Bas Rutten's Career MMA Fight #11 vs. Ken Shamrock

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This video is Fight #11 vs. Ken Shamrock from Bas Rutten's MMA Career DVD previously only available for purchase.
As a professional fighter, one of his favorite tactics was the liver shot (both punch and kick), and he popularized its use in MMA.Rutten is known for his charisma and has capitalized on his celebrity status since retiring from fighting in 1999. He workes as a color commentator in MMA organization WSOF, and every Friday at IMMA at AX.tv , he has appeared in numerous television shows, movies, and video games. He also coaches MMA and has authored several instructional materials.
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[@MarkdaShark023]

Ken Shamrock was one of the first guys to be truly well-rounded. That submission was beautiful, the way he swung around so quickly. Beautiful to watch.

[@melangkoh4184]

@Giant Killer so what they were all on steroids,,,you really think bas was clean? Everybodys on test.

[@pimpim1979]

@Giant Killer naahh u don't need roid to move like That. Pure technique

[@kevthegoat8774]

Marco Ruas was the first well rounded fighter

[@MrJames-eb6rp]

​@@kevthegoat8774And then Frank Shamrock.

[@chilledandcool3918]

Damn! Shamrock spun around SO damn quick!! Damn fighting masters! ( bow of respect)

[@sextonhardcastle6953]

.....And Bas never lost again.

[@sgtgriff9967]

Tipsy Vagrant Yes indeed! Think about it today, he would have been written off and called "irrelevant", but he went on to win 21 straight fights! One of the greatest Mixed Martial artist ever.

[@ChrischrosBelgium]

+Keith Griffin Great fighter. Check out his dvd's and cd's with his workout routines. Amazing stuff. Stuff that really keeps you motivated.

[@DaUsher]

The Narrator Bas himself admits that it was this decisive loss to Ken that made him train so hard. In a way, Ken was responsible for the Bas we all know and love.

[@gretashapiro4118]

Kevin randleman

[@Pandabearmadness]

Wow that spin was move was amazing omg

[@averageo2343]

List of people Bas never beat in his MMA career: 1. Ken Shamrock

[@mrquestionyourmother3789]

In 93-94 Shamrock was arguably P4P. Shamrock went on the slide after he knew he could not beat Royce Gracie.

[@FlechFisher]

bullshit,he could beat gracie anyday in the 90s, 1st time they fought ken underestimated his grappling cuz he dint know him and thats why he got cought, 2nd ken pretty much beat him to a bloody pulp but there was no judges and time expired so it had to be called a draw, if there was judges tho it would have been an L for gracie, then he went on over 20 years to finally acept the 3rd fight.....

[@DaUsher]

MRQuestionYourMother Lol no. He went on the slide after all the injuries in the WWF.

[@johnny6767g]

Ken Shamrock knew Bas was gonna be one of the goats and he knew he wouldn't be able to beat him again after he got his ground game up, and Ken was like fuck it I'm taking my lunch and going home

[@joet8862]

Ken never beat a prime Bas

[@GentlemansCombatives]

Dear god that kneebar was slick

[@stevelynch98]

Ken in his prime, Bas just approaching his prime

[@amramjose]

I think towards the end of his career he tried to go toe to toe with better strikers, instead of sticking to his mastery of the ground game, and lost his mojo.

[@BloodofPatriots]

Had a chance to see Ken Shamrock back in his glory days. The guy looked like he belonged in a comic book. His shoulders were so wide he had to turn sideways to go through a door. Funny thing, he ALWAYS looked pissed off but for those brave enough to walk up and address him respectfully, he'd shake your hand and give you a smile.

[@stevehartkopf9114]

+BloodofPatriots I must agree...around the time he fought Kazuyuki Fujita, he was billed as 6'1 or 2" and around 225 lbs.... but when I stood next to him, I thought that couldn't be right...lol he looks 5" taller and almost like an Olympian top five placing bodybuilder!!!! To me he never looked pissed off when I was around him, always a smile on his face!

[@spike.strat1318]

two amazing fighters. we were so spoiled and didn’t know it.

[@Boljarin]

Ken was a fucking beast.

[@ceounicom]

A lot of people say (probably correctly) that a lot of fights in Pancrase (and probably early MMA, and even some now) were "worked" But when you look at fights like this (or many others in Bas career), its obvious that these guys are furiously competitive and are willing to physically destroy one another to win. Bas broke guys legs, nearly choked people to death, sent dudes to the hospital. I can't see any "works" in these early fights. Nor any reason why anyone would WANT to set them up.

[@davidgriffithsbjjcoach7207]

Tbf it's a bit of an urban myth. There were a handful of clear works or matches where one competitor was carrying another but Bad never worked a fight in Pancrase. See his second match with Funaki to see how real they were.

[@kyleolson279]

There were works in early Pancrase (this fight is a shoot) but what happened mainly is the better fighters (Ken, Funaki, Suzuki, etc) would carry the inexperienced guys.

[@prognosi911]

Bas is the BOSS. Bas Im just a little guy/ wrestler and been watching MMA since I was 13(34) I love your videos and the activity on your channel recently. Thank you, much appreciated :)

[@Cryttanz]

That was a pretty nice finish by him tho. Nice spin to that kneebar.

[@Terjay]

Wow. What a finish. Too bad for Bas, but you learned something.

[@MrSkullbeats]

Thank you for doing these

[@MRJTD99]

Beautiful helicopter kneebar. Inspired me to practice that particular move myself.

[@chrisdoe3642]

bas i love you man, i love this ty so much for giving us this

[@SandeepSharma-wz2yt]

That spin!!! Damn

[@derwoodmian2535]

Wow what a great move from Ken. Damn

[@0boy00]

I would have loved to see this fight take place a few years later when bas had more ground game.

[@shable1436]

Notice that when bas wanted to fight him again that ken refused. Ppl say he beat him twice and had nothing to prove, but bas wanted to show him how much better at submittions he had gotten.

[@peytonlucy5947]

Ken didn't want to drop the belt to Bas. Ken was leaving Pancrase and as such he was required to lose the belt.

[@mikemugs7]

Ken was so juiced

[@gretashapiro4118]

Bas did also

[@baguazhang2]

@@gretashapiro4118 Bas never took steroids. He hated people who did.

[@kyleolson279]

@@baguazhang2 Lol

[@pimpim1979]

@@baguazhang2 nah bas took it. Just look at his shrug

[@gretashapiro4118]

In many ways, people don't give Ken shamrock his credit. He was extremely skilled and technical fighter .

[@petriukas20]

Ken also used steroids - he admitted it, however he also said he never used them while competing. Regardless of that it still isnt a good thing..

[@WhytyProd]

I think he meant he didnt inject himself while he's in the ring, look at the size of him, who the fk is he kidding

[@GentlemansCombatives]

yeah but alot of guys around that time were using. Contracts with pride fc specified that they didn't test for steroids. I know bas didn't use (or at least i believe him when he says he didn't use) but if you believe ken was giving himself an unfair advantage against the majority of his competition you are misleading yourself

[@WhytyProd]

MrFlemdog Luckily I don't. It was the wild west in Pride, you were probably the odd one out if you werent on something. The OP is referring too an interview from Inside MMA I think. Ken came clean about his steroid use but then said he didnt use while he was competing when he clearly was. Thats all.

[@MetalGamer666]

Steroids help you while training, so you don't need to roid up directly before a fight for it to give you an unfair advantage.

[@dingoleh]

Pride wasn't the only organization that let ppl use steroids. How come Matt Hughes used to lift ppl up and walk across the cage with them on hi back then slam them to the ground? Mark Coleman, Mark Kerr and Kevin Randellman all looked as if they were on steroids. But the UFC did start testing at some point in between because that steroid look disappeared.

[@timradio8854]

The moment you say "I am going with my gut because it is my guts"

[@thedude5805]

had to watch him swing around in slowmotion lol

[@bodhisattva99]

1:17 the roid strut... nothing like some juice to put you in the right frame of mind...

[@Fabi_Hansi92]

Good to hear that you learned from your mistakes - or in this case from the mistakes of your sparring partner.

[@dustinlavento7384]

always rutten for Bas. inspirational thing thou that loss like this made him better fighter

[@jessepc9464]

Ken Shamrock was a FKNG monster on that days, and so cold bloded

[@danielcampdepadros5509]

el mejor saludos

[@tyreeceel9721]

Nice spin ken❤

[@sbiparva]

Bas have u ever won vs. Ken Shamrock? by the way u are one of my fav fighter.

[@ottico84]

Dude spun on that leg faster than the Tasmanian Devil... Jesus Christ

[@jasonyoung3070]

fuck Ken was the real deal back then Bas is a bad ass definitely MMA Hall of famer if I've ever seen one

[@jennninja9986]

If that's what it took to learn to only listen to himself it was worth the loss!!!

[@starboy2013]

Looking at the explosive nature of the fight its lucky there are not more injuries.

[@Seldomheardabout]

Bas is my favorite but Jesus, shamrock had the moves.

[@khairuleven]

no more losses for bas rutten..lol bas so determined

[@kenkongermany7860]

And if he had told you to recross your feet ... ah, those guys got me paranoid with their doubts. In pancrase the laps between real sparring phases and the finishing subs often seem a bit bigger than in normal grappling matches.

[@1love0ov]

Too much Bus's fanboys is comments line. Ken can beat Bus in any form

[@californiacavemandastardly6538]

Holy shit The Kill Bas yelling like that makes it even more painful

[@MacStatic]

At the end when you said you stopped listening to people and got your own training partners, what did you mean by that?

[@lewismorgan7020]

if you listen to him on the Joe Rogan podcast he explains

[@MacStatic]

Lewis Morgan I don't listen to his podcast. We have conflicting opinions, but I do catch one once in a while. Think you can supply a link to it?

[@jordanthomas4379]

Ken is built like the hulk.

[@simplyguys]

Damn.

[@billytheweasel]

...and I thought the learning curve in motocross was painful.

[@thegnjdk]

Ken Shamrock looks so strong

[@b3makinn]

watching KS change over these fights due to juicing is f'd up

[@randymartin5500]

Ken looks much bigger in this fight than the first..Bas didn't take enough vitamin S

[@OGDonothello613]

Imagine if that was life or death without a ref

[@ChrischrosBelgium]

Ken shamrock had more steroids then all of Japan together. Just look at that body

[@xTheBearJew]

Tell that to Bob Sapp.

[@ChrischrosBelgium]

+xTheBearJew I stad corrected :)

[@toofine9]

its always easy to blame other people for your loss right?

[@theeye5310]

Lmao what? What he did actually worked dumbass. His trainers would tell him multiple times to not focus so much on the ground even though 95 percent of the pancrase competition was ground game. It's literally his trainers fault he got caught in a kneebar.

[@evil5150]

this fight was where I learned that kneebar

[@artygunnar]

that guy was on freaking roids, look at him!

[@AustinKay]

Literally double the size of Kens arms compared to Bas. Ken won because of pure strength, and probably steroids. In a fair playing field, Bas would have won, regardless of the bad advice he said he got.

[@californiacavemandastardly6538]

Prime Ken Shamrock and prime Bas both destroy Jon Bones Jones. Ken was the OG BMF title holder.

[@eduds6]

Jones would make he leave the octagon in a wheelchair

[@MrXon]

So Bas' former student Kimbo will have a chance to avenge his 2 losses to Ken Shamrock tomorrow night...Ken is definitely not that fast anymore at 51 years old...

[@bigsuge6435]

Hehe

[@marcovortexbohler]

It's obvious Shamrock took steroids look how ripped he is so for me Bas won the fight before it even started.

[@puerrodios8013]

1:21 roidrage

[@jimtom4849]

Coward move

[@anderson-kj3zs]

steroids

[@nicholasfry4253]

Ken looks roided up

[@mardigann996]

Bas, blaming someone for your errors, that is weak.

[@pimpim1979]

Naahh of course not.

[@cypresspuz]

Ken was a dinamic kneebar artist and was roided outta his fooking mind. But he never fought Bas again for a reason. Bas became a monster grappler and Ken became a joke.

[@pimpim1979]

Yeah and u still become nothing, no one. Pathetic than Shamrock

[@bobbosworld6795]

Roids much ken??

[@dongargon763]

Ken “ steroids for breakfast “ shamrock

[@ragheadand420roll]

Roid rage freak

[@robertjacob6674]

Come on boss you know better than that

[@0boy00]

I would have loved to see this fight take place a few years later when bas had more ground game.