Ken Shamrock
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Born | Kenneth Wayne Kilpatrick February 11, 1964 Warner Robins, Georgia, U.S. |
Other names | The World's Most Dangerous Man |
Residence | Reno, Nevada, U.S. |
Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
Weight | 212 lb (96 kg; 15 st 2 lb) |
Division | Heavyweight Light Heavyweight |
Reach | 73 in (185 cm) |
Style | Shootfighting |
Fighting out of | Reno, Nevada, United States |
Team | Lion's Den |
Teacher(s) | Masakatsu Funaki |
Years active | 1993–1996; 2000-2002, 2004-2006, 2008-2010; 2015–2016 (MMA) 1994 (Kickboxing) 1997–1999; 2009; 1989–present (Professional wrestling) |
Kickboxing record | |
Total | 1 |
Wins | 0 |
Losses | 1 |
By knockout | 1 |
Draws | 0 |
Mixed martial arts record | |
Total | 47 |
Wins | 28 |
By knockout | 3 |
By submission | 22 |
By decision | 3 |
Losses | 17 |
By knockout | 11 |
By submission | 4 |
By decision | 2 |
Draws | 2 |
Other information | |
Spouse | Tina Ramirez
(m. 1985; div. 2002)Tonya Shamrock (m. 2005) |
Children | 7, including 3 step-children |
Notable relatives | Frank Shamrock (adopted brother) |
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Ring name(s) | Ken Shamrock[1] Shamrock Vince Torelli[1] Wayne Shamrock[1] |
Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)[2][3] |
Billed weight | 243 lb (110 kg)[2][3] |
Billed from | Sacramento, California[2][3] San Diego, California |
Trained by | Nelson Royal Bob Sawyer Buzz Sawyer Bret Hart[4] Leo Burke[4] Gene Anderson[5][6] |
Debut | 1989[7] |
Retired | 2022 |
Ken Shamrock (born Kenneth Wayne Kilpatrick; February 11, 1964)[8] is an American mixed martial arts fighter and professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in the UFC, where he was the first UFC Superfight Champion and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2003. In professional wrestling, he is famous for working with the World Wrestling Federation (where he is a former Intercontinental and Tag Team Champion) and TNA/Impact Wrestling (where he is a former NWA World Heavyweight Champion and also a Hall of Famer).
Championships and accomplishments
[change | change source]Mixed martial arts
[change | change source]- George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame
- George Tragos Award (2020)[9]
- Ultimate Fighting Championship
- UFC Hall of Fame (Pioneer wing, class of 2003)
- UFC Superfight Championship (one time, first)
- Two successful title defenses
- UFC 3 Tournament Finalist[a]
- UFC 1 Tournament Semifinalist
- Ultimate Ultimate 1996 Semifinalist[a]
- Longest fight in UFC history (36 minutes) - with Royce Gracie at UFC 5
- UFC Viewer's Choice Award[10]
- Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling
- King of Pancrase Tournament winner (1994)
- First ever champion of Pancrase
- King of Pancrase
- One successful title defense
- King of Pancrase Tournament winner (1994)
- Pride Fighting Championships
- Pride Grand Prix 2000 Finals Superfight Winner
- World Mixed Martial Arts Association
- WMMAA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Black Belt Magazine
- 2000 Full-Contact Fighter of the Year[11]
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- 2002 Feud of the Year vs. Tito Ortiz
- 2006 Feud of the Year vs. Tito Ortiz
- World MMA Awards
- 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award[12]
Professional wrestling
[change | change source]- Battle Championship Wrestling
- BCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Carlo Cannon[13]
- NWA: Total Nonstop Action/Impact Wrestling
- NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[14]
- Gauntlet for the Gold (2002 – Heavyweight)[15]
- Impact Hall of Fame (2020)[16]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- South Atlantic Pro Wrestling
- World Wrestling Federation
- WWF Intercontinental Championship (1 time)[22][23]
- WWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Big Boss Man[24]
- King of the Ring (1998)[3]
- WWF Intercontinental Championship Tournament (1998)
Footnotes
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Ken Shamrock". Retrieved July 12, 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Shields, Brian; Sullivan, Kevin (2009). WWE Encyclopedia. Dorling Kindersley. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-7566-4190-0.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Ken Shamrock". WWE. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Wall, Jeremy (2005). UFC's Ultimate Warriors: The Top 10. ECW Press. p. 182 pp. ISBN 978-1550226911.
- ↑ Jeremy Wall (2005). UFC's Ultimate Warriors: The Top 10. ECW Press. p. 160. ISBN 978-1-55022-691-1.
- ↑ Ken Shamrock; Erich Krauss (November 6, 2012). Beyond the Lion's Den: The Life, The Fights, The Techniques. Tuttle Publishing. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-4629-0794-6.
- ↑ Axel Saalbach. "Wrestlingdata.com - The World's Largest Wrestling Database". Retrieved July 12, 2015.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-29. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Ken Shamrock Will Receive George Tragos Award".
- ↑ "UFC 45: Revolution". Fighttimes.com. November 21, 2003. Retrieved March 13, 2011.
- ↑ "Black Belt Hall of Fame Inductee Directory". Blackbeltmag.com. Archived from the original on March 9, 2009. Retrieved March 13, 2011.
- ↑ "UFC Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock hopes pioneer recognition increases but acknowledges boundaries". Retrieved January 6, 2024.
- ↑ "BCW Tag Team Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
- ↑ "NWA World Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-Titles.com.
- ↑ "WWE News, RAW Results, Smackdown Results".
- ↑ "411Mania".
- ↑ "PWI Awards". Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Kappa Publishing Group. Archived from the original on January 21, 2016. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
- ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 1998". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
- ↑ "PWI 500 of the PWI Years". Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
- ↑ SAPW Heavyweight Championship CageMatch. Retrieved March 9, 2023
- ↑ "North American Wrestling Association / South Atlantic Pro Wrestling Title Histories".
- ↑ "Ken Shamrock's first reign". WWE. Archived from the original on 2007-04-27. Retrieved 2007-04-16.
- ↑ "1998 WWF Intercontinental Championship Tournament". ProWrestlingHistory.com. Retrieved September 1, 2010.
- ↑ "Ken Shamrock and Big Boss Man first World Tag Team Championship reign". Archived from the original on August 9, 2015.
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