Rogan voices explicit doubts about Kimbo vs. Shamrock
Joe Rogan: “That fight looked fake as f@$% … When Ken did take him down, he never hit him once … The way Kimbo stopped Shamrock, that was real as f@$%.”
On a recent Fight Companion podcast, UFC color commentator and lifelong martial artist voiced doubts about the integrity of the Kimbo Slice vs. Ken Shamrock fight, although none about the ending.
“That fight looked fake as f—,” said Rogan. “There’s a couple of things I don’t like about it. I don’t like that long clinch where they were mouth to ear … When Ken did take him down, he never hit him once. How about that? He had him down, he had him flattened out, he’s not blasting him with punches. He’s got him flattened out, he’s not hitting him, that doesn’t make any sense.
“To me it looked – the whole thing – the entrance looked suspect. He was shaking everybody’s hand. It didn’t look like he was about to go fight, it looked like he was about to put on a performance.”
“The way Kimbo stopped Shamrock, that was real as f—. He definitely cracked him. So maybe they made an agreement and Kimbo said ‘I’m going to punch this motherf—er anyway.’
“He choked him but he had it on top of his head in some weird way … It was disturbing to me how easy it was to shuck Ken off his back. There was a lot of s— I didn’t like about it.”