I am working with and that we have an understanding.”
Speaking of getting to know the people he is working with, Shamrock is no stranger to the bodyguard business, as he has served as security detail for the likes of hip-hop artist and actor 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson).
“They have to be able to work with me — they can’t tell me how to work something when I’m on the job,” Shamrock said of his process. “That’s why I won’t do a whole lot of personal security because I can’t get the job done unless they allow me to do it. But, if I was there, I would not have left the hotel — I would have been in the lobby or somewhere in the hallway. And if the confrontation ever happened, they would have never gotten in the room.”
H/T to MMAMania.com for transcribing the above Ken Shamrock quotes.
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UFC Hall Of Famer and recent Bellator MMA fighter Ken Shamrock claimed that if he had been on the scene, Kim Kardashian wouldn’t have been robbed while in France this past weekend.
“The World’s Most Dangerous Man” spoke with celebrity-gossip website TMZ.com (see above) this week and explained why he had been involved, the two thieves disguised as police officers wouldn’t of had the chance to get close to the celebrity and wife of Kanye West, let alone been able to hold her at gun point while robbing a reported $10 million worth of jewelry.
“I think that there were a lot of mistakes made,” said Shamrock. “When you have that many people that are very popular, and they are traveling — and they only have one guy that they brought with them, to stay with them for 24 hours and then they split up — well, someone is going to have to be left alone. In that situation I think it’s a huge mistake.’
Shamrock continued, “You have to look at the whole picture, too, how much was this an error by security or the celebrities themselves? I don’t think that you can blame anybody, I just think that mistakes were made. I wouldn’t say, ‘yes,’ right away [if Kim Kardashian asked for his help]. I have to make sure I get to know who I am working with and that we have an understanding.”
Speaking of getting to know the people he is working with, Shamrock is no stranger to the bodyguard business, as he has served as security detail for the likes of hip-hop artist and actor 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson).
“They have to be able to work with me — they can’t tell me how to work something when I’m on the job,” Shamrock said of his process. “That’s why I won’t do a whole lot of personal security because I can’t get the job done unless they allow me to do it. But, if I was there, I would not have left the hotel — I would have been in the lobby or somewhere in the hallway. And if the confrontation ever happened, they would have never gotten in the room.”
H/T to MMAMania.com for transcribing the above Ken Shamrock quotes.
The MMA world is currently buzzing with the news that former welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre wants to make a comeback to the UFC after a three year break from fighting. Given his past success, there’s every chance that if and when he does return, GSP will be able to win back his title and reclaim
The MMA world is currently buzzing with the news that former welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre wants to make a comeback to the UFC after a three year break from fighting.
Given his past success, there’s every chance that if and when he does return, GSP will be able to win back his title and reclaim his spot at the summit of the pound-for-pound rankings.
However, nothing is certain in this rapidly evolving sport, and as you’ll see in this article, over the years there’s been many occasions where stars have returned to the cage after a lengthy absence, only to have their dreams of recapturing past glories quickly turn into the stuff of nightmares.
We have seen an increased amount of performance-enhancing-drug (PED) violations in the UFC since the arrival of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), who has vowed to clean up the sport. The latest USADA flagging was a shocking one, as pound-for-pound king Jon Jones was recently pulled from his scheduled UFC 200 headliner just days
We have seen an increased amount of performance-enhancing-drug (PED) violations in the UFC since the arrival of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), who has vowed to clean up the sport. The latest USADA flagging was a shocking one, as pound-for-pound king Jon Jones was recently pulled from his scheduled UFC 200 headliner just days prior due to a possible anti-doping violation.
UFC Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock has an interesting view on the PED issue in MMA. “The World’s Most Dangerous Man” actually feels as if PEDs should be regulated and allowed on a ‘safe level’:
“Listen I think it’s pretty clear. I’ve taken a stance on it. My stance has always been upfront that this needs to be regulated. It needs to be a point where guys can use it at a safe level, because it does help. It does help in your health, and it does help in your recovery.” Shamrock said on Inside MMA.
Continuing on, Shamrock, who has tested positive for PEDs before, also implied that the UFC has allowed performance-enhancing-drug use for years:
“I just don’t see how they’re gonna stop something that they’ve allowed to happen for so long. I think my biggest anger with this is that it seems like everybody wants you to believe that their heads were stuck in the sand when all this was going on and then when something like this happens, their heads pop up out of the sand and they go, ‘Oh my gosh I can’t believe that happened! How dare you! You’re such a bad person! I’m so angry at you!’ And the reality of it is that everybody knows it’s going on in almost every sport across the United States.”
What do you make of Shamrock’s view on the matter?
This weekend, almost 23 years after the birth of the UFC, the promotion will host UFC 200 live on pay-per-view from the brand-new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Milestone events like this bring about a sense of nostalgia for other historic moments in the history of the sport, and of course the one that stands
This weekend, almost 23 years after the birth of the UFC, the promotion will host UFC 200 live on pay-per-view from the brand-new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Milestone events like this bring about a sense of nostalgia for other historic moments in the history of the sport, and of course the one that stands out above all others is a show on Friday, November 12th, 1993 in Denver, Colorado that made all the others possible – UFC 1.
These days the UFC is a well-oiled machine, but back then in the very darkest ages of the sport, it was anything but, making it a white-knuckled rollercoaster ride from start to finish for everyone involved.
As such, UFC 1 has become an endlessly fascinating breeding ground for behind-the-scenes stories regarding the crazy things happened that night, and in the days leading up to the show, both inside and outside of the cage, and in this article we’ll delve into ten of the best.
Rivalries are one of the most pivotal aspects of mixed martial arts (MMA) today. While most of the time these rivalries are a little exaggerated in order to market the fight, once in a blue moon we get a true spectacle that can drag on over the span of three action-packed brawls to end with
Rivalries are one of the most pivotal aspects of mixed martial arts (MMA) today. While most of the time these rivalries are a little exaggerated in order to market the fight, once in a blue moon we get a true spectacle that can drag on over the span of three action-packed brawls to end with a trilogy fight.
Some of these martial artists just flat-out don’t like one another, while others fight for the pure competitive nature that dwells within their body along with a grinding urge to better the man that they have split contests with.
So without further ado, lets take a look at the top 10 trilogies that have been fought out throughout UFC history.
At the beginnings of the mixed martial arts movement, back in the early 1990’s when the sport was still often referred to as ‘No Holds Barred,’ the UFC arrived on the scene with a policy of fighting with bare knuckles. The no-gloves stipulation (which boxer Art Jimmerson partially managed to circumnavigate at UFC 1) had
At the beginnings of the mixed martial arts movement, back in the early 1990’s when the sport was still often referred to as ‘No Holds Barred,’ the UFC arrived on the scene with a policy of fighting with bare knuckles.
The no-gloves stipulation (which boxer Art Jimmerson partially managed to circumnavigate at UFC 1) had been requested by one of the event’s founders, Rorian Gracie, who wanted to see fighting in its purest form.
By UFC 6 in 1995 gloves had become optional for fighters though, and by UFC 14 in 1997 they were mandatory.
Even when wearing gloves became the norm though, some fighters were still willing to test themselves in bareknuckle combat, whether it was for fight promotions in packed arenas, or just out on the street in front of a few dozen onlookers baying for blood.
Among them were some of the most famous fighters in the sport, battle hardened warriors who would move on from those barbaric beginnings to fight at the highest level in the UFC, and in some cases still do even to this day.
In this article we’ll tell the story of ten past and present UFC stars who were brave enough to go bare knuckle, providing rare video footage of them in action where possible – so let’s get right to it!
