what will Shamrock do?

[chief108]

frankshamrock (http://twitter.com/frankshamrock)
San Jose is rocking tonite with Fedor on Showtime. I am getting in the cage to make a big announcement an I am super nervous. Don't miss it!

[Kebal]

What Would Brian Boitano Do?

[Kebal]

ok

of hij gaat tegen zijn broer vechten

of nog een keer tegen Rutten

of hij daagt Badr Hari uit

of hij gaat vertellen dat Fedor zijn speedo niet aandoet maar voor een andere broek gaat

of hij is ook fan van Genki Sudo

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[Kebal]

en hoe hij bij Genki komt
tja hij heeft de lyrics gevonden

We have opened the veil of the world
and heard two voices
One is the soothing beautiful lie
and the other the distorted truth that fills the hollows
What is right and what is wrong
Truth is always the paradox
One era has gone by
and I awake in sleep

The rhythm of the universe the rhythm of your love
Dreaming cycle Beautiful Venus

The rhythm of the universe the rhythm of your love
Now in this moment I 'dance'

[Kebal]

Shamrock gaat eindelijk de wereldheerschappij van Genki aankondigen

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all hail Genki Sudo World Order

[Kebal]

http://www.amazon.co.jp/WORLD-ORDER/dp/B003JK30MS/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi_1

[Kebal]

en daarbij gaat hij zeggen dat als Fedor verliest dat nog geen reden is tot zelfmoord en dat we allemaal nog een leven voor ons hebben

[Kebal]

hij zal ook zeggen dat bij een verlies van Fedor de VS Rusland binnen zullen vallen

[Kebal]

als Fedor verliest zal Dana de UFC laten overnemen door Strikeforce

[Kebal]

als Fedor wint belooft Dana ook een blondine bij de UFC te zetten

[Kebal]

Shamrock zal ook zeggen dat Allysa toch beter is dan alle ringgirls

[Kebal]

en hij zal Overeem uitdagen voor een titelgevecht omdat hij The Reem heeft gekeken

[Kebal]

Shamrock is al nerveus dus waarschijnlijk gaat hij een spreekbeurt geven over roids

[Kebal]

waarschijnlijk zal ook bekend worden gemaakt dat de broers toch dezelfde vader hebben

[Kebal]

pacman en mayweather gaan de kooi in

[Kebal]

hij zal aankondigen dat Minowaman nog steeds wacht op het gevecht tegen Overeem

[Kebal]

ook zal hij een uitspraak doen over vermiste vechters die voortvluchtig op vakantie zijn

[Kebal]

en hij geeft zijn affaire met Fedors tolk eindelijk toe

[Kebal]

hij gaat toch proberen te boksen

[Kebal]

wordt een copromotie, beide vechters krijgen een bokshandschoen en moeten in de kooi op mma-regels verder

[Kebal]

hij geeft toe dat hij een van de trolls is die door Dana gestuurd zijn om op een forum info te verspreiden

[Kebal]

hij gaat verklaren dat hij twijfelt aan het bomenklim verhaal van Rutten

[Kebal]

hij gaat uitleggen wat de betekenis van Pancrase is als je het woord omdraait

[Kebal]

hij gaat een uniek concept introduceren, tag team

[Kebal]

en een uniek product, de powerball

[Kebal]

hij gaat toegeven dat eyes of the beast 1995 satanisch was

[Kebal]

hij geeft toe dat battle in the bayou gebaseerd was op een droom die hij weken ervoor had

[Kebal]

hij geeft toe dat de enige van zijn tegenstanders wiens naam hij uit kon spreken bij Pancrase Bas was

[Kebal]

hij gaat Dana uitdagen tot een ultieme showdown

[Kebal]

hij gaat toegeven dat het geen toeval is dat hij commentator en vechter is in de game van EA

[Kebal]

hij geeft toe dat hij een jaar achter leeft op de rest om rustig te blijven

[Kebal]

hij geeft toe dat hij op de verkeerde plaatsen heeft gezocht naar liefde

[Kebal]

en dat hij na vele pogingen nog steeds de 3e dimensie niet kan vinden

[Kebal]

hij geeft toe dat hij het was die alleen blondines bij Strikeforce wilde

[Kebal]

hij geeft toe dat zijn tijd bij walker texas ranger de mooiste periode uit zijn leven was

[Kebal]

hij geeft toe dat Chuck Norris aan een eenmalig optreden in de kooi zit te denken

[Kebal]

maar dat er nog geen kooi is gevonden die hem aan zal kunnen

[Kebal]

hij gaat toegeven dat de texas ranger niet in texas is

[Kebal]

hij gaat uitleggen waarom zijn naam niet bij de credits stond van OZ

[Kebal]

hij zal zeggen dat Dana gelijk had met zijn quote over hem

[Kebal]

hij gaat eindelijk uitleggen waarom de middleweight UFC van naam veranderde

[Kebal]

hij gaat eindelijk vertellen waarom de broers niet toevallig hun broers naam hadden gehad

[Kebal]

hij gaat onthullen waarom het hek van de kooi niet groot genoeg is om goed doorheen te kijken

[Kebal]

hij gaat toegeven dat hij ook het verhaal van de jeugd van Bas gebruikt op feestjes

[chief108]

:rotflmao:

I gotta get some of whatever he takes...

[I_LOVE_KNOCKOUTS]

Kebal's on a roll!

[snip83]

Kebal heb jij een quotum posts die je moet halen :D

[Kebal]

Multi-organization champ Frank Shamrock announces MMA retirement

Following 16 years of competition and titles with organizations such as the UFC, Pancrase, WEC and Strikeforce, Frank Shamrock has announced his retirement from mixed martial arts.

The 37-year-old MMA trailblazer announced his retirement during tonight's "Strikeforce and M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Werdum" event at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.

Shamrock's announcement was carried as part of the night's Showtime broadcast, on which he served as a color analyst.

"I'm someone who can honestly say that fighting is more than a sport," Shamrock said. "It's saved my life. And because of this, I revere the martial arts, and I consider it the core of my existence."

Fighting back tears while addressing the crowd from the cage, Shamrock specifically thanked his family, friends, fans and Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker, whom he called an "honest promoter."

"It was an honor to bleed for you, to break my bones for you, and to entertain you," he said. "And before I leave, I would like to to you one more time."

Shamrock, a once-troubled youth who found the sport after training with adoptive brother and eventual UFC Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock, made his pro debut in 1994 and topped Bas Rutten in the Japanese-based Pancrase organization. After winning an interim title with the promotion and then taking a few fights with U.S.-based organizations, he then headed to the UFC, where he made a quick splash.

Facing then-undefeated Kevin Jackson at UFC Japan (UFC 15.5) in 1997, Shamrock scored a 14-second submission win to become the organization's first middleweight (later renamed light heavyweight) champion. He made four successful and decisive title defenses, including one over favorite Tito Ortiz at UFC 22. That blockbuster bout still ranks as one of the sport's greatest fights, and Shamrock's dominance helped usher in the evolution of MMA from spectacle to sport.

However, on the same night of that historic victory, Shamrock relinquished the belt and announced his first retirement. The announcement, though, was merely a condition of his contractual release; with the previous owners of the still-struggling organization unable to afford his hefty fight purses, they were forced to cut ties with the fighter and allow him to pursue outside opportunities.

Shamrock fought just three times in the next seven years (which included a WEC debut that netted him the promotion's first light-heavyweight title), and he branched out to act, write a book, broadcast MMA events, and coach a team in the now-defunct International Fight League. But in 2006, while unable to return to the UFC because of bad blood with new UFC co-owner Dana White, Shamrock signed with the upstart San Jose-based Strikeforce organization and would see a career resurgence as the promotion's biggest draw.

After topping Cesar Gracie in his promotional debut – a victory that concluded a career-high 12-fight undefeated streak – Shamrock met Renzo Gracie in a heavily promoted Strikeforce/EliteXC co-promoted event. The 2007 bout ended in a disqualification loss due to Shamrock's illegal knees. But in his next bout, he submitted UFC vet Phil Baroni to win the promotion's first middleweight belt, which he ultimately surrendered to Cung Le in a hugely successful San Jose show that drew a crowd of 16,326.

Hobbled by back and other injuries, though, Shamrock's cage appearances had become infrequent. He now hasn't fought since an April 2009 TKO loss to Nick Diaz, a loss that marked his third defeat in his past four fights.

Shamrock concludes his career with a 23-10-2 record, which includes a 5-0 mark with the UFC. In fact, he holds a unique place in UFC history as a competitor who went undefeated while competing solely in title fights.

Although retired from fighting, Shamrock remains involved in the sport as a broadcaster with Showtime, an instructor to upcoming MMA talent, and an entrepreneur with other MMA-related ventures.

[Kebal]

Frank Shamrock on Retirement: 'I Cried Every Morning for Two Weeks Over This'

Saturday night's Strikeforce event in San Jose saw one MMA legend fall while another announced that he was hanging up the gloves for good. At 37 years old, and after a career that spanned 15 years, an emotional Frank Shamrock declared that his time as a fighter had reached its end.

Yesterday MMA Fighting spoke with Shamrock to find out how he arrived at this conclusion, and what's next for "The Legend."


Ben Fowlkes: You called it quits this weekend, but why now? Your fight with Nick Diaz was over a year ago, so it seems like it wasn't that loss that made you decide. What was it?



Frank Shamrock: It was just my body and the time. I put the machine back in the shop and ramped it up and it just didn't perform. The last time in my fight with Nick – it used to be that it didn't matter how hurt I was going into a fight, I always performed. When I fought Nick I didn't perform. I had injuries that wouldn't allow me to play my game and to entertain. So I knew when I tried to put my body to work again, it's done. The machine's down. I just can't race it any more.

When did you realize that your body wasn't responding the way it needed to any more?

I got hurt pretty good a couple weeks into training for the Nick fight. It was a very odd injury in my abdominal region that felt like muscle tearing and just weirdness, and it was because my cervical vertebrae were compressed. That compression caused tension and the tension cause my muscles to kind of tear out. It's just, my whole body kind of reached a point last year, or maybe the tail end of the year before, where it was just like, hey, we're kind of done. I don't know quite how to explain it.

That's a pretty uncommon thing for pro fighters to be able to come to that conclusion so easily. You seem very at peace with it.

Well, I don't think I was ever a fighter. I think I was an athlete and a martial artist, and I just happened to be fighting. My art will always continue on, but as an athlete, the machine is done. I can't keep tying the two together. To me, it makes no sense to go on. I can't be my best, so I'm doing a disservice to my art. That's against what I believe in.

Does it help that you've been smart with your money over the years and so you don't necessarily need to continue on for financial reasons?

That's certainly a factor. But I haven't needed to fight...I didn't need to fight ten years ago. I fought because I loved it. I fought because mixed martial arts brought me to life. Sometimes it was for the money, but most of the time it was because I saw a chance to do something. I fought in the Tokyo Dome because no one had done it in MMA. I fought on Showtime because no one had done it. We launched in California because no one had done it. I wanted to be that guy.

I talked to your brother Ken once about why it was so difficult for fighters to hang it up, and he said that it was because the same qualities that make a guy a champion fighter make it difficult for him to admit that it's time to quit. That doesn't seem to be such a struggle for you. Why do you think that is?

I think I came at it differently. I got into this sport as it was explained to me by my dad, and I took I scholastic approach to it. I was not a street fighter. I still, to this day, don't like physical violence. It was an art form and a sport and I approached it that way. It wasn't from a place of anger for me.

I mean, I get what [Ken's] saying about how tough it is to give it up. Trust me, I cried every morning for two weeks over this, because I knew I had to go out there and say the words that would end my journey. That was the hardest thing I ever had to do, but it was the right thing to do. If some of these other guys would search their souls, they'd also know it's the right thing to do.

Your speech on Saturday night was very eloquent and also clearly very emotional for you. Did you do anything to get yourself mentally ready to give such a difficult speech?

[Laughs] Well, I paced in my garage and I talked out loud. But literally, I cried every morning over it for about two weeks. Saying the words were really making me realize what I was doing and what I had to do. That, in itself, was the hard thing. Not giving it all up, but to face that my body was done. I just couldn't keep going.

So what's next for you? More time at the broadcasting table?
Full-time on broadcasting, and I think my role is really to be that spokesman for our sport. That was the role I chose and accepted and I've been doing it regardless of what anyone else thought. But I want to take that back. I don't need to fight. My mouth is way stronger than what I can do with my body now.

Is there a chance you'll take a front office position with Strikefore and/or Showtime now?

I don't know about an actual office. [Laughs] You know, I've talked to both [Strikeforce and Showtime]. I have some really strong marketing ideas that I think will help this sport. I've been very successful with brands. They listen to me. That's what it's about. They think I'm nuts sometimes, but they listen to me, and they're smart people. I think we'll figure something out. I don't know if it's a real job. I'll probably run around and do the exact same things I've always done, but not have to beat myself up.

There was a lot of talk in the post-fight press conference about your proudest moments in the sport. What do you want to fans to remember you for?

I just want to be known as the guy who made a difference because he really believed. I think this sport can change a lot of things. It changed my life.

You mentioned that you left the UFC in part because you didn't believe in what they were doing. What does that mean?

I think they put on a good sports entertainment product. I don't believe they're on a martial arts journey. That's my own personal opinion. But I saw their stuff and I was like, guys, I don't believe in this.

Do you think Strikeforce is on a martial arts journey?
100%. Scott Coker's a martial artist. He's an honest guy. If you ask him to do something he'll do it, or else he'll tell you why he can't do it. That's what fighters need. Fighters need someone they can trust. We can't trust anybody.

Is that something you can bring to the management side of things, since fighters know you've been in their shoes before?
I think so. I also think the fighters need to step up. You know, these guys show up thirty minutes late for media, and we're paying thousands of dollars to have all these people there. They need to understand that we're all in this together. We're not fighting each other; we're helping each other. Scott and I figured that out from the beginning.

That's all the questions I have. Anything else to add?

Just that I really do appreciate the fans. You know, I watched these guys in the crowd, some of them who've been following it since they were kids and now they're grown men and have babies. I've seen them along on this journey with me, and it's just been the greatest experience of my life.

[Donjopie]

ik denk dat het een grap is

[I_LOVE_KNOCKOUTS]

Mooi interview, thanks! Toch een geweldenaar, die Frank!

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wacht even, hij was toch allang met pensioen?

-sarcasme-

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXo7HfSVnKg

[sikkwittet]

oke doei



jammer



maar ja, ik kon ook altijd moeilijk trainen toen ik een beugel in mijn bek had.
dus dat zal het wel zijn man

[Kebal]

Mooi interview, thanks! Toch een geweldenaar, die Frank!

ja toch mooi tito even rechtzetten, en beetje als typische Americano in Pancrase