Ken Shemok Biography

Kenneth Wayne Shemrok - MMA Legend and a member of the Hall of Glory UFC 1 Sep, Ultimate Fighting Championship Kenneth Wayne Shemrook was born on February 11 - an American boxing promoter, a retired professional fighter, a retired master of mixed martial arts and a kickboxer. He headed more than 15 main events and joint events in the UFC and Pride FC and set numerous records with payment for viewing.

Such a title was remembered, in the consciousness of the fans and became his nickname. In the year, Shemrok was recognized by Inside MMA one of the 10 best fighters of mixed martial arts of all time. In addition to his career in mixed martial arts, Shemrok achieved significant success in the professional struggle, especially during his stay in the World Wrestling Federation.

There he is an intercontinental champion, the former world champion and King Ring of the Year. He entitled several events with payment for viewing in both advertising shares, including D-Generation X: In Your House of the year, where he took part in the WWF championship. UFC 1 was held in the format of the tournament for one night, but Shemarok realized that it would be real battles after Gerard proudly knocked out Tayel Tuli in the first duel.

After the fast first fight, his second opponent during the night was the Brazilian master in Jiu-Jitsu and the possible champion of the tournament Roys Gracie. In the first seconds, the battle was transferred to the stalls where Gracie soon wore a suffocating reception that brought him victory. After the battle, Shomrok admitted that he had underestimated Gracie. In the year, he said: “I did not know who Royce Grace is ...

When I saw him in my kimono, I thought he was some kind of karate. Initially, Shemrok planned to compete on the UFC 2, but broke his hand after blocking the impact in sparring with a teammate. He still wanted to participate in the competition, but when the doctors told him that he could never fight again if he still damages his hand, he reluctantly left. The first battle of the shemk, was against the high -ranking practitioner judo Christoph Lingera, whom he defeated.

The next fight was in the semifinals against the kickboxer Felix Mitchell. Shemok defeated Mitchella Sabmishen. With this victory, Shemrok reached the UFC 3 final. However, Shemok refused to participate in the final after he found out that Gracie had left the tournament after the victory over Kimo Leopoldo due to the injury of the knee, which he received during the fight.

At that time, Gracie had the reputation of the invincible. Gracie entered an octagon weight of pounds - shemrook reduced his weight to pounds. A few hours before the UFC event, he suddenly set a minute time limit, mainly due to viewing time restrictions. Gracie and Shemrok were upset by a sudden change of rules. Shemok and Gracie fought all the allotted time at 30 minutes with 5 minutes of overtime before the match was declared a draw.

Shemrok was not pleased with his performance against Gracie, saying that “this is definitely not a victory. You will not win a draw. And their next duel occurred on February 19 on Bellator, where Gracie sent his knee to Knockdown Shemrook and later finished it off with many hands, which forced the referee to stop the duel. As a result, in their competition between each other, Gracie won Ken 2 and they have one draw.

Shemrok said in his autobiography that he was uncomfortable to fight with Taktarov, since Oleg trained with him in the Logov Logov hall and did not want to hurt his friend and teammate. Outside the label, the lion says, “In addition to the fact that I was his friend, I also tried to arrange him in Pancreice, and if I broke his leg, he will need a lot of time before he could recover, and he will need money.

Beat it with blows ... If I could open a section and force him to start shedding blood. That referee would stop the battle. Perhaps this was not the best plan to join the battle, but, given the options, it seemed that this is the best option of available. And everything turned out well. I beat him throughout the match, the battle was declared a draw, and when Oleg came to his senses, he continued to speak in Pancreice.

” After Shemrok saw a shirt, he shouted into an octagon: “Hey, Tito, don’t let me see you in this shirt! The referee John McCarthy helped Ortis and led him through an octagon to prevent further aggravation of the situation. The situation was aggravated to such an extent that in order to observe the situation, the police and protection had to be called. However, the obvious advantage of Shemarok in size was not taken into account by shemrook for the first time collided with difficulties when weight reduced, with a pound, 4 pounds below the pounds.

Ortis shed light on his feelings before the battle in his book “It will hurt: the life of the mixed martial arts”, “Ken Shermok is a really good fighter. He did not scare me, but I think we can say that I was a little afraid. " White said "the reason why we performed so well at the UFC 40, was because of Ken Shemrook and the fact that everyone knew who he was."Shemrok almost knocked out at the beginning of the 1st round of Ortis, having recovered Ortis's knees caused a lot of damage to Ken Shemrook.

Nevertheless, Ortis recovered shortly afterwards and continued to dominate in the fight against the Taikdowns and playing the Earth. Shortly before the beginning of the 4th round of the corner shemrock, he threw a towel, and Ortiz successfully protected the UFC in half-burned weight. The second fight took place on the UFC on July 61 on July 61, in this fight, the fight did not last for a long time Ortis won by a technical knockout, starting to dominate a couple of accurate and powerful blows from the very beginning of the fight, and transferred the fight to the ground and scored Ken Shemrook with a hail of blows, but after the stop Ken Shemrok quickly rose and showed the appearance that the referee was in vain so ward Stopped the battle.

The third fight took place at the Ortiz vs. Shamrock 3: The Final Chapter on October 10. The battle lasted one round and ended on when Ortis sent Ken Shemrook to a technical knock on his powerful combinations, forcing the referee to stop the beating.