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Ken Shamrock Invites Jorge Masvidal To Compete In Valor

UFC Hall of Famer and Valor founder Ken Shamrock has laid out the invitation for Jorge Masvidal to compete in bare knuckle action. Shamrock created a stir recently when he mocked the BMF title fight between Masvidal and Nate Diaz at UFC 244. He felt compared to what he and other UFC veterans had to […]

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UFC Hall of Famer and Valor founder Ken Shamrock has laid out the invitation for Jorge Masvidal to compete in bare knuckle action.

Shamrock created a stir recently when he mocked the BMF title fight between Masvidal and Nate Diaz at UFC 244. He felt compared to what he and other UFC veterans had to go through in the nineties, a BMF title meant next to nothing.

However, he meant no disrespect to either competitor as he expanded on those comments:

“I’m not taking anything from them, because all these guys would whip my butt right now,” Shamrock told MMA Fighting. “All I’m saying is compared to what we had to go through, getting kicked in the face, punched in the back of the head with no gloves, no rules, no time limit, four times in one night, yes, it’s funny.”

Shamrock doesn’t believe there’s a need for a belt to signify how much of a BMF someone is. He even proceeded to invite Masvidal to return to his bare knuckle roots by competing at Valor:

“I don’t think we need a belt to tell people there’s a ‘BMF’ – I don’t understand that,” Shamrock added. “Masvidal fought bare-knuckle. He did backyard brawls just like (Kimbo Slice).

“So I say if that’s the case, why doesn’t he try his hand at Valor? We’d love to find out how bad he is.”

Of course, Masvidal is contracted to the UFC so that is highly unlikely as of now. But maybe it’s an option for the future?

What do you think of Shamrock’s comments and invitation?

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Mark Godbeer Delivers Devastating Knockout At Valor BK 1 (Video)

Ken Shamrock’s Valor Bare Knuckle kicked off on Saturday and delivered a whole bunch of knockouts. UFC veteran heavyweight Mark Godbeer scored a brutal one when he connected on Jack May to knock his opponent out cold in the first round and advance to the finals. You can see the devastating finish below: He would go […]

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Ken Shamrock’s Valor Bare Knuckle kicked off on Saturday and delivered a whole bunch of knockouts.

UFC veteran heavyweight Mark Godbeer scored a brutal one when he connected on Jack May to knock his opponent out cold in the first round and advance to the finals.

You can see the devastating finish below:

He would go on to the finals where he became the promotion’s inaugural heavyweight champion following a knockout of “Mighty Mo” in the first round.

You can see that below:

There were more UFC alumni in action as former heavyweight Lavar Johnson knocked out James McSweeney in the first round of a heavyweight alternate bout.

You can see that finish below:

Below are the full results from Valor BK 1 (MMA Sucka):

  • Mark Godbeer def. Mighty Mo via TKO, R1 (2:56) (Heavyweight tournament finals)
  • Ishe Smith def. Estevan Payan via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)
  • Mike Richman vs. JC Llamas fight to a No Contest (accidental headbutt)
  • Lavar Johnson def. James McSweeney via KO, R1 (0:27) (Heavyweight tournament alternate bout)
  • Mark Godbeer def. Jack May via KO, R1 (0:50) (Heavyweight tournament semifinals)
  • Mighty Mo Siliga def. Rameau Sokoudjou via TKO, R3 (1:26) (Heavyweight tournament semifinals)
  • Chris Jensen def. John Carmona via TKO at 2:42 of Round 1
  • Joshua Dyer def. Dane Sayers via Knockout at 2:22 of Round 1

What did you think of the first Valor event?

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Lavar Johnson Signs With Valor Bare Knuckle After Serving Jail Time

Ken Shamrock has inked former UFC and Bellator heavyweight competitor Lavar Johnson to his Valor Bare Knuckle Boxing promotion. The report comes from Micheal Fiedel of The Body Lock. The 42-year-old is expected to fight on this Saturday’s inaugural Valor event from New Town, North Dakota. Johnson was a UFC veteran from 2012 to 2013 […]

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Ken Shamrock has inked former UFC and Bellator heavyweight competitor Lavar Johnson to his Valor Bare Knuckle Boxing promotion.

The report comes from Micheal Fiedel of The Body Lock. The 42-year-old is expected to fight on this Saturday’s inaugural Valor event from New Town, North Dakota. Johnson was a UFC veteran from 2012 to 2013 before signing with Bellator MMA. He fought for the Viacom-owned promotion until 2014 before being arrested in 2015 in California. Johnson was charged with corporal injury to a spouse/cohabitant, assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury, dissuading a witness from reporting a crime, and dissuade by force.

The Fresno Bee reports Johnson’s victim was his girlfriend at the time, who he had been with for seven years. The victim said Johnson grabbed her and threw her to the ground. He then lifted her up and hit her with two knees to the face. Johnson allegedly threw her to the ground again before throwing multiple punches to her head and face. In 2016, Johnson initially pled not guilty to the crime.

However, before the case went to trial, Johnson struck a plea deal in which he pled nolo contendere to his most serious charge, corporal injury. All other charges were dismissed. In nolo contendere, a defendant accepts conviction without actually admitting guilt. Johnson was sentenced to five years in prison but was credited 288 days of time already served.

What do you think about Valor signing Johnson to their bare-knuckle promotion?

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