Explain Ken Shamrock to me

[Gum_drop]

Originally Posted by Nnedd

I don't understand. So many people love him. This is a guy who managed to take Tito Ortiz (who previously I couldn't stand) and make him not only look good, made him look somewhat admirable. Ken is just such a meathead. I'm not trying to bash him, I just don't understand the appeal. Anyone have answers?

If stems from his early UFC days, he was 6-2-2 including 3 superfight wins over Severn, Oleg and Kimo. He just looked tough too, which helped with his popularity. Also the marketing including his stint with the WWF helped.

He was one of the first mma stars. Yea he was never that skilled if you want to compare him to what is out there now, but at the time he was pretty damn good.

[bigjd]

Originally Posted by RyanMMA09

Excuse my bitch post, people liked him because of his heart, original accomplishments early in the game, and his history in professional wrestling. I respect him, I just hate seeing him get tooled so bad by cans these days, it's a shame, doesn't give him justice. He's not that great anyways, but he didn't use to be THAT bad.

I actually think he might be better then he used to be, but other fighters have gotten much better as the sport has evolved, but that's just my opinion.

[ralphus1]

Ken's hype > Ken's skill.

I think his legions of nuthuggers have jumped off the bandwagon the last couple of years, but there are still thousands of them.

[Nnedd]

Originally Posted by Randy Fan

Ken should have stayed away from MMA after he went to the WWF, or he should have called it quits around or after the Frye fight or after the first Tito fight imo.

The peope who like Ken either are/were WWF fans in the 90's or watched MMA back when Ken was one of the best in the sport. If you started to watch/follow MMA round 05'/Tuf era and haven't check up on MMA history you wouldn't know that Ken was once a beast. Check out the Ken HL I made in my sig, that might help. He was one of pioneers of the sport

No doubt he was once a beast. And no one can ever question his heart. His fighting pedigree is not questionable. I'm not a new fan by any means. He just makes such an ass of himself. So ill tempered and primative. He's a stud, just seems like a tool.

I don't mean he made Tito look good in the ring, I mean he made him look good out of the ring on TUF. I always thought Tito was a punk, but Ken made him look good.

[gqdrummer]

The man, along with a couple of others, all single handedly pioneered MMA to where its at today. Thats like people hating Wayne Gretzky for no good reason. The man revolutionized the sport, and Ken did almost the same, he deserves his legendary status

[mma_genius]

Shamrock was so great he couldn't do anything with Royce, who he had what, 40 pounds on?

No disrespect to Royce, but Ken has been and always will be greatly, devastatingly overrated.

I guess the guy is broke and needs to keep getting his ass handed to him to eat. No self-respect whatsoever.

[Nnedd]

Originally Posted by gqdrummer

The man, along with a couple of others, all single handedly pioneered MMA to where its at today. Thats like people hating Wayne Gretzky for no good reason. The man revolutionized the sport, and Ken did almost the same, he deserves his legendary status

Sure, he is a legend. No argument there. He just acts like such a jerk.

[Nnedd]

double post

[Michael Williams]

imet him two weeks ago at the rfl he seemed pretty cool

[stu3ufc]

he will either beat the snot out of you or the living death

you decide