Royce's account of Gerard Gordeau and Ken Shamrock seems consistent with what I've heard about them. Gordeau is a really calm, cold, calculating, dangerous guy, and a very brutal fighter with a history of bending the rules and using dirty tricks in the ring. Shamrock is a very cocky and proud fighter, tends to take losses personally, and takes offense when he loses.
Why don't you watch UFC 1. It was rigged from the start Royce Gracie fought a 1 armed boxer who wore a glove on 1 hand. While shamrock fought an undefeated kickboxer. Gerard broke his hand and was bleeding from his foot. They also didn't let shamrock use Gus wrestling shoes while Graice wore a Gi which he choked out shamrock with not his arms or hands a piece of cloth. Royce Gracie also took steroids so who's to say he didn't take them all the time. They never used to test before.
Went to a Pride fight years ago at Saboba Indian Casino. It was outside in the pouring rain. The group of guys I was with had about the crappiest seats you could have. So me and one of them decided to sneak up to ring side between fights. We saw a few empty seats up close so we proceeded to nonchalantly snag a couple. The next fight begins and we sit back enjoying the view for a few moments before the rightful owner shows up. Its Ken Shamrock and two chicks escorting him. He looks down at us but doesn't say a word. His chicks did. They f'n chewed us out so hard we leaped up and ran. The look in their eyes was a pure rip off our heads and shit down our throats. Ken just smiled as we Scooby Doo'd our asses back to the nose bleed section.
Sakuraba is the answer that no martial art is realistic 100% and has no weak points, the bjj is a part of the aspects that the ultimate fighter should have, but you can bit underestimate wrestling and striking, these days now one knew how to defend bjj, after some ufc, every fighter do everything, the one good thing ufc 1 made Iis that karate Kung fu and other stuff got obsolete, now one believe them....
@@LORDVADER357 You're missing the point. The referee doesn't score the fight. And there were no judges at UFC 5. If a fight reaches the time limit, and there are no judges present, it's declared an automatic draw. The UFC didn't introduce judges until UFC 8.
I never thought that one day I would desire to see the man who I once thought was the greatest and humblest get hit in his ego lying face because he’s the opposite of what he was made to be.
This guy fought people hand picked by his family with rules that were heavily in his favor. They even modified them on the fly to keep him winning. When they say the spanking Hughes gave him showcased how far MMA had come they were wrong. What it showcased was what happens when this guy has to face a high level wrestler, with no rule or clothing advantage. He was like a helpless child.
@@brettb5089 He was a has been at the time. There were much younger guys still at the top. There were also guys like Karelin out there. Guys that would have just absolutely used any of the Gracie clan like a mop, Dan was a good wrestler, He was also big, slow and deliberate.
@@theodorewood5083 In the early mma days when a wrestler and a jiu jitsu guy fought the jiu jitsu guy usually won. Both are great and you need to know both to be great today. Once everyone started cross training then you started to see the wrestlers do great. Mark Schultz even admits this on the interview where he talks about rolling with Rickson. He says jiu jitsu is probably the best stand alone style. The original rules were how a fight should be. Now a days with the rounds and standing people up if nothing happens is biased against jiu jitsu guys
@@brettb5089 LOL. Guys like Hendo walked the night back in the day when they were let in. Look at the record books and the rule changes in the UFC. Tells you all you need to know. Fighting is about improving position and finishing the fight. Wrestling is the superior style. BJJ has some great takeaways. I trained it for years. Its not on par with wrestling.
@@theodorewood5083 Yeah finishing the fight is what the wrestlers struggled with. They would take down and control them then just hold them. Their sport is about pinning the opponent to the mat not finishing them. Once they all started cross training then they did great but the early wrestlers that just did wrestling did not do as well as jiu jitsu guys.
@oliver closehoff You are 100% right, and that took place BEFORE the match. But what Im saying is DURING the match, he was hesitating after he tapped, thats why Royce got him to finally admit that he did indeed tap.
@@sosouth15 Royce used his karate gi to secure the choke, which was 100% legal at the time. Ken tapped out, so Royce let go of the choke. But the clueless referee either didn't see the tap or didn't know what it meant. So the fight was not stopped, and Ken was going to continue fighting as if he didn't just tap out. Royce rightfully complained to the ref, and Ken conceded.
