DAN SEVERN versus KEN SHAMROCK
(BCCW Shoot Fight - Live @ "CHANGING of the GUARD"!!!)
The doctor's prognosis has been confirmed - EVAN BOURNE has suffered a broken ankle. The incident occured at "GANG RULZ", when his ankle was tweaked on a hard landing, then shattered with a steel chair and locked in an ankle lock by Ken Shamrock. Post match, his ankle was inserted in a steel chair and smashed for the whole world to see. His recovery could take anywhere from 6 - 12 months. Suffice to say, Evan "Air" Bourne has been grounded in BCCW.
The loss of his prize pupil has only spurred Masahiko Kimura further upon his path. Shooters Club wrestling coach Dan "the Beast" Severn has stepped up to publically vow he will avenge Bourne's injury by challenging Ken Shamrock to finish their duel once and for all! At BCCW's "CHANGING of the GUARD" PPV, Dan Severn versus Ken Shamrock in a BCCW staple match: Shoot fight!!! The history between Dan "the Beast" Severn and Ken Shamrock is a long and turbulent one. It began at UFC 6 on July 14, 1995, in Casper, Wyoming. Ken Shamrock’s win over Dan Severn with a guillotine in 2:15 to become the UFC Superfight champion was the main headliner. That championship was renamed the heavyweight championship in 1997, and is the same championship currently held by Cain Velesquez. Shamrock became the first man in UFC competition to stop Severn’s takedowns, and then when Severn came forward, he left his neck open for the guillotine, the first time that strategy had been used against a high-level wrestler. Ken Shamrock knew the deal - the same move made him tap against Royce Gracie at UFC 1.
DAN SEVERN: Well, put it this way.... I have always been a drug-free athlete. I’ve never needed to stick needles in my behind to get bigger. No. Take a guy like Ken Shamrock… without drugs, he would probably only weigh around 175, 185 pounds. At one point, he was up to 245. A guy like that… I don’t think he even deserved to compete against me in the Superfights. He never won a UFC! The whole organization… I didn’t like it. Most people don’t know this, but the UFC was originally co-owned by the Gracie family. It was intended as a way of promoting Gracie Jiu-jitsu internationally. So they pretty much did whatever they wanted. Ken’s book ["Inside the Lions Den"] wasn’t about Ken. It should have been called the ‘Ken Shamrock vs. Dan Severn book’. Ken talks a lot about beating me. I have 95 or 96 titles, what does he have???
A blood feud unfolds... The feud continued at UFC 9 and culminated in one of the most infamous moments in MMA history - an incident that would come to be called "the Detroit Dance". After defending his UFC title at UFC 8, Shamrock was scheduled to face number one contender and rival Dan Severn at UFC 9 in a rematch of their fight at UFC 6, which Shamrock won by guillotine choke in 2:14. Severn was coming off winning the Ultimate Ultimate 1995 tournament and by all accounts Severn and Shamrock did not like each other. Their rematch at UFC 9 was highly anticipated and was marketed as the "Clash of the Titans 2" and took place in the Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan, in Severn's home state.
Shamrock had a lot on the line at UFC 9; Sports Illustrated was there to do a story on him and if he beat Severn again, Shamrock was going to be on the cover of the biggest sports magazine in America, Sports Illustrated. In addition, he would also be featured in a story on the mainstream network CNN sports. Shamrock would be the first mixed martial artist ever to be featured on the cover of a major sports magazine, let alone the biggest one in America. However, despite high expectations, the fight would go down as one of the worst in MMA history for a variety of reasons. UFC owner Bob Meyrowitz, referee John McCarthy and a team of lawyers were in court until 4:30 p.m. on the day of the fight battling with the District Attorney of Michigan, who was trying to prevent the UFC from holding the event in Michigan. An ultimatum was issued: the fight could go on as long as there were no closed fisted strikes to the head and no headbutts. The UFC, desperate to put the show on, agreed to the terms. Fighters were warned hours before the show that they would be arrested if they punched to the head with a closed fist (although many fights that night included closed fisted punches, no fighters were arrested).
When Shamrock learned of the sudden rule change, he made up his mind that he was not going to fight. While training for UFC 9, Shamrock suffered a torn lateral meniscus, a partially torn ACL, a broken nose, and cracked ribs and combined with the rule that he could not punch, he did not think he could win a fight because all of his weapons were taken away from him. Shamrock was also fearful that he would be arrested; the troubled boys from his father's foster home would be watching him and he was afraid of setting a bad example. If Shamrock withdrew, the main event would have been cancelled and the UFC could have suffered substantial monetary damage. After UFC owner Bob Meyrowitz and other UFC officials pleaded with Shamrock to go on with the show, Shamrock, despite the injuries and new rules, reluctantly gave in to the pressure for the sake of the UFC.
In a fight that would be called "The Detroit Dance", both Severn and Shamrock circled each other with little to no contact for almost thirty minutes. "I took the center of the ring understanding that I was going to be fighting for my life and Dan never came at me," Shamrock said. Severn later said that his strategy was to purposely not engage with Shamrock and wait for the fans to boo, hoping that the booing would affect Shamrock psychologically and force him to make a mistake that Severn could capitalize on. Finally, after over 15 minutes of stalling, Severn shot for a takedown, but was unsuccessful and following a brief scramble, Shamrock ended up on top of Severn in full mount. Shamrock held the mount for close to 5 minutes, throwing open fisted palm strikes to Severn's head and an occasional closed fisted punch to the body. Shamrock felt as though he would have damaged Severn badly and perhaps finished him, from this position of full mount if he was allowed to punch Severn in the face with a closed fist. Severn eventually gave his back in an attempt to get out and the risk paid off as he reversed Shamrock into his full guard. Severn landed a headbutt to open a cut above Shamrock's eye and followed with elbow strikes and punches from Shamrock's guard. Shamrock eventually got back to his feet and after 6 more minutes stalling, the fight went to a judges decision. The judges gave a split decision win to Dan Severn, which upset Shamrock because he felt as though Severn had broken the rules by utilizing closed fisted punches to the head and headbutts. Chants of "boring!" and "Let's go Red Wings!" were echoed throughout the arena during the fight. Shamrock later stated that going through with this fight was the biggest regret of his fighting career. This fight would mark the last time Masakatsu Funaki would serve as Ken Shamrock's trainer and cornerman.
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KEN SHAMROCK: I mean that's what everybody keeps asking me, 'When are you coming out of retirement?' I'm not retired. If I've ever seen a bully in my life -- and I've seen a lot of bullies and I don't like them -- the Shooters Club is a bully. They push little organizations around, they talk bad about people that don't march in a line that they want them to march in. It's just the way that they treat people man, it's just sad, and the money that they're making is going to them and not the talent. It's the talent that is making them who they are. They're not making it themselves; the talent is. But yet, they seem to think that it's them. Ed "Strangler" Lewis is a gentleman, a stand-up guy. For Masahiko Kimura to say that I broke his pupils ankle -- what coach goes around talking about someone's talent whose made them millions of dollars and say that I snapped them? How immature is that?
DAN SEVERN: The bottom line is what are they going to remember, they are going to remember who won. They did change the rules about the time element. I guarantee if you change the element of time and lets face it, it did have to change for UFC, Mixed Martial Arts and all sorts of things to even continue to exist. The No Holds Barred era is gone. It's just in the archives of history of now. But people I say to underline the fact they try to bury it like it never existed. When by the same token I think BCCW should embrace it saying this is where we began and this where we evolved to, and recognize people from the past like a Masahiko Kimura, Lou Thesz.... these people all did something for this sport and nobody knows who they are. [I was approached by WWE] around 97 if I remember correctly. They approached both both Ken Shamrock and myself at about the same time. Ken went to work with them one year before I did. He put all his eggs into one basket. He worked exclusively for the WWF. I negotiated non exclusivity because I was working for the NWA. Because there was like 35 promoters in the NWA alone that I was working for at different times. On top of working for the WWF. I had a modified contract I did not work the full 187 dates like everybody else did. I basically negotiated sixty dates on an annual basis. Now we're both in BCCW full time, and finally this feud will end. At "CHANGING of the GUARD" I will break Ken Shamrock and force him from BCCW and Gold Dust Trio Inc forever!
Ken Shamrock vs Dan Severn! BCCW Shoot Fight! "CHANGING of the GUARD"!!! BUY THE PPV!!!
CREDITS
DAN SEVERN: Cageside seats interview 5/13/2010
KEN SHAMROCK: MMA Junkie interview 2007
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