At Missouri’s Shamrock FC: Shock, The Hard Hittin’ Hillbilly Kevin Croom gutted out a brutal armbar attempt by Jacob Akin and came back to win. Croom would go on to the UFC, and today fights for Barek Knuckle Fighting Championship.
Please note: The spike seen is not prohibited by the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. As happens in many cases in the Unified Rules, the athlete being spiked too bears responsibility. Spiking someone on their head is prohibited, if the attacking athlete has total control over the second fighter’s body. Here, Akin could have let go, but declined to. Therefore, the spike was not prohibited.
How HOLY F@$%ING $#!* is The Heart of MMA
Lorenzo Fertitta, then the co-owner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), was once asked by The Atlantic magazine to explain what makes mixed martial arts so compelling. He said it came down to three words, two of which aren’t fit for publishing.
“… there’s the holy s*** factor. Actually, they said ‘the holy f***ing s*** factor.’ It happens at every fight, explained Fertitta. At least one or two times in every UFC show, whether you say it out loud or you say it to yourself, you go, ‘holy s*** did that just happen?’ I mean, you might see somebody do a flip, get kicked in the head, get knocked out with a punch. At some point, you’re going ‘whoah, did that just happen? Did I really just see that?’ That’s the nucleus of what our product is.
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About Shamrock FC
Shamrock Promotions was founded in 1998 to help develop young fighters in St. Louis, Missouri, and create a promotion where fans could expect consistently high-quality shows. The first event was held that year and was a sellout! And today, there have been over 350 events, one of the most successful promotions in MMA history.
Headlined by the phrase Las Vegas Style Fights, the events were greatly supported by St. Louis fight fans. Shamrock Promotions had to change venues 4 times since 1998, to accommodate the demand for the sell-out shows. In Early 2005, Shamrock Promotions branched out to start promoting events around the Midwest. Kansas City, KS, Springfield, Il, and Decatur Il, joined the fold. As a result of its success, Shamrock Promotions found itself in the consulting area of a fast-growing combat sports industry.
In 2007, Shamrock signed with Chuck Norris’s World Combat League to run all televised live events. Shamrock Promotions’ reputation soon found its way to Scott Coker, then CEO of Strikeforce, and in 2009 Shamrock Promotions partnered with Strikeforce and Showtime to bring the first globally televised MMA event to St. Louis. Since 2009, Shamrock Promotions continues to work with Strikeforce to bring MMA to the Midwest, helping to organize and run shows like FightME MMA as well.
In 2011, Shamrock Promotions founded Shamrock Fighting Championships. In 2012, all six Shamrock FC events sold out in advance. Since 2012 ShamrockFC has continued to do events at Lumiere Place Casino, River City Casino, Ameristar Casino in Kansas City, and Ameristar Casino in St. Charles. Each year they put on 18 events between these three casinos, with a mix oF MMA, boxing, and kickboxing.
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