“The World’s Most Dangerous Man” Ken Shamrock put his UFC championship belt on the line for the second time against the tattooed monster Kimo Leopoldo who had last been seen at UFC 3.
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Who else is appreciating this streak of vintage ufc fights ?
As long as Dan Severn Isn’t on them it’s all good. I appreciate Dan’s skills but it’s not entertaining
Way more entertaining than new ufc
I would appreciate them even more if the thumbnail of the video didn't show me who won before I've even watched it. 😅
It brings back memories of a simpler time in life.
@@teddydibiase4078 maybe if you are braindead
Thanks for the free-fights UFC.
Thanks for the free-roids UFC
YEA IF ONLY THIS BILLION DOLKAR COMPANY WOULD GIVE US A FREE PPV EVERY NOW AND THAN. WOW WOULDN'T THAT BE GREAT?
@@foresthoe8072 That's like saying your local grocery store should give you free stuff here and there hahah
@@foresthoe8072 'free pay-per view' eh?
💯
“Kimo training hard and praying even harder” Classic line!!
Both proving equally effective
@@MeatLockerBlitz 🥔
Apparently god chose Ken 🤣
Wish ufc would go back to this style lol
Got to see Ken speak a couple weekends ago. The dude stood there and shook the hands and signed autographs for people from a line all the way to the door for 3x that weekend. Every single person. A good dude. After seeing this fight i am reminded and amazed at how great of a fighter he was on the ground. Dang! My son hasnt stopped talking about shaking kens hand from that event and has been watching his fights on KZhead almost every day. Ha ha! Thanks Ken for being a good dude!
Lucky! I'm hoping I get to meet him sometime! And I been watching his matches too.... he's great,😊
@@tydunn5385 a focused fighter
I trained with shamrock at the ufc gym in ny. He was a humble guy
Vince taught him that good customer service.
I'll shake your hand if you want.
Ken Shamrock was going for Rolling Kneebars and Reverse Heel Hooks from the bottom 20 years before Danaher learn to spell those words. The guy is a legend. So much ahead of his time.
Richard HART his legs are fkng HUGE!
Ken has great skill
Yeah? And what was Ken's success rate for rolling kneebars? lol
The first submission in UFC history was a heel hook.
Inoki was doing leg locks before Ken Shamrock was born.
Don’t forget, Ken Shamrock “May throw punches”
Kimo, pt. 4: "May try to shoot"
They said that in the other match because he was fighting a pure wrestler and is also primarily a grappler
He didn't need to throw a single punch.
They said that because they'd been told to make the rules "no punches to the head" so you could only do open palm strikes "technically" but before the fights they would say "we're not gonna penalize you if you throw punches." It was just a thing they agreed to do so they could stay legal and on the air
Heated popcorn might pop
Ken was a beast in his prime! Hated to see him lose like he did in his older years! True legend of the sport
I've been looking for Ken's actual weight for a while now. I'm SHOCKED that he's ONLY 215!!!!!!! He looks bigger than Kimo!
Dude, he never should of had to work & risk his legacy like that it's fucked up. Created the lions den, MMA's first ever "team". Pancrase, wrestling, ufc, he's done it all & was excellent at all. True Pioneer.
I loved, that he still tried, despite losing again and again. That's true fighting spirit.
@@gehtdianschasau8372 didnt he beat don frye .. yes .. i thought he was finished but he beat more i was shocked .
He failed a drug test not for one , but THREE anabolics No wonder he could bench five hundred pounds
People forget just how badass Ken was in early UFC
GIMME MOAR! This equals ancient historic documentation.
ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!!!
Fucken youngsters DON'T KNOW SHIT...
I came back to look at this video, and started thinking of how everyone had their own distinct style, like comic book heroes and villains. Royce Gracie was the skinny grappler, Ken Shamrock was the hollywood star, Pat Smith was the kickboxer, Gerard Gordeau was the dirty fighter, Kimo was the religious nut, Tank Abbott was the walking boulder, Dan Severn was the wrestler and so on. I know that today's UFC fighters are better in every conceivable way, but it looks like they all fight the same. I miss those original days.
blockmasterscott Great point never even thought about it like that Heroes/Villains
idk a Severn in his prime would be a problem for some fighters today
@GRap TheGOAT no Because they'd both be trash without PEDs
@Andre McGoo youre an idiot ,Brock Lesnar fights the same style
@@komradekontroll Severn in his prime would lose horribly against any current UFC heavyweight
If you were on top during this era then you truly were greatness! -No gloves -15 min time limit (no rounds) -Headbutts -Facing people 55lb+ heavier -Straight elbows -Eye raking -No drug tests lol Man....that was just barbaric!
What do you mean by "eye raking"?It sounds like some form of eye gouging which has always been illegal in the UFC along with biting.
What? These guys were important for creating MMA but you can't say they are really great fighters
@@canismajoris6733 Ken was. Ken was a great fighter in his prime
@@canismajoris6733 ken, Tito, Severn, frye. Tell me this sentence doesn't ooze of greatness.
@@slayer54678brewe Tito just oozes stupidity 😂 Replace it with Liddell.
For the people who have only seen Ken Shamrock ☘️ fight in his later years. This is a prime example of how good he truly was/is.
keep liking the vids boys so theyll keep uploading them!!
Get Fight pass and you get all these fights and tons more.
JazzedHellcat free ?
Go go go like all of them
JazzedHellcat is that you Dana?
Did the person over the ufc youtube have a stroke why are they uploading these now?
I REALLY miss these days...I was a young guy...29 years old in 1996...at my own physical prime...and would hang out with my gym buddies to watch these old UFC matches...now I'm 51...😕...enjoy your youth my friends...it is so brief...
Trying man...lol...but I just don't have the recovery that I had 20 yrs ago...and...not sure I'll ever see the numbers I had on the Bench Press back in the 90's...yet my Curls and Overhead Press are nearly as strong as they were back then...and my legs are better than ever...it makes me wonder if certain muscles in the body degrade faster than others with age...😕
@@galaxyman2007dtl I hear you man. Recovery time is the big difference, and explosion. Strength is the last to go. Bench press is overrated anyway and may do more harm than good. Years of training it with imperfect form degrades the shoulder joints and tendons. Could be why your bench lifts aren't what they used to be. Dumbell presses and pushups are just as good.
@tokr72 I think you're right...looking back...I never worked my back much...as far as pulling movements...like rows and pull-downs...and I think it's why my shoulders have imbalances now. I trained fairly safely...but I remember bouncing a little...and bridging a lot...yup...I should have been smarter. I should have done more martial arts...maybe jujitsu and boxing. Karate classes back then were too cult-like...all that...'Yes, Sensei!' The push-ups for punishment if you arrived late...too much bullshit. Today it's a lot different. The training facilities for MMA are devoid of that culty...military-like atmosphere...which is a good thing.
You are 51 years young! Age is only a mindset
Just keep on keeping on man, keep working out and being healthy! Being 51 dosen't mean lifes over!
beaches were such a hotspot for MMA fighters in the 90s
huntington beach?
He cut his hair after the Royce Gracie fight 😂
That's hysterical
He grabbed TF out of that man bun
Good one! Laffing! Thnx
😂🤣🤣😂
*Ken Shamrock has always underappreciated in WWE. WWE doesn't even mention his name at all. They only mention Brock Lesnar. Ken Shamrock is a pioneer from transiting from WWE to MMA* 💯
Chicago Street TV I’m pretty sure ken shamrock transition mma to wwe a little different than Brock
Shamrock went from mma to the wwf because it offered more money.
Dan Severn went to wwf too back in the day...I believe lolol
He was excellent with his ankle locks.
Ken went from MMA to WWE because of injuries and MMA being at a standstill for a while. Wrestling was full time, MMA was not. Financially better for him. While they did under appreciate him, you gotta keep in mind that NOW Ken is an legend but at that time, he was not as big of a household name as he is now.. and he only wrestled about a year or 2 in WWE and had some time gaps inbetween due to injuries and he got sent down for more training because he had injured several wrestlers.
Holy hell! Thanks UFC for the memories and the free fights!!!
Refs do the same thing now. Either throw it to the side or hold onto it. A ref won't break the action at such a pivotal point.
270 lbs vs 215 lbs ken was a beast in his prime
I think kemo was lying he dosent look much bigger he looks like an average big out of shape man
Kimo wasn’t out of shape.
@@darkscorpion-donzaloog he wasn't in great shape either in this fight
Severn found out that shamrock was the real deal
nah ken was 225 against dan they said in his book. he's bigger here. probably 235
All these years later, leg locks are becoming the premiere submission for a lot of guys. It’s crazy how some of the most ancient techniques circle back around.
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
@@JasonL77 Submission fighters: "If it ain't broke, break it."
It's all what gets the fans watching.
"Its all been done"
I tested positive for steroids after watching this video
At the latest after seeing all the other Lions Den guys coming in... wtf??
plagiarism
@@quivalla what plagiarism?....i don't copy other people's comments and if mine is similar or even the same as someone else's comment it doesn't mean I copied them..I have many comments on many videos under this name and one other name that get tons of likes because I'm witty and have originality..if one of my comments was similar to another comment then that's just life and unintentional..sometimes people think alike dumbass..im not even gonna waste my time looking for a comment like mine ..you can do that for me if your so insecure..your one of those guys that can't come up with anything good to get a like so you cry plagiarism on people that may or may not have similar comments...erase your post and come up with a witty comment about the video..if I like it then I will erase mine with the low 70 something likes and come up with an even better and funnier one than yours...I'm waiting watson..
@@SlapChop1000 Common man, this is simply not true. I know it and you know it. But the reason I picked you isn't personal because so many people on KZhead are doing it, I had to say that. Not sure why. They think getting people to click the thumbs up make them feel better. I bet you hit thumbs up in your comment. I know you have original ideas and don't really want to copy people
@@quivalla no I can't say "I know it" because I wouldn't copy anyone..I'm original and say what I feel..if you seen my comment similar to your or someone else then its 100% unintentional and "on the same wave length thinking"..dude I see comments that are similar or the same all the time but I don't call people out because first of all I don't know them personally and it may actually be similar thought...come on man ..I'm not getting any profit or gain from doing something like that and I'm not the type of guy that needs to have a like..I'm just stating the truth when I say "I'm witty"..and I do like to make people laugh..I don't want anything in return if I can make someone smile or laugh..and I certainly wouldn't use another persons post to do that...if it's done done..I try to speak what I feel on the fly and 99% of the time i don't even look at other comments until after i post one..I like to select the newest comment option to give those at the bottom a like if I see it because the top comments always get read ...think what you want I really don't care after this point because if you really think that then just keep thinking it..I dont care anymore and peace to you
Who else thinks the OG ufc logo with the ulti man is dope
If you zoom in super close you can see that he's got syringes in his hands.
Great logo
Fuck Yeah!
I like when they’re all different, like with UFC 1 thru 7 for example
I just met Ken Shamrock on Sunday 30/6/19 in Sydney.What an awesome guy,he's a legend.
Jon Jones just tested positive for traces of Ken Shamrock
Really appreciate the Shamrock love lately. Shout out to the intern that's uploading these!
Is it just me or was the production of UFC in the 90s just epic? They showed the different styles of the fighters and the feel was just so special with the super fights where the winner got a belt as trophy 🏆 even tho they couldn’t defend them haha.
Those 90s montages are gold
I love the sportsmanship. Hard to see that nowadays
I was 21 in 1996 and trust me these things were epic! Every UFC was a huge event because they went months before having another one. They were on Friday night. I remember me and my friends going to Little Caesar's to get a pizza for each of us watching this madness lol
@Dnomyar Akunawik Ken Shamrock practiced that leg lock probably 1000 times for every time a well-rounded grappler now practice it once. The things he did he would be far better at than some guy who has a bit of everything.
It is epic. It was fresh and no one in America had ever seen anything like that before.
KIMO was such an awesome personality and character in the UFC early days! #GoWithChrist
Yep, back then fighters actually had personalities lol. These days they are all the same -same personality and style
Between this, the win over Severn, and draws with Gracie and Taktarov (both fights he very likely would have won a decision), this was Shamrock's apex. He was the best fighter in the world at this point, and you could see a complete fighter in him, the model for what others would form into "complete" MMA fighters.
All this Shamrock love lately. Old school period..Good job whoever uploading these.
You can't show early UFC without Shamrock & Gracie - they go together
I always thought he was a bad-ass and fun to watch fight. I never cared about him taking steroids or having a weird attitude, he was what he was.
Denver Donate ..I agree 100% exactly. And this was a time where like steroids was mandatory apparently lol. Everyone was on shit back then everywhere
Dan Severn was one of the few early UFC fighters who never touched PEDs/steroids.
This was one of the fights that got me into watching MMA. That heel hook was masterful.
That was a kneebar yo
It's easy to forget now how much of a pioneer and legend in the sport Ken Shamrock was
Dan Severn harping “position, position, position”…. That’s the world class wrestler in him speaking. All his training and experience: “dominant position means your back is not on the mat.” The BJJ/Submission guys emphasized the finish. Whether that finish came from on top or the bottom did not matter to them. Great example of this was when his “brother” Frank took on GM Winner Kevin Jackson. Everyone told Frank “You are crazy that Man is going to get a single/double, put you down, and grind you to a pulp. Well Mr. Jackson…. let me introduce you to an arm bar from the transition to the guard.
UFC - "Ok, for the 25th anniversary let's put up classic UFC fights on KZhead" Dana - "That's a great idea!" UFC - "So take a look at the archive and pick some fights" Dana White - "no need, just post a bunch of Ken Shamrock wins and sprinkle a couple Ortiz losses in there" UFC - "That's a great idea!"
Watching Ortiz gat his ass kicked is pretty damn humorous
@thanks for tha cheese
Kimo coming out like early 90s Undertaker.
Then, Shamrock beat him into living death! Rest In Peeeeeace!
It's all good man! Tito Ortiz Laugh- BWAHAHHAHHAH
I guess he didn't start carrying that giant cross until later on in his career?
@Joe Sudz Yeah they actually mention that Kimo is no longer associated with him at the start of this. If you want to see some premature justice, go watch Joe Son's UFC fight where he gets his testes smashed into bits.
If Tito fought this version of Ken Shamrock he’d lose no question
Tito is a bitch
Yes Tito is a bitch!!!
Absolutely
Absolutely!
@@BAYBOSSMAN wtf lol I don't think you know what ur talking about, must have that fight confused for another. First fight was a stoppage in the 3rd, Ortiz won. The second fight Tito smashed him in under 2 minutes of the 1st round. Then the last fight he smashed Ken in 2:22 of the first round
Ken was a bad ass back then and then he went to wwf and was a legit pro wrestler too
@sneksnekitsasnek I think Severn as well. Al Snow "trained" Severn for his first UFC and cornered him.
@@feebypeels2883 Both guys were pro wrestlers before they appeared in the UFC. Severn was a pro wrestler and a UFC fighter at the same time. He brought his NWA championship belt with him to UFC 5.
@@VultureLivesAgain I know! As a former fan of pro wrestling, I think it's one of the most badass things anyone has ever been able to do. Dude was the king of the shoot and the work at the same time. Fucking legend.
@@feebypeels2883 It was pretty cool. And the UFC, at the time, didn't make a fuss over it. Severn was even announced as the National Wrestling Alliance heavyweight champion in his ring intro at UFC 5. It was treated like any other accomplishment.
55lb difference?? Absolute mad men! Ken Shamrock is a legend.
Ken is strong and the better fighter between them two.
Back then was crazy.
55 lbs isn't a whole lot when one is well trained and well versed.
He’s 6’0 and absolutely jacked, try 250-260 lol little scrawns at the gym weigh 215 lol
zach gilmore I’m 225 6’1 and not even close to that size. They are way off on weight bro trust me
"Intensity over Technique" lol
It's a fact.
Great sportmanship, from two great fighters of that era. No cocky behavior, no disrespectful attitude, no trash comments, just awknoledgment of the opponents valor.
0:01 lol that looks like the loading screen before a fight in old tekken games
The UFC Walkout Song is soooo Legendary! Fighters should still use it!
That's a great point. Was that song for everyone back then? I never noticed.
prime Ken was a beast. lol Kimo gave Ken a kiss on the cheek after that savage rake and eye gouge. great fight
Ken kissed Kimo's cheek first, hard to see from the camera angle.
"Ken Shamrock is positioning himself for position..." Joe Rogan GTFO and let's get this guy back... LMAO
my god, that flip he did at the end, won it for him. dude got his back, he flipped to the ankle, BOOM. pure wrestling genius
I remember ordering UFC 1 on PPV, and Pancrase/K1 events before that...thank you for uploading these classic fights! I have so many great memories tied to these events.
What no Black Box? LOL
Not a single drug test was conducted that day
Therefore nobody cheated since everybody are on steroids
I think it should be the same way today. An even playing field is an even playing field. Who cares if athletes use peds,they are their own keepers!
Lol ken is sooo jacked! 0% chance that is natural
as it should be
@@son_gogeto9128 get your ass out of here its a fighting sport people could die if they get too crazy with it...
I don't think Shamrock ever got to feel like he could let his guard down to the critics. He dwelled so much on the opinions of the one or two people left that doubted him, that I'm guessing he never really stopped to recognize just how great he was. Him and Royce Gracie were simply the best 2 fighters of the early ufc years.
Kimo was a beast. No doubt. It's never easy to beat him without wasting all your energy.
Classic Hmong Music Productions .......true....always felt like if he could have had a world class trainer he would have been unstoppable. Who knows
@@alcopower5710 you are right. Kimo was giving them a crazy battle with pure brute power. Till this day I still believed Kimo could have been a ufc legend sitting in the hall of fame. If Kimo had real training I think history would be rewritten as Kimo era and not Gracie or Ken. You gotta remember Gracie almost lost had it not been for his PonyTail grab or Geeeeee. Gracie used 100% of his energy and was in icu state after the fight. Kimo. Man. If only.
@Jimmy Crackcorn Good Sportsmanship.
Power of jesus
Ken Shamrock's WWF theme pops in my head when he's making his entrance lol.
"IM IN MY ZONE !! "
I was looking at the thumbnail for this video thinking "I wonder who won?". Said nobody ever.
🤣🤣🤣
No trash talk no insults...just raw fight and at the end great respect between then. Kimo was a beast...not easy win for Shamrock
Took a good one to the face 🤛
Remember watching this.....thanks for upload
Thanks for the old vids @UFC
UFC, you just keep on giving. Thank you!
"Shamrock is 32 but in good shape." Excuse me? 32 is YOUNG.
in those days, people died at 45.
@@jessedimaurizio4343 In those days? It was just a few years ago. But it is true that people die at all ages, even today. Kimbo Slice died in his early forties.
@@jessedimaurizio4343 it was the 90's not the fucking 1300
@@jessedimaurizio4343 😂💀
@@jessedimaurizio4343 You must be like 21 or younger to think the mid 90's people mostly died at 45. lol
I love these old UFC videos. And I love fighter video introductions like these, when they have a chance to speak
Ken Shamrock was the original picogram prototype lol. Some say Jon Jones has Shamrock blood injected directly into his system
No Shamrock had literally grams
LOL
Drug testing wasn't required in the UFC at this time. That wouldn't happen for nearly another 20 years.
You mean cocaine
There only one Ken at it no jon
The first time you see a head butt and the fight doesn’t get stopped 😱😂😂. No pre fight press conference, No post fight press conference. No drama. Each got a 30 second spot to talk about the other guy. I LOVE IT!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
This is when Shamrock was at the peak of his powers!
he was peak of the roids
Watching the commentators slowly begin to understand Jiu-Jitsu over the years is pretty funny
0:33 "I fought Royce Gracie, as you all know, and as you can see, I've decided to to cut my hair."
😂 😂 😂
Did he cut his feet off after this fight?
Lol
@@JonCollinsMedia he should
seanautube - and stop carrying that heavy ass cross. He still lost! Lol.
Shamrock was the man and master of submission
He really was. An Intelligent and calculated fighter.
Sakuraba was better
You trolling haha. But yeah Sakuraba was great. The “Gracie Killer”. Americans weren’t on the same level back then in my opinion.
@@allstopblue5717 No they learned last because Americans think they know it all no disrespect but true
You could see the evolution of the sport with every event. This is one event showcasing how much it had already evolved. Lots of these elements still exist. Props to the OG fighters.
UFC before 2000 was King.
"training hard and praying even harder" LOL!
Christopher Reeves, but yeah picture of David Lee Roth
It was at 9:48 Ken Shamrock was like if I ever jumped to the WWE my finishing move is going to be the ankle lock!
TheSSUltimateGoku and then he got buried in the roster.
Kurt angle borrow kenny ankle lock yr wwe 2000 is great finishing move by kurt angle & ken shamrock (:
Ken Shamrock is a beast. He loves the knee bar. He submitted Bas Rutten with a knee bar too.
So awesome....loved the look and feel of these old school UFC videos. Felt very underground. Now it's just WWE with real punches.
OMG all this old school fights brings so many memories. Keep it up UFC
Absolutely love the attention Ken Shamrock is getting
Shamrock really learned his lesson from his fights with Gracie. That’s BJJ what we see here. He was already an experienced grappler, and he learned he should double down on that. Here, he is basically the role model for modern MMA fighters.
Shamrock was a catch wrestler
Kimo gave Ken a kiss on the cheek. Class act. Total respect.
Love the typo in Kimo's Jesus banner.:D "If I'm OK and _your_ OK.."
It wasn't a typo. It was hand written you uneducated sum bitch.
243wayne1 the fuck does handwritten have to do with the difference between your and you’re?
@@243wayne1 do you think typo is same as type?? So funny...
@@243wayne1 Typo is short for typographical my man. Here is a definition: ''A typographical error, also called a misprint, is a mistake made in the typing of *printed* or electronic material.'' Pretty funny that you're labeling someone else uneducated.
I remember when kimo fought Gracie and was dominating until Gracie started pulling his hair 😂
Yeah even though it was legal, it was a pretty shitty thing to do.
Ah! You mean, pulled his hair...off!!!
😂 got the win though I guess
Which is why it has since been cut off.
@@MochimochiinYT it wasn't shitty if it was legal
Two of the best love to see the great sportsman ship.
Had Kimo fought at his natural weight and not bulked up, and had been trained like the fighters of today, wow. He would be unreal. Very strong man.
I never realized Ken Shamrock was this good.
I'm reading Shamrock's book, right now, and he actually became much more technical after losing against Royce Gracie early in his career. He was determined to learn more ground techniques and it shows here.
ken was the man before all the injuries. he went to wwe and it destroyed his knees and his back. when he made his return to the ufc against tito he was a shell of himself. knees and back were fucked, which prevented him from grappling like this. so he resorted to stand up which he wasnt very good at.
He was awesome, he fought in Pancrase in Japan. Heel hooks and kneebars...there were few better than him during that time.
@@ginogino2830 it's a shame newer fans look at Ken and think he is a scrub. He was past his prime in the first Tito fight and fought with an ACL injury. One tough man. I think he has been screwed back together and super glued now after so many injuries but he was a beast at his best.
Shamrock really was a legend.
There really is something about these older matches. Everything is saw raw. I never saw any of these live, but I was lucky that the video store down the road always had the newest releases on VHS. My brother and I were really into it.
Gotta love the 90's.. The sportmaship was awesome, and the trash talk was only something like "Kimo, be ready!" lol
I'm really flattered so many have gotten me tattooed on their bodies Thanks guys
Jesus ™ hey man what’s up , been a long time coming?
Hey man, I just wanna say thanks for all you did for me. You're the best.
Que pasa, Jesus?
SEG era UFC was amazing! Everything was so new.
Jesus, Ken was such an instinctual beast on the ground, pure flow
Ken Shamrock was one of the greatest ever.
greatest juicer
Man. These are epic. I was 9-10 years old during UFC 5 & 6, and when everyone else was into Power Rangers and WWF wrestling, I was watching these with my one friend on his dad's chipped Sattelite dish. We felt so badass watching these. Like we were criminals. Lol
At 9:03 Ken shifted his hips with perfect timing as Kimo was punching and made Kimo miss while getting at a good angle and the right time for the knee bar, very advanced leg lock back then, very nice I'm gonna try this when I spar on bottom open guard.
That timing was impeccable, Ken’s fight IQ really shines here. Kimo didn’t have much technique but he was a real threat and dismantled Royce.
I loved the early UFC days. I know they were first really geared to showing how great Gracie Jiu Jitsu was and it worked, but it was also awesome how it showed different styles and techniques.
Kimo is such a good sport with a great attitude...He was always one of my favorites. I still look for him in Huntington Beach when I go..Awesome dude
Loving all these early UFC fights they have been uploading. Keep them coming.
Kimo was Tough as hell! Check out his fight against Bam Bam Bigolow in Japan.
Bigolow was untrained, I think his fight against Black Belt Royce was more impressive
And he still got beat by Royce Gracie who weighed like nearly 50 lb less
@@dbgrfdg bam bam was a so called "pit fighter " earlier in his life before wwf
@sneksnekitsasnek I too was a pit fighter. On Super Nintendo.
Bam Bam Bigolow got his ass kick by Major Payne.
It’s fun to watch the classics, see how the sport has evolved from then to now
Bruh.. that sign. "If I'm ok and YOUR ok" LOL !
Great to watch the different strengths all the fighters had in those days, from different backgrounds, and seeing their moves work for them, either strikers or grappler.
UFC....please keep uploading stuff like this. Really loving all these recent uploads!
Thanx Ken for releasing one of your videos again.
The ufc has come a long way. I enjoy watching the older fights though.
Man you guys got me watching all of these old school fights 🔥🔥🔥 Thank you!!
Grew up with Ken in Northern California... he really is the nicest guy in the world. Wish he was a spring chicken and still fighting, I miss that a lot.
Well he is 55 years old now but still looks pretty much the same. Guy's an animal!
Nevada Dan wow! was he a brawler when he was young or none ad a fighter as a kid.
Two stories: 1. I officiated men’s slow pitch tournaments when I was in college. Both teams started arguing from the dugouts. Ken came out and wanted to fight the ENTIRE TEAM by himself, they all declined. 2. Had a super small bachelor part in Reno. Three brothers, Ken and I. He got into a fight that night with 2 football players. One was with the Seattle Seahawks and the other was with the University of Oregon. Knocked both of their asses out in an alley
Nevada Dan great story Dan cool as hell and I thought I was a tuff guy.
His last name is Nance. Ken was troubled as a youth. He was in a boys home for several years and was adopted by Bob Shamrock, the owner of a boys home. Ken broke his neck in HS and was in a halo for several months. As soon as it came off, he was a fighting and wrestling animal once again!!!
Shamrock in his prime was a beast. Strong, fast, submissions.
Legendary