Ken Shamrock vs Seth Petruzelli set for IUF: 'The Return of Buluc' on March 6 in Cancun
by Jesse Holland on Jan 4, 2010 3:03 PM EST
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In case any of you fight fans were wondering where "Buluc" was, he's apparently set to return on March 6 to the International Unlimited Fighting (IUF) organization on the same card that will feature Ken Shamrock taking on Seth Petruzelli in Cancun, Mexico.
Shamrock (27-13-2) hasn't been heard from since failing the world's most dangerous drug test back in early 2009. The UFC Hall of Famer was popped for anabolic steroids — Norandrosterone, Noretiocholanolone and Stanozolol following his first round armbar submission win over the late Ross Clifton at War Gods: "Valentine’s Eve Massacre" last February.
Shammy was fined $2,500 and suspended one year for the transgression.
The steroid bust marred the first win in four years for "The World’s Most Dangerous Man." In addition, it threw a wrench into his planned fight against former WWE superstar turned MMA fighter, Bobby Lashley, in the Roy Jones Jr.-promoted hybrid MMA and boxing event "March Badness" from the Pensacola Civic Center in Pensacola.
It was yet another big money match down the tubes for the Lion's Den founder.
That's because Shamrock was supposed to collide with former YouTube brawler Kimbo Slice at Elite XC: "Heat" in October 2008. However, Shamrock pulled out of that scheduled match with Slice on fight night because of a cut sustained in warm-ups and has since been accused by younger brother Frank of cutting himself to get out of the fight.
To put it short, the first-ever King of Pancrase and UFC Superfight Champion is now nothing more than a punchline within the mixed martial arts community.
How fitting then, that his next opponent would be Seth Petruzelli (11-4). Since ending the charade known as Elite XC by knocking out promotion star Kimbo Slice with a fade-away marshmallow jab, "The Silverback" has only competed once, stopping a mediocre Chris Baten at Art of Fighting 4 this past August.
After leaving the Octagon following back-to-back losses to Matt Hamill and Wilson Gouveia, Petruzelli teased at a UFC return back in September before recently blowing up his Twitter account about a "huge fight contract."
I guess by "huge" he means fighting a geriatric steroid user in a country that doesn't provide drinkable tap water.
War Montezuma!
Petruzelli indicates that his fight with Shamrock will be available live via pay-per-view. As with any freak show (Sylvia vs. Mercer, Maynard vs. Fry) there are bound to be a percentage of fight fans willing to pay for the chance to see it.
If nothing else, Hoelzer Reich may have finally found two fighters desperate enough to accept their sponsorship.
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Seth should win this one early and easily.
I know he is kind of a joke because he is known as a TUF washout and the guy who killed Kimbo. But he has improved. We’ve seen many TUF washouts go on to do well. I’m not saying he’s a top guy. But I think he’ll make quick work of Shammy and go on to get some impressive wins and maybe even back in the UFC some day.
Get over it.
by fenderacoustic (formerly wAyNe) on Jan 4, 2010 3:51 PM EST up reply actions
Nothing more to add.
Just wanted to see if my new sig would show up. MMA-Core sucks, man.
Do not. I repeat, do not, go to mma-core.com. I made the mistake of watching a couple UFC 108 bouts on there and I am still trying to get all the viruses of my computer. Ridiculous! You've been warned.
by fenderacoustic (formerly wAyNe) on Jan 4, 2010 3:54 PM EST up reply actions
u should get a good firewall then
MMA-core is awesome!!!!
Kimbo vs Seth II would do big numbers on Spike. Like ridiculous numbers.
by NNR (formerly NameNotRequired) on Jan 4, 2010 11:29 PM EST up reply actions
Kimbo vs. anyone
would do big numbers
I don’t get it, where are all of these people who don’t watch that much MMA, hear Kimbo is fighting and then just have to watch.
I can’t wait until his hype goes away, and he can return to his rightful place in the MMA world, at the butt of every joke about freakshows, and crappy fighters.
Kimbo seems a cool guy, maybe if he’d turned up 10+ years ago, he could be somebody by now, but arthritus and a life time of one dimensional brawling means it’s all too late for Kimbo.
In the name of the Fedor, the Anderson and the GSP, Amen.
I underestimated the deadly skills of one of the greatest HWs in the world, Frank Mir. I wrote that because I lost a bet but honestly, he really did impress me. I'm well on the Frank wagon
by Spinning Fat Kick on Jan 5, 2010 5:38 AM EST up reply actions
The old man doesn’t know when to quit; glutton for punishment.
by O damn he got caught on Jan 4, 2010 7:35 PM EST up reply actions
Damn!
Some people just dont know when to quit. He should just go back to WWE and wreslte Hulk Hogan or Rick Flair. A little off topic but i saw a wrestling match that had Kurt Angle (he said he was gonna make a switch to mma but never did) finished a match using a triangle armbar. Funny sh!t
by StringBeanRickJamesLookinFool on Jan 4, 2010 3:22 PM EST reply actions
it pisses me off when they do that lol
i saw undertaker do something simliar pissed me the hell off, i think he finished a guy off the a gogoplata. wwe suck ass ITS NOT RASSTLING!! lol
Don't see what's wrong
with sports entertainment evolving to included modern day MMA moves. Afterall, Sports Entertainment has it’s roots in catch wrestling…
And it makes it more believable to the viewer....
Not that I watch it but I’d presume so anyway. Although they probably wonder WTF they are doing? "Arm bar?, gogoplata choke?, where’s the tombstone gone??…lol
I"m no Ned Flanders punk!!
Oh man
I sense a new joke regarding Shammy coming. Just not too sure what it is yet. The man needed to retire five years ago. Now? A case of bad breath could KO him. This is just going to be embarrassing. Might as well go ahead and pencil in a win for Petruzelli. It’ll save time for all the sites that list his MMA record if they go ahead and do it now.
I love Ken Shamrock.
I know he’s past it and everything but he’s just one of those guys who I wanna see win one more big fight impressivly, just for their confidence and for my enjoyment. War Shamrock!! lol
I"m no Ned Flanders punk!!
I just cant wait until him and Frank finally fight
and it’s not even so much the fight but the pre-fight trash talk that will be the most entertaining.
@fjbar75 on twitter...formerly El Mexicutioner
that is weird
"Me and Michael are like Mozart...and Mozart's friend."
"No, I'm like Butch Cassidy..."
"You mess with Mozart, you're gonna get a bullet in your head. Courtesy of Butch Cassidy."
I take it there won't be any drug testing then?
Ken really needs to regain some dignity and restore what is left of his image before he retires. For all the drama and bs he’s involved in I can’t help but feel for the guy. This driver I used to work with was a garbage man for Ken when he had a foster program or something out of his house in Lodi or nearby with a bunch of runaway kids and he was taking care of em. He’d put the garbage cans out late and when they weren’t emptied he would call to complain and my friend was like"o shit I better not piss him off". Anyways I thought I’d share that with everyone cus Shammy has done alot of positive things I hope he gets his shit together here. Put on a good performance and avoid the marshmallow jab.
It's the fate of being a pioneer
After all those years of fighting for nothing, He has to try and make as much $$$ out of his name before his body can’t take it anymore which it can’t meaning this is far from the end of the ugliness of his decline.
by NNR (formerly NameNotRequired) on Jan 4, 2010 11:34 PM EST up reply actions
Why the hate for Pertuzelli?
It doesn’t really seem fair to lump Seth Petruzelli into the “joke fighter” category when all he’s done is take the fights he’s offered and (usually) win them. It’s not like he was losing to low-level competition.
Ken is fighting where ?
I read in the News paper while I was on vaca for News year in Miami that G Force promotions (Glen Rice) had signed Ken Shamrock and Seth for a fight down there. Not in Mexico. Somebody is lieing ? I guess I’ll believe Seth and not the Miami Post.
Are they so fought after ?
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