Kimbo Slice har velat möta Ken Shamrock sedan deras planerade match 2008 ställdes in i sista minut. Kimbo fortsätter skitsnacket inför matchen med att han har blivit en mer allround fighter som kommer att ge Shamrock en omgång.
Kimbo Slice (4-2) och Ken Shamrock (28-15-2) skulle ursprungligen mötas på Elite XC i oktober 2008. Matchen ställdes in samma dag den skulle utspela sig då Shamrock fick ett sår som blev tvungen att sys. Seth Petruzelli (14-8) hoppade in på kort varsel och knockade Kimbo på bara 14 sekunder inpå den första ronden.
I en intervju förklarar Kimbo att han fortfarande är sur på Shamrock då Shamrock knuffade honom på invägningen 2008. Han anser också att såret som ställde in matchen gjorde Shamrock med flit för att slippa matchen:
“Shamrock put his hands on me. That’s something I never forget. You push a guy in the back, that’s just something you don’t do. Another thing he did was he cut himself to avoid fighting me. And that was the reason for my first loss. I have it out for this guy.”
Kimbo anser att han numera är en helt komplett fighter när han återvänder till mma-karriärren:
“My last fight I wasn’t, I would say, MMA savvy. I didn’t have much to really depend on in the past. Over the years I’ve developed a ground game, I’ve developed some takedowns and I’ve developed some defenses to it. In the past I was just relying on my striking. I thought my striking would just be my bread and butter throughout my career, not knowing or realizing that this is real MMA and these guys are MMA fighters and I had to be a little bit more versatile. I took the time to develop some ground game over the years. My fight game is different. I spend more time on the ground now than I would standing up.”
Kimbo avslutar med att han vill ge Shamrock stryk:
“I want to kick his ass. My mind has always wanted to kick Ken Shamrock’s ass. To get in there and mad dog him. I’m not trying to be his friend in there, walk around the ring and play patty cake. That’s not happening.”
