No actually their 2nd fight Gracie looked like the side of his head was pregnant and had to be rushed to the hospital. I could care less about what a piece of paper says, i know a man who has had his ass whooped when i see it. What was important was that Gracie knew he got his ass whooped.
WHAT? Have you seen the fight recently? Listen if you don't remember it, that's ok, I got a copy on my computer you can come over and watch it any time. the fight lasted 36 minutes and 35 minutes and 30 second of that fight Ken was LAYING in Royce's gaurd. Royce tried a number of submissions over the legnth of the fight and Ken effectively landed 1 punch and a number of small headbutts designed to open the cut under Royce's eye. If the fight went to decision under pride or UFC rules he would have EASILY won. Ken mounted almost NO offense. FightingMaster.com said about the fight, “Gracie fought Ken Shamrock to a draw in UFC 5. Shamrock seemed hesitant to mount an offense, and Gracie seemed content to work from his back for the same gi-sleeve submission and heel-kicks to the Shamrock's kidneys.” It went on to quote Royce as saying, “Shamrock came in for a draw. He knows he cannot beat me. He came in for a draw. He knew he just didn't want to lose, that's why he requested the time limit. He knew he just wanted to have a draw, for him that's a victory.” (
http://www.fightingmaster.com/legens/royce/) Hardly the words of someone who “knew he got his ass whooped”. But that isn’t important, what is important is the outcome of the fight which was of course a draw. As opposed to the first fight, where Ken tapped like a child to the skill of a Gracie Jiu Jitsu read naked choke.
Bruce Bleck, Jeff Blatnic, and Jim Brown held the following conversation around 16:45 into the fight.
Jeff- “I just wonder in the back of Shamrocks mind if a draw with Gracie, in effect, is a victory”
Bruce-“What do you think Jim?”
Jim- “I think probably so, because he isn’t making any dangerous moves, he’s taking no chances”
Bruce- “Exactly”
“Be aggressive dammit…. KEN… DAMMIT” “ –Bob Shamrock (father of Ken) around 18 minutes into the fight.
“Ken what are you waiting for? Do something” –Bob Shamrock around 21 minutes
“Get up and punch him, get up and do something” –Bob Shamrock around 27 minutes
Ken was clearly stalling, if you don’t agree you are just a Ken fanboy clinging angrily to a bullshit belief that Ken is more skilled than he is.
Finally, what are you getting so angry about?
“An emotion that clashes with your reason, an emotion that you cannot explain or control, is only the carcass of that stale thinking which you forbade your mind to revise”
Seriously, watch the fight again, PM me so I can send it to you.