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The Clinch

United States of America “The World's Most Dangerous Man” 1993-2006 · 27 rounds on file

Ken Shamrock

8-9-2 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 235/490
Takedown accuracy 9/15
Sig. strikes / round 8.7
Control / round 0:01
Inside the distance 100% 8 of 8 wins
Height
6′1″185.4 cm
Reach
72″182.9 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
6211 FEB 1964
Listed weight
205 lb93 kg
Submission Grappler Automatically assigned from data across 19 fights - 1.7 takedown attempts and 2% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Grappling 12 3-7-2 vs 1587 avg
Submission Grappler 7 2-3-2
Positional Controller 5 1-4-0
Hybrid 3 2-1-0 vs 1536 avg
Well-Rounded 3 2-1-0
Striking 2 1-1-0 vs 1562 avg
Pressure Striker 2 1-1-0
-- Not classified 2 2-0-0 --

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 12 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

12 NOV 1993 - lost to Royce Gracie · Submission 12 NOV 1993 - beat Patrick Smith · Submission 09 SEP 1994 - beat Felix Lee Mitchell · Submission 09 SEP 1994 - beat Christophe Leninger · Technical Knockout 07 APR 1995 - drew with Royce Gracie · Unknown 14 JUL 1995 - beat Dan Severn · Submission 08 SEP 1995 - drew with Oleg Taktarov · Unknown 16 FEB 1996 - beat Kimo Leopoldo · Submission 17 MAY 1996 - lost to Dan Severn · Decision (Split) 07 DEC 1996 - beat Brian Johnston · Submission 01 MAY 2000 - beat Alexander Otsuka · Technical Knockout 27 AUG 2000 - lost to Kazuyuki Fujita · Technical Knockout 24 FEB 2002 - lost to Don Frye · Decision (Split) 22 NOV 2002 - lost to Tito Ortiz · Technical Knockout 19 JUN 2004 - beat Kimo Leopoldo · Technical Knockout 09 APR 2005 - lost to Rich Franklin · Technical Knockout 23 OCT 2005 - lost to Kazushi Sakuraba · Technical Knockout 08 JUL 2006 - lost to Tito Ortiz · Technical Knockout 10 OCT 2006 - lost to Tito Ortiz · Technical Knockout

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 27 rounds across 19 of 19 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 8.7
Sig. strikes absorbed 9.8
Takedowns landed 0.3
Knockdowns 0.1
Sub. attempts 0.7
Control time 0:01 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 48% 235/490
Takedowns 60% 9/15
Opponents’ accuracy 49% 265/543

Where the strikes land

Head 61% 143
Body 30% 70
Leg 9% 22

And from where

At distance 26% 60
In the clinch 39% 91
On the ground 36% 84

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 3 won Technical Knockout · 3-6
Submission 5 won Submission · 5-1
Decision 0 won Decision (Split) · 0-2
Other 0 won Unknown · 0-0

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
10 OCT 2006 Tito Ortiz Lost Technical Knockout R1 2:23 0 18 Ortiz vs Shamrock 3: The Final Chapter
08 JUL 2006 Tito Ortiz Lost Technical Knockout R1 1:18 0 11 UFC 61: Bitter Rivals
23 OCT 2005 Kazushi Sakuraba Lost Technical Knockout R1 2:27 1 5 PRIDE 30: Fully Loaded
09 APR 2005 Rich Franklin Lost Technical Knockout R1 2:42 0 23 The Ultimate Fighter: Team Couture vs. Team Liddell Finale
19 JUN 2004 Kimo Leopoldo Won Technical Knockout R1 1:26 12 4 UFC 48: Payback
22 NOV 2002 Tito Ortiz Lost Technical Knockout R3 5:00 12 74 UFC 40: Vendetta
24 FEB 2002 Don Frye Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 43 65 PRIDE 19: Bad Blood
27 AUG 2000 Kazuyuki Fujita Lost Technical Knockout R1 6:46 29 15 PRIDE 10: Return of the Warriors
01 MAY 2000 Alexander Otsuka Won Technical Knockout R1 9:43 44 12 PRIDE Grand Prix 2000 Finals
07 DEC 1996 Brian Johnston Won Submission R1 5:48 22 1 UFC - Ultimate Ultimate '96
17 MAY 1996 Dan Severn Lost Decision (Split) R3 3:00 18 16 UFC 9: Motor City Madness
16 FEB 1996 Kimo Leopoldo Won Submission R1 4:24 0 4 UFC 8: David vs Goliath
08 SEP 1995 Oleg Taktarov No decision Unknown R2 3:00 29 4 UFC 7: The Brawl in Buffalo
14 JUL 1995 Dan Severn Won Submission R1 2:14 2 2 UFC 6: Clash of the Titans
07 APR 1995 Royce Gracie No decision Unknown R2 5:00 10 3 UFC 5: The Return of the Beast
09 SEP 1994 Christophe Leninger Won Technical Knockout R1 4:49 8 1 UFC 3: The American Dream
09 SEP 1994 Felix Lee Mitchell Won Submission R1 4:34 4 3 UFC 3: The American Dream
12 NOV 1993 Patrick Smith Won Submission R1 1:49 1 4 UFC 1: The Beginning
12 NOV 1993 Royce Gracie Lost Submission R1 0:57 0 0 UFC 1: The Beginning