Wow...that was quite a “fight”.
If you were able to see the Royce
Gracie vs Ken Shamrock fight (unfortunately I did not have access to
the channel, so I had to rely on online sources to see the fight) you
either were absolutely shocked at the stoppage of the fight as you
saw history repeat itself, realize you just wasted your money on a
bad fight, or truly thought that Royce won that fight and won
fair-and-square.
At first, I was on the fence after the
fact on who's side I was on. At first, I was on Royce gracie's side
because from what the replay showed, it only showed Royce giving Ken
a solid knee to the temple shortly followed by Ken collapsing and the
fight ending there. Soon after, I see Ken bitching and moaning about
it and him complaining to Royce “You did that on purpose!”, and
all I could think in my head was, well, of course he kneed you in the
head ON PURPOSE dude!
However, after witnessing the replay
(the correct replay) where Royce in fact did knee Ken right in the
family jewels, my views shifted once again. How could he have won
that fight? That was a dirty move, and there should have been a break
from the action by the referee to continue that fight. However, there
was one thing remarkable that Royce did say after the fight. He
mentioned how both him and Ken did fight in the days where low blows
were allowed and there were no gloves, people just fought with
whatever they could.
This is why I believe that Royce did
deserve that win. While yes, he technically “cheated” with a low
blow, the purpose of MMA's creation was to discover which martial art
was the best. That includes groin shots, which were legal in MMA for
a period of time. While I don't believe in sparring/competition that
involves getting kicked in the nuts, getting hit in the back of the
head, fishooking, ect I do see the value in vale tudo matches, which
is what Royce was known for. And we all know those matches mattered
the most; it created the UFC. Still, I wanted to see a good fight,
and I'm sure many of you are upset because you probably spent money
on it. And of course, a knee to the balls really really hurts....and
who knows, maybe if the fight went on it would have ended up like the
Dada 5000 vs Kimbo slice fight, and we all know how boring that fight
was.
Comment below your thoughts!
-Martial Arts Tutor
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