Shamrock and his wife, Amy, live in San Jose. Shamrock also has a nineteen year old son from a previous marriage. Frank and his wife are expecting a baby in May 2008. Shamrock runs a franchise of schools, a merchandising company, Frank Shamrock, Inc. (a personal asset management company), MMA Entertainment (an entertainment company) and a law enforcement training business.
After a match Frank was rushed to a hospital with injuries, including a broken forarm.Earlier on, his wife went into labor and was rushed to the same hospital
Showtime Short with Frank Shamrock
Frank Shamrock (age 35) was born Frank Alisio Juarez III on December 8, 1972 in Santa Monica, California.Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm). Weight 185 lb (84 kg).
He is an American mixed martial arts fighter. Shamrock was the first UFC Middleweight champion later renamed the UFC Light heavyweight champion and retired as the five time defending undefeated champion. Frank was also crowned an Interim King of Pancrase. He has also been the Strikeforce Middleweight Champion. He is the adoptive younger brother of mixed martial arts fighter and former professional wrestler Ken Shamrock.
He holds notable wins over Bas Rutten, Minoru Suzuki, Masakatsu Funaki, Vernon White, Enson Inoue, Kevin Jackson, Igor Zinoviev, Jeremy Horn, Tito Ortiz, Elvis Sinosic, Bryan Pardoe, Cesar Gracie, and Phil Baroni.
On March 10, 2006, at Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie, the first MMA event sanctioned by the state of California, he knocked out Cesar Gracie in 21 seconds. Gracie had never fought an MMA match and was 40 years old, so the fight was considered a serious mismatch. However, Gracie is an elite Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor with years of training under his belt as well being the mentor of students such as Nathan Diaz and Nick Diaz
Cung Le vs Frank Shamrock
On September 14, 2006, it was announced that Frank Shamrock had signed a multi-million dollar contract with startup MMA organization "The World Fighter" and was said to be scheduled to fight in January 2007. However, Shamrock told Sherdog that the World Fighter contract no longer applied because it was entirely contingent on the organization getting a television contract with Showtime; the cable network instead agreed to air fights for the EliteXC promotion.
Cung Le Strike Vs Frank Shamrock Strike Force
On January 11, 2008, it was announced that Shamrock would face Cung Le in a highly anticipated match on March 29, 2008, as the top draw for the joint Strikeforce-Elite XC event at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, CA. Shamrock mostly decided to keep everything stand-up as he promised before the fight, but did attempt several takedowns, at one point even inviting Cung Le to the ground (to which Cung Le declined). Cung Le arguably controlled the fight, at times outstriking the more MMA-experienced Shamrock, and perhaps winning the first 2 rounds. At one point in the later stages of round 3 Shamrock appeared to have Le hurt but was unable to finish him with a barrage of punches against the cage, Le responded in the closing seconds of the round with more kicks and a spinning backfist. At the start of round 4, Frank was unable to answer the bell due to accumulated punishment from Cung Le's kicks, Frank indicating post fight that these kicks had broken his right arm, thus making Cung Le the new Strickforce middleweight champion of the world.
On February 10, 2007, Shamrock lost his fight by disqualification to Renzo Gracie during the EliteXC event which was televised on Showtime. Shamrock delivered two accidental knee to Gracie's head while both men were on the ground. After a five minute injury time out, Gracie was unable to continue. Referee Herb Dean then disqualified Shamrock due to a foul (illegal strikes to the back of the head, and knees to the head of a grounded opponent). Dean reasoned that he had already warned Shamrock once earlier in the fight about striking to the back of the head--an illegal move under the American Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts.
After a match Frank was rushed to a hospital with injuries, including a broken forarm.Earlier on, his wife went into labor and was rushed to the same hospital
Showtime Short with Frank Shamrock
Frank Shamrock (age 35) was born Frank Alisio Juarez III on December 8, 1972 in Santa Monica, California.Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm). Weight 185 lb (84 kg).
He is an American mixed martial arts fighter. Shamrock was the first UFC Middleweight champion later renamed the UFC Light heavyweight champion and retired as the five time defending undefeated champion. Frank was also crowned an Interim King of Pancrase. He has also been the Strikeforce Middleweight Champion. He is the adoptive younger brother of mixed martial arts fighter and former professional wrestler Ken Shamrock.
He holds notable wins over Bas Rutten, Minoru Suzuki, Masakatsu Funaki, Vernon White, Enson Inoue, Kevin Jackson, Igor Zinoviev, Jeremy Horn, Tito Ortiz, Elvis Sinosic, Bryan Pardoe, Cesar Gracie, and Phil Baroni.
On March 10, 2006, at Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie, the first MMA event sanctioned by the state of California, he knocked out Cesar Gracie in 21 seconds. Gracie had never fought an MMA match and was 40 years old, so the fight was considered a serious mismatch. However, Gracie is an elite Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor with years of training under his belt as well being the mentor of students such as Nathan Diaz and Nick Diaz
Cung Le vs Frank Shamrock
On September 14, 2006, it was announced that Frank Shamrock had signed a multi-million dollar contract with startup MMA organization "The World Fighter" and was said to be scheduled to fight in January 2007. However, Shamrock told Sherdog that the World Fighter contract no longer applied because it was entirely contingent on the organization getting a television contract with Showtime; the cable network instead agreed to air fights for the EliteXC promotion.
Cung Le Strike Vs Frank Shamrock Strike Force
On January 11, 2008, it was announced that Shamrock would face Cung Le in a highly anticipated match on March 29, 2008, as the top draw for the joint Strikeforce-Elite XC event at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, CA. Shamrock mostly decided to keep everything stand-up as he promised before the fight, but did attempt several takedowns, at one point even inviting Cung Le to the ground (to which Cung Le declined). Cung Le arguably controlled the fight, at times outstriking the more MMA-experienced Shamrock, and perhaps winning the first 2 rounds. At one point in the later stages of round 3 Shamrock appeared to have Le hurt but was unable to finish him with a barrage of punches against the cage, Le responded in the closing seconds of the round with more kicks and a spinning backfist. At the start of round 4, Frank was unable to answer the bell due to accumulated punishment from Cung Le's kicks, Frank indicating post fight that these kicks had broken his right arm, thus making Cung Le the new Strickforce middleweight champion of the world.
On February 10, 2007, Shamrock lost his fight by disqualification to Renzo Gracie during the EliteXC event which was televised on Showtime. Shamrock delivered two accidental knee to Gracie's head while both men were on the ground. After a five minute injury time out, Gracie was unable to continue. Referee Herb Dean then disqualified Shamrock due to a foul (illegal strikes to the back of the head, and knees to the head of a grounded opponent). Dean reasoned that he had already warned Shamrock once earlier in the fight about striking to the back of the head--an illegal move under the American Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts.
