Shamrock will corner his brother against Royce
Ken Shamrock will finally have his brother Frank in his corner again when he takes on Royce Gracie at Bellator 149 on February 19, 2016.
Frank Shamrock will be in Ken Shamrock’s corner when Ken faces Royce Gracie for the 3rd time in his MMA career. Can’t wait!!
The Shamrock brothers will be back together again.
Frank Shamrock will be in the corner of his adopted brother Ken when Ken fights Royce Gracie at Bellator 149 on Feb. 19 in Houston, Ken said Wednesday at a media day. Frank will also formulate Ken’s strategy for what will be Ken’s third time fighting his fellow MMA legend.
The Shamrock brothers have had a very public feud over the last two decades. Frank Shamrock left their adopted father Bob Shamrock’s Lion’s Den gym during his fighting career to start his own fight team, heightening tensions. Ken has always been upset that Frank did not attend their father’s funeral. There were even rumblings over the years that the two men, both taken in as foster children at Bob Shamrock’s ranch for troubled boys, would fight each other.
Ken acknowledged Wednesday that the relationship is not what it once was. But there have been steps taken to improve it in recent months and years.
“You gotta forgive and just gotta move forward,” Ken said. “And work with what you’ve got. I think me and Frank have been doing that slowly. He’s not fake; I’m not fake. So, it’s not like we’re gonna smile and hug each other and pretend like nothing ever happened, because it’s not true. But what we will do is recognize that we need to move forward.”