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Is there a story behind this Ken Shamrock cut? Rumors are swirling that Shamrock was asking for more money. One blogger Ariel Helwani of MMARated.com, who was in attendance, doesn't believe the cut story and says that EliteXC officials are angry with Shamrock:

Everyone has told me that he did sustain a cut. Well, I simply have a hard time swallowing that pill. Regardless, I wouldn't expect to see Shamrock fighting for EliteXC for a long time - if ever again - as there seemed to be some serious resentment towards him after the show.

Shamrock seemed pretty heart broken on the CBS broadcast during his interview with Gus Johnson. Was he acting? Is it actually possible that the guy cut himself to get out of the fight? It seems assanine to even suggest it.

Helwani pounds away at Shamrock saying EliteXC should dump him:

Let it die because no one cares about the older Shamrock anymore. From his behavior during last month's conference call to yesterday's weigh-ins, the former self-proclaimed "world's most dangerous man" has essentially embarrassed himself one more time.

Frank Shamrock ripped the hell out of Ken as well to start the broadcast:

"What is he doing at this stage, right before his fight? What is he doing training this hard? What is he doing warming up this hard? What is he doing getting cut, disappointing the Shamrock family and putting our legacy at jeopardy."

Wow! Where is the sympathy? I guess I'm naive for believing that the guy suffered a fluke cut and got screwed out of a big fight.

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1. Posted by Ram B Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:36 pm EDT
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Shamrock was paid by the UFC to quit the fight. He did that to himself. He knew that he is too old to fight. And Dana White knows that Elite XC would be forced to pit Kimbo against a former Ultimate Fighter contestant and that's what happened. Kimbo was no match against a professional MMA fighter and it made Dana White and UFC looked good.
2. Posted by Ram B Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:36 pm EDT
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Dana White said before that Kimbo wouldn't even win the Ultimate Fighter and he's been proven now.
3. Posted by MJ touched hearts and kiddies private parts Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:52 pm EDT
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Taking a dive in the WWE, and taking a dive in MMA are two completely different things. In my opinion, in the end Shamrock's pride didn't allow him to take a dive against a clearly inferior opponent, and he didn't want to allow his once great name to do nothing more than pad Slice's record, and that is why he backed out.
I hope and pray that the Ken Shamrock name isn't used again for nothing more than marquee value. He deserves a lot better than that.
4. Posted by MJ touched hearts and kiddies private parts Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:52 pm EDT
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Of course it's possible he cut himself. He did act in the WWE afterall. Some fighters are renowned for their propensity to cut and bleed during their fights, That's what makes their fights so exciting. They know that they need to stop the other guy before they get opened up.
Vito Antuofermo was a classic example. You knew that he was going to bleed, it was just a matter of whether he got to the other guy out before he got sliced open.
From the small footage that I saw, Shamrock's alleged cut was on the brow and above the eye, and if/when opened, it would have bled into his eye. As we all saw from Elite XC's first CBS broadcast, they did not want to risk public outrage if there was a bloodbath.
5. Posted by MJ touched hearts and kiddies private parts Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:52 pm EDT
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However, I am sure that Elite XC would have much preferred a bloodbath as opposed to the death dive that they took when Slice, and their one trick pony got castrated.
6. Posted by MJ touched hearts and kiddies private parts Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:52 pm EDT
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" Wow! Where is the sympathy? I guess I'm naive for believing that the guy suffered a fluke cut and got screwed out of a big fight. "
Yet another classic example of Cofield showing that he has absolutely no clue ( calling him naive is far too kind ). Why the hell would any fighter be doing any training that would put him at risk in the lead up to a big fight, and in Shamrock's case, a huge, and last pay day?
All athletes " taper " before a big event, including fighters.
7. Posted by Dubya b Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:12 pm EDT
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Bloggers reporting on other bloggers? Hm.
8. Posted by o Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:43 pm EDT
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shamrock is on the take
9. Posted by bankshotbobby Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:02 pm EDT
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I can buy it. Coming from the guy who was overheard after getting smoked by Tito saying how much money they made together. And from the guy who's already taken a dive in EliteXC. Hopefully he did back out, cause now he feels like a serious DUMBF#@K! But who cares, it was funnier watching the guy with pink hair beat the sideshow!!
10. Posted by michael w Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:20 pm EDT
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to even think that shamrock would do that is retarded, whether you like him or hate him, he was the face of all MMA before the UFC became so popular, he was the first that main stream TV ever would talk about, when ABC named him the worlds most dangerous man, plus he's an ego maniac, do you really think he would miss the opportunity to fight kimbo who's got all this hype on him, to get the chance to beat him and rub peoples face in it, Ken would love to do that, its funny how fans when MMA wasn't anything loved ken, when he was in his prime and was destroying people, turn on him now, no wonder MMA isn't taken serious there fans react the same as pro wrestling fans do, no loyalty, only cheer for whose popular now or whose winning
11. Posted by makesport.com Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:19 pm EDT
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I dont know why, but when I saw Shammy being interviewed at the start of the show, thoughts that he did not seem too disappointed crept into my head
12. Posted by IDGAD Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:27 pm EDT
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Boxing 'fans' superior to mma 'fans'? Fans are fans, get over yourself. The bs in the 'story' above is merely bait. all Cofield's leads feign 'naiveté' or 'outrage' or any other ruse to get a reaction from the gullible. It's chum in the water to attract 'fish'. the fun is in feeding off the fish that frenzy.
13. Posted by HeyNow Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:28 pm EDT
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on blogger makes this claim and gets credit for it...hopefully he or she will get credit for blogging the obvious
14. Posted by MJ touched hearts and kiddies private parts Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:52 pm EDT
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Cofield,
Does your employer, Yahoo know that one of your sources is merely a fellow blogger? Do you actually know anyone who has been to a fight, let alone ever met one of the fighters that you whack off over, or is all of your information gathered from Google like the rest of us Joe Six-Packs?
ATTN YAHOO, WHY NOT HIRE THE BLOGGER THAT IS COFIELD'S SOURCE? THAT WAY YOU CAN CUT OUT THE MIDDLE MAN, OR IN THIS CASE, CUT OUT THE KNOW NOTHING WANNABE AND GET YOUR NEWS DIRECTLY.
That explains why your link to the Kobold article always played that annoying interview. You were shamelessly shilling your " source " and fellow blogger, much the same way that you shamelessly shill the Venetian casino!
15. Posted by Ken Wilder Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:50 pm EDT
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Agreed with #16. He merely cut and pasted quotes. & sentences were substantiative thought on his behalf. Cofield is a joke. MMAjunkie blog roll had people asking if anyone else saw the reaction of Shaw's face an hour before Cofield posted anything about it. Absolute joke Cofield, you are way too easy to out as a hack writer. And my 2 cents say I'm glad Shamrock got a cut and was unable to fight, that KO was good enough from a "underweight replacement"
16. Posted by team hughes Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:29 pm EDT
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I didn't read all the comments but does any one else think kimbo took a fall? I have seen the fight where kimbo yells to the fighter "hit me" and puts his hands behind his back. He then lets the guy punch him 2 or 3 times in the jaw as hard as he can. That guy looked bigger than the no name last night. That did not seem like a knockout punch to me. Maybe im wrong but it seems awful funny how hours before the fight it changes, then kimbo goes down to a love tap. I think that should be a wrap on elite xc. Bring on Fedor and Cotoure
17. Posted by kibosher Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:54 pm EDT
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The Shamrocks still win in the end.
This was a ploy by the Shamrocks. They want to fight each other and did not want to risk Ken losing to Kimbo.
As you heard in the beginning of the show, Frank criticized Ken for hurting the Shamrock "Legacy"? This will now become a media hyped argument and they will try and push a PPV on people to them fight. Ken is old and washed up and they knew nobody would watch if he lost to a street fighter, like Kimbo Slice. They are a bunch of morons and just like Elite XC lets burie them all in Miami,
18. Posted by Wreckinball Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:43 pm EDT
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Come on Ken. If ya scared, say ya scared. I think Ken should fight Frank. Better be free, cause I sure as he!! ain't paying for it.
19. Posted by pirate queen Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:52 pm EDT
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Knowing the Shamrock family...there is NO LOVE LOST between Frank and Ken...even with their father in the hospital they couldnt get along well. Both men are actually very nice in person and have great family support. Take this from someone who knew them as teens in high school!
20. Posted by BOSS Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:32 pm EDT
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ken pussed out and now he looks an even bigger bum. way to go kenny boy!
21. Posted by Jnyce Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:41 pm EDT
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I did seem pretty ironic that Shamrock got cut at the last minute. Come on he is an experianced fighter he out of all people know not to do anything stupid before a fight, including doing heavy warm-up...Ken I cant buy that it was a light warm up because even the most amature fighter knows not to engage into anything potentially dangerous before a fight. I think he was paid off or he was not sure of himself and got intimidated with Kimbo and decided to punk out. At any rate, I am glad he was out of the fight because someone forgot to tell Seth that he was suppose to loose....lol.....Go Seth!!!!! Kimbo see you on the rebound on YOUTUBE fighting street punks were you belong......
22. Posted by knuckle sandwich Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:09 pm EDT
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now we hear that Seth was paid and told NOT to take precious Kimbo down to the mat....
could this have been told to Shamrock as well right before the fight and he couldn't go threw with it?
23. Posted by Gary R Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:59 pm EDT
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forget about ken. the important thing here is that the fraud Kimblo was exposed. I feel the same way about the UFC's biggest fraud, Brock Losenar. They should have matched those two freaks together. Big Roy got robbed also. are mma refs being trained by the WWE?