- Liittynyt
- 20.4.2002
- Viestejä
- 998
Expectations were high for “Heat,” as Slice was set to take on MMA legend Ken Shamrock, Frank’s older adoptive brother. However, a laceration above Ken’s eye left the Florida State Boxing Commission with no choice but to force him to withdraw. Frank believes his presence in the cage would have proven invaluable.
“When I realized we would have to cancel the show, I said, ‘Look, I’ll fight the guy. You know, it’s a great story -- little brother steps into the spot, comes out of the booth. It’s very compelling, but we need a fight to happen that’s compelling,’” Frank said. “That went around for hours. Then I put my shirt on and went to work. No one committed to it, so I just kept talking.”
“Kimbo is great, great for ratings,” he said. “But Kimbo fighting a star, a superstar, somebody who’s going to elevate him or knock him down in a good way … that’s what we needed that night. We didn’t need a nobody to beat Kimbo.”
Eli Franki pointti oli että jos Frank ois vetäny Kimboo turpaan niin sillon ois ainakin voitu markkinoida Kimboa vielä ja sanoa että se hävisi kovalle kaverille Teppo tuntemattoman sijasta.
At the beginning of the EliteXC CBS broadcast, when the announcers were explaining the last-minute change in the main event, Frank made some rather bold comments about his brother, something about how his unprofessionalism was giving the Shamrock family a bad name and putting their "legacy in danger."
A recent Frank interview on Sherdog reveals some motive behind the apparently random personal attack:
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"“The whole [Heat] show was about laying the ground for Shamrock versus Shamrock,” he said.
“The worst thing that could have ever happened was [for] Ken not get in the ring,” Frank said. “Two and a half years for me, I’ve been working on this once-in-a-lifetime event. If it doesn’t happen, it’ll be terrible for everybody, I think.”
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Eli tosta päänaukomisesta Kenille oli tarkotus varmaan luoda storylineä shammyjen superfightia varten.
