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Update on Ken Shamrock Vs Kimbo Slice
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John Pollock
Fight Network Journalist

POSTED: October 4, 2008 - 8:00 pm

CATEGORIES: MMA

Sources in Florida have alerted The Fight Network that Ken Shamrock will not be fighting tonight in Sunrise, Florida where the 44-year old was scheduled to fight Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson in the Heavyweight main event of tonight's "Heat" event at the near sold out Bank Atlantic Center.

Shamrock was training last night (with training partner Dan Freeman according to Dave Meltzer) and was accidentally head butted and caused a cut about Ken's eye. Shamrock was not medically cleared to fight by the Florida State Athletic Commission.

Elite XC was scrambling to find a replacement opponent with Frank Shamrock offering to take the fight as well as the company looking at Seth Petruzelli because of his name recognition from the "Ultimate Fighter 2". Slice was originally adamant about only fighting Ken but officials are currently in "wait and see" mode and no official word has been made on the status of the main event tonight.

It is confirmed that Ken Shamrock will not fight tonight.

COMMENTS (24): Submit A Comment
1. MMAfreak
October 4, 2008 - 9:06 pm

The Doom of Elite XC is @ hand!!!!

2. matt
October 4, 2008 - 9:09 pm

??? It's not being played on the fight network, its just a re-run of the shitty tank abbot fight. WTF GET THE FUCKING FIGHT ON ALREADY.

3. Mr D
October 4, 2008 - 9:12 pm

This fucking sucks.

4. Daniel
October 4, 2008 - 9:13 pm

This fucking sucks. God damn.

5. mr. mcCluckCluck
October 4, 2008 - 9:17 pm

Things have gotten a little dicey for kimbo. Petruzelli should be a much tougher fight for him. kimbo wins in second round.

6. ronnie
October 4, 2008 - 9:28 pm

garbage ass shit. i bet it was planned like that to just to get the tv time and the attention. well hyped but definately a let down on how it ended before a bell. weak company with weak skills.

but they do have a fine ass fighter in Gina Carano.

7. Steve Ashe's Burito Farts
October 4, 2008 - 9:29 pm

I hope Seth takes him out....what a MAJOR let down this is.

8. Steve Ashe Burito Farts
October 4, 2008 - 9:31 pm

Unbeleivably disapointing. I hope Seth takes him out.

9. Jesus From The Bible
October 4, 2008 - 9:36 pm

I'm kind of relieved that Ken is out, now if Kimbo wins it won't matter as much to me.

Been really worried bout Ken losing to Slice.

10. Pery the Greek
October 4, 2008 - 10:05 pm

Shamrock actually cut his balls shaving, and the ref will not let him fight!

11. RJ
October 4, 2008 - 10:50 pm

This really fucking sucks!!!!...Re run of Septic tank Abbot and no Gina Carano fight, whats the fucking point anyway!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.........

12. RJ
October 4, 2008 - 10:53 pm

This is bullshit!!!!!!!........Reruns of Septic tank Abbot.....and NO Gina Carano fight.....Talk about false advertising!!!!...........Elite XC sucks!!

13. james
October 4, 2008 - 11:03 pm

Something's up...why the fuck would shamrock be training the night before the fight and taking elboys? BS.

14. tiger claw
October 4, 2008 - 11:17 pm

I think there's more to it than that. If this were the case, all fights should be stopped the minute someone is opened up. Florida has always been pricks about this. Plus, I'd bet the Commission didn't get the kickback they were looking for, and held up the show. This is the fucking main event. If I had tickets, I'd immediately get a refund.

15. Bobby
October 4, 2008 - 11:19 pm

Meh thought it was a good show. Including the finish....and if you were watching tank abbot and not Gina Carano all I can say is you were watching the wrong channel

16. brandon mctaggart
October 4, 2008 - 11:19 pm

LOL KIMBO SLICE JUST GOT TKO BY REPLACEMENT FOR KEN, KIMBO WILL BE BACK TO FIGHTING IN BACK YARDS BY NEXT WEEK!!!!!

17. Les
October 4, 2008 - 11:41 pm

EliteXC, what a joke. I feel sorry for the people who paid for tickets to see that fight. If that was a knock out, I could put my grandmother in there. The first punch grazed him and he went down, and he got hit two times while down and i've seen my sister hit harder. If you guys want to be in competition with UFC you better get promoters who know something about MMA. What a fucking joke.

18. SCOTTO
October 4, 2008 - 11:46 pm

KIMBO AIN'T SHIT I WOULD LOVE TO FIGHT THAT BASTARD

19. That's what happens.
October 5, 2008 - 12:50 am

Wow. the replacement Petruzelli smashes Kimbo in seconds. That's not saying much at all about Kimbo. This should be a bit of a career booster for Petruzelli, good for him. Just imagine if that rumor of Kimbo and Tito happened? I wonder how quick Tito would KO him.

20. CanOOk
October 5, 2008 - 1:26 am

The whole thing was FIX.

21. BRIAN
October 5, 2008 - 2:04 am

The fight was not a fix, Petruzelli is a more experienced, better trained MMA fighter. It wasn't a surprise for me at all to see Petruzelli win now it was a surprise for it to be in 14 seconds i didnt think it would go down like that. However, Elite is going down just like the US economy, their biggest star just got KTFO and they don't even promote their HW champ Antonio Silva, WTF, Gary Shaw has no idea what he is doing with MMA, he needs to go back to boxing and let Dana White take over all of MMA

22. anthony aka the monsta
October 5, 2008 - 3:09 am

kimbo was fixed fuck the people who hate. nuthin but respect 4 the man i say rematch

23. anth
October 5, 2008 - 1:01 pm

Monsta if you think kimbo is a good fighter you should keep watching WWE you dont no a thing about MMA. This is not a upset real fighters have been training for years in various forms of martial arts they have both stand up and ground skills. Petruzelli is a real fighter with a decent record Kimbo is a glorified streetfighter whos look is used as a marketing tool. This was his first real opponent and he got smashed, imagine what orloski,iceman,would do to him infact i bet the spider who is 40-50 lbs lighter would make him cry like a bitch to!!!!!!!! he needs to call vince Mcman and find a tag team partner like Mr t or something he sucks

24. Janssen
October 5, 2008 - 4:03 pm

Amen to that!!!!!!!!!! Funny thing about it is that he should have lost the James Thompson fight. He tapped. It was so obvious. I have no respect for kimbo at all. Not even enough to capitalize his name when i type it. Should have stayed on the streets and doing work as a security guard.

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