The Shamrocks weren't lucky at the O2 Arena in London tonight. Keylock Shamrock, Ken's son, took on Giorgio Andrews (2-0) in the third bout of the night, showing a big strength advantage over his opponent. However, Keylock injured his hand in the first round of the fight and was forced to withdraw, giving Andrews his third career win. The fight was Keylock's second professional bout. In the main event of the evening the leader of the Shamrock clan, Ken, took on Cage Rage veteran Robert "Buzz" Berry (12-7). In what will undoubtedly go down as the worst defeat in the career of The World's Most Dangerous Man, Shamrock was hurt by glancing blows minutes into the first round and crumpled, forcing the referee to stop the fight. The last time that Ken lost to a fighter with such a limited resume was against Minoru Suzuki (28-20) in 1994, but that bout lasted nearly eight minutes and Suzuki exploited Ken's decided lack of Jiu-Jitsu skills. This loss to Berry is inexplicable. Ken was hesitant in the few minutes the fight lasted. Ken landed one or two significant punches, of which one seemed to rattle Berry, but spent the vast majority of his time circling and posturing. Berry, a 37-year old English journeyman, tentatively attacked Ken with straight jabs and some inside leg kicks before three pedestrian right-left combinations that somehow felled the UFC Hall-of-Fame fighter. Until tonight, of Berry's twelve victories, only two were over opponents with a better than .500 fight record (and even then, just barely). Not only does this ruin Ken Shamrock's newly inked contract with Cage Rage/EliteXC, it throws a wet blanket over a possible Shamrock-Fergusson (aka Kimbo Slice) bout that EliteXC had been planning. Far be it from me to call Ken Shamrock a tomato can, but at this point you can't expect to get much out of him unless you pit him against another punch-drunk elder statesman of the fight game. Results: John Phillips d. Jake Bostwick [TKO (Strikes) 1 4:10] John Hathaway d. Marvin Arnold Bleau [TKO 1 1:32] Giorgio Andrews d. Keylock Shamrock [TKO (Doctor Stoppage - Broken Hand) 1 5:00] Aisling Daly d. Aysen Berik [TKO (Strikes) 1 1:49] Henrique Santana d. Michael Johnson [Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00] Ivan Serati d. Roman Webber [TKO (Strikes) 1 0:48] Mustapha al Turk d. Gary Turner [Submission (Strikes) 1 3:19] Tom Watson d. Pierre Guillet [TKO (Strikes) 1 2:05] Rob Broughton d. Neil Grove [Decision (Majority) 3 5:00] Masakazu Imanari d. Jean Silva [Submission (Heel Hook) 1 2:30] Robert Berry d. Ken Shamrock [KO (Punches) 1 3:26] ps. Ken's son's name is Ryan, not Keylock. I just thought it sounded funny.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Ken Shamrock looked old last night March 09, 2008 By: Sam Caplan Category: EliteXC, Ken Shamrock Back in the day, I was the biggest Ken Shamrock mark on the planet. In high school, I literally believed he was the “World’s Most Dangerous Man.” I went to three different high schools, and at this one, there were a bunch of martial arts posers. They’d say stuff like, “My master is a tenth-degree black belt” or “My Sensei once killed a man in competition.” They’d also debate whether Jean Claude Van Damme or Steven Segal would win in a fighter or whether Jackie Chan could hang with Bruce Lee in a real fight. Normally I’d keep my mouth shut but at a certain point I’d interject my belief that Shamrock would kill them all. Hey, I was in high school and a Shamrock mark, so cut me some slack. Having been such a big Shamrock fan at one point, it was very difficult watching him lose last night to Robert “Buzz” Berry during SHOWTIME’s telecast of Cage Rage 25. Forget about beating Lee, Segal, or Ralph Macchio, Shamrock can’t even beat a dude named Buzz Berry. Ken has to do what he feels he needs to do, and if the man needs to cash a few more paychecks, then he’s earned that right. However, I would really like to see him walk away as a competitive fighter because he’s looked awful in televised fights vs. Rich Franklin, Tito Ortiz, and now Berry. He’s looked so bad that I really feel it is tarnishing his legacy. When a younger fan hears that in his prime that Shamrock was once the best in the world, their estimation of MMA/NHB from back in the day must be shit. I don’t know how else to say; Ken Shamrock looked old last night. He had a lot of trouble moving (he looked about as mobile as “Big Baby” Glenn Davis before he lost the weight) and he was out boxed last night by a guy in Berry whose boxing is mechanically flawed. Berry was punching from a low slot last night, which makes a fighter prone to getting knocked out because a superior puncher can just punch over top. Seeing Shamrock lose like that was tough to swallow. But the bigger story here is that EliteXC managed to blow a potentially big main event between Kimbo Slice and Shamrock. According to Shamrock, the fight was being talked about. “The groundwork has already been laid, and we talked about it,” Shamrock is quoted as saying during a recent news update posted on The Fight Network’s website. “I think he is a phenomenal puncher and a big, strong individual. He’s got a lot of ability, man. But I also know he’s very young in the sport, and there are a lot of things he doesn’t know. Hopefully, I can exploit some of them.” With Shamrock refusing to abandon his ground game, Slice would have been a certain victor. Slice vs. Shamrock would have been a perfect CBS main event and a way to build Slice’s resume against a non-threatening opponent. What was the point of booking Shamrock vs. Berry in the first place? Announcers Mauro Ranallo and Stephen Quadros pitched the idea at the end of SHOWTIME’s telecast of Cage Rage 25 of Berry being a potential candidate to fight Slice. I think Berry seems like a natural next step for Slice, however, when Slice beats him, who is going to care? What kind of drama can you build behind a Slice vs. Berry fight?</div> there's a reason he's call SHAMrock, it's because he hasn't been a good fight since before his WWE days. Only fanboys didn't want to admit as much.
I knew he was fighting for cash during the Tito Ortiz feud (Ken admitted as much), but it seems now he is a straight mercenary with no desire to perform well or give the fans a show. He essentially took a dive against Berry and shit on whatever remaining fans Kenny had.
