Frank Shamrock on Le: "He was never going to make it another round or so"

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Frank Shamrock

Despite suffering a broken ulna in his fight with Cung Le on March 29, Frank Shamrock told MMAWeekly Radio on Monday night, he’s hopeful that he might be able to get another fight in by the end of the year.

That might be pushing it a bit, unless his superhuman healing powers ratchet into full gear, at least according to his doctors.

“They’re going to do another x-ray next week and see how the bone is healing. They say the short estimate is four to six months and the long estimate is six to eight months,” stated the former Strikeforce middleweight champion.

From the sound of it, the short estimate might be a stretch. It’s not like the injury was a hairline fracture; it was a break that required six screws and a metal plate to repair.

“I don’t feel a lot when I’m fighting, but when something breaks or cracks, I get a little stabbing pain. I felt that in the first round,” said Shamrock as he detailed the injury. “The second round, he got me with another good one in the hand. It was real specific on the location, and that one, I got that stabbing pain again. Then in the third round when he kicked me, I could feel my bones separate and grind against each other.

“I have a really high pain tolerance … but it was really painful. On a scale of 1 to 10, it was like a 15 or so.”

Contrary to the judges, who had the fight scored 30-27, 29-28, and 29-28 for Le following the third round; Shamrock felt that he was controlling where the bout was headed.

“I had him totally on the stand up. He was never going to make it another round or so. I was slowing him down, I was catching his timing, and I was starting to catch his chin. One of us never would have made it out of the fourth round and I don’t think it was going to be me if my arm didn’t break.”

That’s not to say that he is trying to discredit the new champ. Shamrock, in fact, has a lot of respect for Le, saying, “I was really impressed with his chin. He always had this real sharp look in his eye. He never wavered.”

Not at all looking to call it quits because of the injury, he said, “I’m just getting warmed up.”

Shamrock stated that a rematch is definitely in his sites, but it’s not yet his top priority. In a perfect world, he has another fight in mind once he heals up.

“I think the next one should be Ken (Shamrock),” he said of a proposed bout with his adoptive brother. It is a bout aptly christened ‘Blood Brothers.’ “The story is in place; the marketing is in place. I think it is a good moment to do the Ken fight, to tell the story.”

Regardless of what the next chapter is, Shamrock has no plans for it to be the final chapter.

“Fans can rest assured there will be more ass-kickings and there will be much from Frank Shamrock. This is just the beginning.”

I didnt think Frank was catching cung's timing at all. He was landing some shots more and more but i'm not sure that he would have finished Cung

[Healzyou]

Honestly I wasn't too impressed with Le in that fight. I think if Shamrock would've spent less time flirting with Le in those stand-up exchhanges and exerted more aggression the fight would have went differently. The fought at such a slow pace for most of the fight and Shamrock stayed in the range of his kicks.

Le was pretty beat up after that battle, so there is some merit to Shamrock's statement about the fourth. Shamrock got rocked at the end of the third, but there is validity to his statements about not wanting to block the kicks with his arm because it was broken.

I think if he did not suffer that arm injury, Shamrock had a good chance of scoring a TKO Le late in the fourth or mid-fifth. Le has nice kicks and all but I don't think he'd beat alot of UFC fighters in his division.

[jcmichaels42]

To be honest it doesn't really mean a whole lot that Frank says that Le wouldn't be able to last "another round or so," because Le obviously did enough so that Frank couldn't last at all.

I hope he's dumb enough to stand with Le in a rematch so he gets tooled again.

[TapOut27]

He did start to get more power shots in the 3rd round, but at least he is giving cung some credit. His wrist must have killed, as he had major surgery. I think he is looking at 6months at the earliest.

[grambino]

The only 'CERTAIN" in this fight is that Le never had to consider the 4th or 5th round! Additionally, I haven't seen too many people require surgery to the extent Frank did. Those kicks must be a little stronger than many of you give Le credit for. They were popping louder than most any I'd heard. Can't recall the last broken arm from a kick, let alone obliterated bones.

[hunterkiller]

I think it's funny that you lose and yet still find a way to degrade your opponent. I had Cung Le winning the fight on the scorecards too.

[Coonsht]

Originally Posted by grambino

Can't recall the last broken arm from a kick, let alone obliterated bones.

Couture courtesy Gonzaga lhk. And Randy's quite a bit bigger than Frank.

[ninjastix]

Originally Posted by Coonsht

Couture courtesy Gonzaga lhk. And Randy's quite a bit bigger than Frank.

And Gonzaga is quite larger than Le...


Is Shamrock already training to sell a rematch or just trying to save face you think? It's a rather silly statement to claim you would of had someone if they didn't... break your arm...


That didn't stop Clint Eastwood in "Any which way you can" btw...

[Steve88]

Steve88 on Frank Shamrock's comments "Shut up frank you lost, you decided to stand and you payed for it"

[Intellectual]

Frank should have taken the fight to the ground, and looked for the Leg Lock.