MMA pioneer Ken Shamrock will be facing Youtube street fighting sensation Kimbo Slice at Bellator 138 on June 20th.
It’s been almost 5 years since Shamrock competed in MMA, but the 51-year-old looks in tremendous shape.
He tweeted this picture, which produced various comments from followeros about steroid use.
Tonight’s training was great. Ready for this fight. pic.twitter.com/as0qoHuQ7S
— KEN SHAMROCK (@ShamrockKen) June 9, 2015
Here is what Ken had to say:
“For those of you who just hate to see someone do good WHY I have busted my tail to get into shape for this fight please respect that” -Ken Shamrock
“I am 213lbs my opponent is 240lbs I will not cheat to put weight on I am comfortable with my weight I am what I am” -Ken Shamrock
Shamrock says that he also plans to rematch Royce Gracie and he wants Royce to wear a gi. That would be illegal under current MMA rules.
At UFC 1, Gracie submitted Shamrock via choke from the back in just 57 seconds in 1993. They fought again in 1995 at UFC 5, and it ended up as a draw after 36 mins.
UFC 1
Aftermath of UFC 5
Shamrock told MMAFighting about his unfinished business with Gracie:
“He still believes that fight was a draw and it is, on the record. And so it would just really be nice to be able to go back there.”
“I will make sure that he got to wear the gi. If you beat him without the gi, you didn’t beat Royce Gracie. That’s how he won all the titles.
“When you take the gi off of him, you’re not fighting that guy that did all that. You’re fighting half the guy that did all that. If they offered me the fight without the gi, I’d say no. Because if I beat him, I didn’t beat him. So it would definitely be with the gi on.”
