Frank Shamrock
Born on December 8, 1972, in Santa Monica, California, Frank Shamrock built a career as a mixed martial arts fighter and kickboxer in the United States.
The facts available about Shamrock establish him as a competitor across two combat disciplines. As a mixed martial arts fighter, he pursued a sport that demands proficiency across striking, wrestling, and grappling. His work as a kickboxer placed him additionally within a stand-up striking tradition, marking him as an athlete who operated in more than one fighting context.
A citizen of the United States, Shamrock emerged from Santa Monica and went on to compete at a professional level in both mixed martial arts and kickboxing. The combination of those two disciplines defined the scope of his athletic career.
Quotes by Frank Shamrock
You're trying to control somebody? Take wrestling, because that's how you get it done.
I don't want to get punched in the head anymore. I spent a couple of thousand dollars on the nose and teeth and everything's been readjusted, so I don't want anybody hitting me.
I'd said no to every person, and everybody, for every amount, but I'd wrestle Sakuraba for free.
I started in this sport when I was 21 and I helped bring it to network television and the one thing I missed was wrestling or fighting Sakuraba.
The world I live in is vastly different than what other people are living in. It's a dream.
I had so much personally invested in the vision or the dream or the chance of Strikeforce. It was my whole life. I didn't have another life. That's all that I did.