Now in the twilight of his career, matchmakers are throwing him in one more time, to pull ratings or maybe they really think he can turn his ship around.
The reality is that Shamrock needs to hang up those gloves. His knowledge and experience would be better served as a legacy to hand down as a trainer or coach at this point. As far as standing in the ring to compete, Ken Shamrock has long since overstayed his welcome at the MMA party.
The fight should be watched; the fight will be watched. Many who don't know or haven't followed the sport will tune in this Saturday, like many do with NASCAR. Some folks will watch and can't name a driver or a race team by name. They just want to see a fiery wreck.
Unfortunately, that is the same reason many will tune in this Saturday evening to watch EliteXC's latest event. It is quite possible the only fiery wreck they may see will be that of EliteXC itself.
They cannot continue to send out subpar fighters and call them top talent and expect the true, well versed, diehard MMA fan to keep tuning in.
We have all seen Kimbo fight; all you need is an Internet connection and YouTube. The essence of his true talent is better served in that forum.
We've seen Ken Shamrock fight, and we know we've seen the best he has to offer—that was over a decade ago.
Come with some talent, lose the fireworks, lose the antics, and you might just have a worthy promotion. If not, the party may just be over for you too, EliteXC.
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