Frank was light years ahead of his time for mma.

Frank needs to be in the UFC hall of fame 100%

@brianmeen2158

24 күн бұрын

Definitely .. amazing fighter

@jimmicrackhead12

24 күн бұрын

You clowns know he only had 5 fights in the UFC, don't you?

@kallelund4487

24 күн бұрын

@@jimmicrackhead12 if they would choose EVERYONE would be in ufc hall of fame haha

@customerservice9602

23 күн бұрын

⬆️ Kazushi Sakuraba is in the UFC Hall of Fame. And he should be. How many fights did he have?

@LMW87MMA

23 күн бұрын

@@jimmicrackhead12 and had an incredibly outsized impact in those 5 fights

Frank really comes across as a humble vet with little to no ego. Thats super rare for fighter, even retired ones. Usually that ego never really dies. Seems like a really nice guy to chill with. Wish him well in retirement👍

@danInRealife

24 күн бұрын

Don't get it twisted. Frank has plenty of ego still. He's lucky if he did shed some of it through old age. But you're right, most old timers seem to be more of what they were, when they were young. Good or bad. However, Frank was always a difficult human being to get a long with.

@1loveBIGbots-es6rr

24 күн бұрын

Watch the entire podcast. Definitely has a BIG ego.

@jake-qn3tl

24 күн бұрын

​@@danInRealifewas he mean?

@constantineandreu9377

24 күн бұрын

I think your all confusing him with his bro "Ken"

@kratosofspartareal

24 күн бұрын

Everyone has ego, it just manifests in different ways. Someone who comes across as humble may not be, and vice versa. You gotta know someone. Not being a dick, just saying

Frank is incredibly humble and well spoken for a guy who smiled and stuck his tongue out as Bas Rutten was palm striking him in the side of the head 😂😂😂😂

@ohmzkillz3484

21 күн бұрын

Childhood memories of pancrase 💯👊🏽

@jimh.412

20 күн бұрын

Frank's never been humble.

So many people bemoaned Frank having a short career, but he looks great, has zero slur to his speech, and seems sharp and vital as ever. Their is a price to longevity.

In my mind, Frank and what he went through and who he is today is one of the most inspirational stories ever. Doesn't matter what walk of life, it's up there with anybody's.

@jake-qn3tl

24 күн бұрын

Ever? Come on

@XARIER39

24 күн бұрын

@@jake-qn3tl I'll admit, partly because I can relate. He's a kindred soul.

@jake-qn3tl

24 күн бұрын

@@XARIER39 That's fair

@rrai-

21 күн бұрын

​@@XARIER39what do u mean ? I dont know his story started waching when he was retired

@XARIER39

21 күн бұрын

​@@rrai- I suggest also watching one interview from a few years ago that he did(I forget which one). That is where I actually first heard his full story and it's a must watch. Truly heart breaking.

*I like the part where we can't even hear the first minute thirty.*

@StephenDoty84

24 күн бұрын

I hate that.

@3luckydog

24 күн бұрын

😂😂

@TardRepellent

22 күн бұрын

people claiming Ken Shamrock was bouncing 600lb (Benching) to which Tank says "the only time Ken Shamrock has been under 600lb is at a plus sized whore house"

Dan hendo is closest thing we have to neanderthal I mean this is in a good way. what a savage built

These dudes that really walked the walk and their mental capabilities are this good are just a golden mine for knowledge. My respect for the brothers and particularly for Frank being this humble and having a controlled ego.

This podcast gets the most entertaining guests I love it

@shermanwaren159

23 күн бұрын

The jewellery doesn't make any money, they must've raised huge amounts because everything is going into marketing. So it might be a dying thing soon. Channel may survive and pivot.

Crazy seeing all these MMA legends lookin like middle-aged soccer dads.

I saw Frank vs Tito LIVE in Lake Charles at UFC 22. 1999.

Frank was one of the first mixed martial artists-

@brianmeen2158

24 күн бұрын

I think technically Don Frye or Marco Ruas were the first true mixed martial artists. Frank was amazing with his skill set but just not the first

@jmsmith6

23 күн бұрын

@@brianmeen2158 Frank was Don 2.0. The Tito match is something special.

@Danlovestrivium

22 күн бұрын

@@jmsmith6 And the reason Frank was Don 2.0 was because he had so much exposure to guys like Funaki, Rutten and Ken while in Pancrase. Those guys were all both submitting and KO'ing people well before Don Frye ever came along. Don would eventually have done it all anyways because he was already proficient in wrestling and Judo even before he started boxing after college. So tying it all together was eventually going to happen. But Frank's style was born as a mixed martial art. Frank didn't ever even begin training until after he got out of prison and 6 months after he began training he fought and beat Bas Rutten in Japan. So unlike Don, who had trained in several individual arts separately since he was a teenager, Frank began training several all at the same time with training partners that were all already several years deep into fighting in a mixed martial art environment that included striking, wrestling and submissions right off the bat. Frank wasn't the first to train in multiple different arts. But he was probably one of the very first to begin his training in a style where there was little to no separation between styles in the form of individual art training. A true pioneer of modern fighting and absolutely remarkable when taken into context of mankind as a whole. Being one of the specific individuals in the 200,000 year history of mankind to progress unarmed combat to what it is today.

@user-pu9bp7tp9x

4 күн бұрын

@@Danlovestrivium agree with your take. in the sense of Frank being a pioneer, he was probably the first guy (along with Tito, believe it or not) who approached the sport from a scientific angle and tailored his training to reflect that. during the prime of Lion's Den, Frank walked away coz he didnt agree with Ken's training methods, which were a lot of old school tough guy BS.

@user-pu9bp7tp9x

4 күн бұрын

@@brianmeen2158 Don Frye is a legend, but he was just an old school tough guy who trained in different arts. Frank approached MMA as a SPORT and himself as an athlete (same goes for Tito). there's a reason prime Frank and Tito were so far ahead of the competition back then

Before Cormier fought Jones he stated that Henderson was the strongest person he's ever touched, he said this despite throwing him around all over the octagon. Even juicehead Jon who styled on Hendo and got a finish in a grappling match had to comment on his strength. He must have a very weird type of strength. Don't think he's the strongest but most likely is in terms of pound for pound.

Hendo was always an oddly built man. Just something slightly different in his torso and shoulders, the skinny legs, the way he moved... I can't quite describe it. A body that let him throw punches disproportionately more powerful than a guy in his weight class should have been able to.

@jake-qn3tl

24 күн бұрын

It's called hgh

@Zambiblor

24 күн бұрын

@@jake-qn3tl😭

@l800x8

24 күн бұрын

Henderson had a neck injury. It fixed his shoulder in place and a little high. Also left his head with a tilt. When you watch his fight interviews you could see he had to rotate his entire upper body to look around, because he couldn't turn with his neck. He could throw that overhead bomb of his really well, but he wasn't physically capable of a variety of punches what with his injury.

@brianmeen2158

24 күн бұрын

The guy that I used to train with(small mma school in the Midwest) trained with quite a few different mma guys. He said the strongest guy he rolled with was Jake Shields. I was as surprised by his answer as you most likely are.

@johnnybeefum

24 күн бұрын

What was different? LOL. He was very very broad-shouldered, wrestled his whole life, and eventually made multiple World and Olympic teams in Greco Roman. He never looked like a bodybuilder but for him to be named the strongest by another fighter isn't all that surprising to me. Dan always looked "stiff" to me but that's probably because he wasn't very flexible. That doesn't mean he couldn't or would't be freakishly strong, which he was. Consider that Greco is all upper body ties. There are no attacks below the waist. I don't think you will find one elite Greco guy who isn't incredibly strong and I'm not talking about lifting weights.

Frank Shamrock is a true Legend.

Hendo is like a mythical figure to me. Him vs Rampage the greatest LHW fight ever IMO

Frank reminds me of a Harbaugh brother.

@elev8torguy130

24 күн бұрын

As a raven fan I appreciate this comment lol.

@wadewarner9371

22 күн бұрын

The dude has aged well

Frank came on the seen. Catches dude in armbar then retires. Escapes the worlds most dangerous sport and lives to tell about it

Well interesting approach, one I haven't thought...but not completely out of the discussion. Hendo have been in wars and wars in categories far above his natural weight! Thanks Frank!

growing up the term everyone around me used was "cockstrong". natural unreal strength. 145lb guys with not a lot of muscle mass just tossing 200+ lb shredded guys

@johnwalsh7931

15 күн бұрын

Tardstrength

Franks been through a lot in his life. And he’s seemingly game out a great guy. Wish he’d get a lot more recognition

Wish I could train with Frank for awhile

I'm not a Tito fan. But Tito picked Ken Shamrock up off of his feet and carried him across the cage before beating him to a pulp. It was a shockingly dominant display of power. It was their first fight.

@jimh.412

20 күн бұрын

Ken was old and injured.

@clos6613

17 күн бұрын

Ken was old by that time. And the way he fought and how often he fought aged him even more. Those old time fighters out themselves through a lot back in the day. A prime Ken would destroy Tito

Found myself watching some “Air Hendo” clips a few days ago. He was fun to watch.

Hendo in Rings was unreal

Frank always had a different approach. He was always deep in the science side of MMA. Im surprised he didn’t produce more champions with all that knowledge. He was amazing in his prime

Whenever someone mentions Dans strength it’s crazy because that same guy was getting front flipped and ragdolled against DC.

@GrandpasRevenge43

23 күн бұрын

Dc is strong and was in his prime, hendo was already old. Consider DC was an olympian and not that far removed from his olympic days. DC is a natural heavyweight who fought at 205 to avoid conflict with Cain. Its not that surprising really

@mikegold3130

23 күн бұрын

@@GrandpasRevenge43 I mean DC was 35 so he wasn’t freshly removed from his Olympic run. Dan was also old but prime DC vs prime Henderson would’ve looked the same way. I’ll admit I’m bias because I don’t like Henderson, but all bias aside he never would’ve beat DC.

@markoeberhardt3132

23 күн бұрын

I’m not saying Dan was Natty but that boy DCs piss test showed 7000 testosterone when he went against Jon lmao.

@GrandpasRevenge43

23 күн бұрын

@mikegold3130 yeah that was my point lol. DC is a natural heavyweight, Hendo had his best years at middleweight. If you could get your mouth off DC's nuts for a second you'd see that

@estogaza5827

15 күн бұрын

I liked Hendo’s response though. He’s like, I wouldn’t say he was technically better, I’d say he was heavier than me. And ya Dan fought at 185 and 205. Eventually guys just got too big. Dan was 185 and went up. DC was a heavyweight who went down.

its funny that these tough as nails dudes seem to be mostly sweethearts

Frank a Mexican legend and icon 🇲🇽

Rampage fought Hendo too, IDK why he didn't chime in on his thoughts on Hendos strength from his own personal experience

@brianmeen2158

24 күн бұрын

Agree Rampages thoughts would have been interesting as his strength level was elite as well

@aphexish

24 күн бұрын

He probably didn’t think he was strong.

@joepesci8930

24 күн бұрын

@@aphexish let's be realistic, nobody has ever called Hendo Average or Weak, especially for his size.

@seanking6184

24 күн бұрын

He said “Dan Hendersons strong” when Frank first mentioned it

@TerryTruthseeker

24 күн бұрын

Dc and Rashad bragged about dans strength. Plus Randy and everyone else that trained with him. Dan’s dad was a beast!!

I never understood why Frank and Ken kinda look like each other, even though they aren't related by blood.

@maradona8623

21 күн бұрын

Me too , ones Mexican and the other is Irish ☘️ but could pass as brothers

The humility of this f*ckn guy. Not sure I can hate on Frank anymore.🤔

I like how Frank sounds, and even kind of looks, like an uncle that teaches history classes. On the other hand, I wouldn't doubt that he could still flatten 12 guys lined up. It's cool to get his perspective on things.

Frank was so well rounded

Natural strength vs gym muscles .

Frank owned a MMA training gym in my part of San Jose. I don't think it is there anymore.

Frank vs Phil.... love that fight!!!

Oh man been waiting for frank top five favorite fighter all time

I got the frank shamrock body. I have worked out my whole life. I will be 40 this year and my muscles have always been soft. My chest and arms look good but there is absolutely no density. I dont get it.

Dude seems like a great guy

Hebdo is super fucking underrated imo

DC -" hold my Popeyes chicken"🍗

@jeremywhittler8591

23 күн бұрын

Yeah really , DC ragdolled Hendo like a little kid.

@troy8231

22 күн бұрын

Imagine the Russian wrestler that DC talks about being the best ever Khadzhimurat Gatsalov 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist, how DC could never get a point on him or take down.

@jeremywhittler8591

22 күн бұрын

@troy8231 There's a caveat thought.... DC as impressive as he was especially against Jones Hit so hard , yet if Dan hit you it was over , even if you were Fedor. In thier respective primes Dan Knocks out DC. I'd say thats a fair statement.

@SammyBoyy300

22 күн бұрын

@@jeremywhittler8591 DC also had 20 kilos on Dan come fight night. Pound for pound he’s stronger than DC

@troy8231

22 күн бұрын

@@jeremywhittler8591 I agree

I took a picture with Frank years ago, I met a lot of fighters through my job and always got them to take a pic with their fist up like they were gonna hit me. I maybe came across rude when I asked for the pic I don't know(combo of excitement and adrenaline maybe) but Frank pressed his bony knuckles so hard against my face I couldn't wait for my buddy to snap the shot and get it over with.

Frank and Ken look like they could be real brothers.

Frank talking bout his dreams and visualizations is legit stuff! Jon Jones also had these dreams before is fight with Rampage that no matter what he did he always got kod.thats why he came at him crawling on all fours cos thats the only thing he had not tried in his dreams.he ended up submitting Rampage :O he also said he had a weird experience before walking out to the cage,he saw feathers on his arms for a moment and got this jolt of energy outta nowhere. could have been a "kundulini" release,its when u have this built up mental tension in ur body somewhere and it comes trough up ur spine and into ur brain. spiritual stuff can be a powerful tool i fighting and in life in general. i had one after my first mushroom trip ;)

I always wondered about Ken's strength. Plenty of stories about him being exceedingly strong and he was shaking off Fujita - who is arguably stronger than Tito - like it was nothing. Then Tito just straight bullies him some time after. Was it the weight cut? The ACL injury? I expected Ken to ragdoll Tito there but it wasnt even close.

PAUSE Frank on describing fighting tito😂😂😂

The audio of the clip was terrible . Couldn’t hear a word .

Tito once said that the Frank fight is what caused him to become fanatical about cardio. Frank is 100% right. IN that fight Tito wasted a ton of energy early. Now he did fight on to a damn good fight, but Tito admitted he gassed in that. After that fight Tito became a cardio monster and never lost to getting tired anyway again.

Lousy video insert; volume was too weak. Get some tech. Great points by Frank, though.

@FermentedGrumpyGrapeSqueezit

24 күн бұрын

Shut up bozo

@brianmeen2158

24 күн бұрын

Audio was ok for me

what did Tank say?

Frank really was the first of his kind. Mixing wrestling with boxing with muy thai and jui jitsu. Definitely the prototype and the direction the sport would eventually go

@kevthegoat8774

2 күн бұрын

Marco Ruas and Don Frye were the prototypes, Ruas more so

Ken Shamrock was a very good athlete but I remember he claimed he benched 250 pounds for like 50 reps. I highly doubt he did that . I always liked Ken as a fighter but always felt he never really backed up the hype that surrounded him - I’m talking about his early ufc days

@Brynsamir

23 күн бұрын

Ken was built like a truck. I wouldn't doubt it's exaggerated a bit but I could see him doing 225 for 40

Frank, one of the best.

Frank is a GOAT

@brianmeen2158

24 күн бұрын

It’s a damn shame we never saw Frank vs Sakuraba .. oh and Frank vs trt Vitor

I always loved frank

Daniel Cormier treated Hendo like a literal child.

@forwardmoving8252

24 күн бұрын

Cormier was in his prime and Hendo was in his 40s.. Hendo is also smaller than Cormier, and although strength matters in grappling, technique matters more. Cormier is a better wrestler. Are you slow ?

That’s right wah native gang

Legend

That guy Franks talking about was a pretty tough guy.. Igor won a bunch of fights before Frank ended his Career. Shout out to Igor.. hope frank buys him a new 👨‍🦼

@jimh.412

20 күн бұрын

Igor was awesome.,💪

@fletchf.fletch8242

18 күн бұрын

​@@jimh.412 Didnt he beat Mario Sperry in Extreme Battlecade? Not that Mario was an MMA terror but he claimed a record of 220-0 at the time? Sperry was very good at sub grappling tho.

@jimh.412

18 күн бұрын

Yep I believe it was Extreme Fighting 1. That was an awesome bout with Igor and Mario Sperry. Controversial/weird ending though. I watched it live on PPV. You can probably see it on KZread somewhere. 👍👍

@fletchf.fletch8242

18 күн бұрын

@@jimh.412 Yeah I remember the weird ending too. Sperry later had some fights in Pride and showed well for his age at the time.

@jimh.412

18 күн бұрын

@@fletchf.fletch8242 Oh yeah. He was a monster in jiu jitsu/submission bouts. He was decent in MMA too. Murilo Bustamante was one of my all time favorite fighters.💪

Franks looks like he could be Dominic Cruze 's dad! Is it just me? Lol

i love hendo

Igor was a great fighter. If that slam knock out didn't happen we would all know his name...

FRANKY BOI 👊

Tito absolutely man handled Ken. Held him down and Ken was struggling with every ounce of himself.

@juntjoonunya9216

23 күн бұрын

Ken was done already though while tito in his prime

@MmacentralNl

20 күн бұрын

Ken must have fallen off very hard, as Frank attesting to Tito not being that strong and Ken being outlandishly strong. Obviously he's talking about prime Vs prime here. He's not that fond of Ken - don't think there's animosity there anymore however - so he has no reason to talk him up whatsoever

Is Rampage 3 bills now?

Frank is the Best

I wonder if he had a dream about Nick Diaz knocking him out before the fight.

he got rag dolled by DC

Hendo is very strong but I remember watching him fight DC and he lifted him up and slammed him like a bag of hay. No one does that to Hendo except DC I was thinking

Love his honesty

Randy Couture said he had a Gorillas grip.

Nah, DC vs Hendo was like grizzly bear vs vegan college student

@HZB_33

16 күн бұрын

Right! Didn’t Tito rag doll Ken?

@uncircumcisedcircus

14 күн бұрын

But DC might be a top 5 pfp fighter tho.

@78sound

11 күн бұрын

Hendo was past his prime

@jonthompson1068

8 күн бұрын

Because DC was a heavyweight and Hendo was an old middleweight…

@D12Min

8 күн бұрын

@@jonthompson1068 they were both LHWs. Last time I checked they fought this fight at LHW. DC is short and used to wrestle in a middleweight like weight class.

Frank Shamrock is a true GOAT cantidate. Top 5 understand 200 pounds.

cormier absolutely rag dolled hendo, it was hard to watch

Dan Henderson has a very strong Greco Roman Wrestling based

Please explain how Tito was able to ragdoll Ken Shamrock if Shamrock was stronger?

@axelarroyo3286

22 күн бұрын

When they first fought Ken Shamrock was like 41 or 42 years old. Tito retired from fighting the first time around the same age. Tito beat up on an old man in that sport and most people don't bring it up bc Ken was so good people didn't see it that way...but the man was over 40 come on. Father Time always wins.

@jimh.412

20 күн бұрын

Ken was injured too.

@MmacentralNl

20 күн бұрын

I'd like to know as well, though I believe frank. He has no horse in the race here as he doesn't particularly like Ken. My best guess is that his second pro wrestling stint ruined Ken's body. You can see that in the Otsuka fight where he tried to be a kickboxer - and actually did very well - and had a LOT of trouble taking Otsuka down, who was a blown up middleweight, if that.

Frank was a bad hombre

Frank may not have been strong but he has a 6th sense, type of intelligence.

DC took down the GOAT Cael Sanderson before, hes high levek and woukd toss around middleweights

@FermentedGrumpyGrapeSqueezit

24 күн бұрын

Actually he lost you small brain

@brianmeen2158

24 күн бұрын

DC is amazing. There’s a video out there if Carl wrestling Kamaru Usman - Cael just destroys him. Levels

@forwardmoving8252

24 күн бұрын

Took him down once? OK lol. Cael would still toss him all over the mat

@johnnybear111

23 күн бұрын

@@forwardmoving8252 yeah dummy, one of the few ever to take cael down

dan hendo 185 pounds cannot get slammed by a heavy eating popeyes dc, cannot ever let that happen no matter the gap in weight class. There is a reason why dana white doesn't like frank shamrock and something is wrong. I don't like dana white either and can't wait for him to get his due but DC also picked up heavyweight josh barnett high in the air, no no no if you are josh barnett let alone hendo, you cannot let this kind of thing happen unless you have jiu jitsu like demian maia. frank shamrock doesn't like mma but he was very good at it. Lots of people in sports don't actually like their sport but they are and were very good at it that got them money. frank shamrock i am sure is very smart but hopefully he doesn't have something like narcissistic personality disorder or something like this. frank shamrock is a guy that i really want to like but i can't pinpoint exactly what is wrong, need to do more research, time and thinking

@2BaSedP0l0Swagq

24 күн бұрын

Are you ok? You answered your own question, Dan was a true 185er who went against a prime DC who was a high level Olympic grappler and former HW. DC wrestled 96kg and Dan wrestled at 82kg lol that’s a huge difference in size for wrestling so of course he’s going to get tossed around. But even Rogan has talked about how strong and durable Dan Henderson is, said shaking his hand is like grabbing a piece of Oak.

@amc7185

21 күн бұрын

Wtf did I just read?

@diamondapbt1

20 күн бұрын

Bruh What r u talkin about

In all fairness, Tito rag dolled Ken very easily in their fights

Dollar store production value here

Frank destroyed Ceasar Gracie in 16 seconds

@jimh.412

20 күн бұрын

Cesser Gracie would destroy you

@user-zy5vg9pe3e

20 күн бұрын

@@jimh.412 lmao 🤣

Frank looking like paw paw that lost his glasses

Dan is another TEMPO RUIM TEMPO TODO

Rampage getting fat again?

Tito didnt have the same functional strength as Ken? Tito manhandled Ken 3x

@FermentedGrumpyGrapeSqueezit

24 күн бұрын

Old Ken

@brianmeen2158

24 күн бұрын

Yeah I honestly don’t think Ken was as strong as he looked . I mean, go watch his early fights - he never really bullied people around with his strength. Definitely a very strong guy but just not as strong as he would have you believe And yes, Tito completely manhandled Ken. I’ll never forget watching that fight live with a friend whose favorite fighter was Ken 😝

@MmacentralNl

20 күн бұрын

Old versus prime

Crazy they Jackson to be a podcast just cuz his name. 😂 y’all do something and have something worth while. Seriously

@brianmeen2158

24 күн бұрын

Huh?

Frank Shamrock is one of the most talented and influential MMArtists, and, I believe, the first all around talent. His ability to teach and coach, and communicate in general, is on par with the best of all time. He is humble and funny and just a great interview as well. The wrong Shamrock gets all the credit for the early days of MMA (not knocking Ken, it’s just my opinion)…