“I wasn’t able to deliver in my last fight. It was a good show, but it was an OK fight. I didn’t deliver a performance. I look at it like, ‘If the actor can’t hold the role, then you need a new actor…I think I have to (make a decision) just from a smart business standpoint. I can’t have another Nick Diaz night, unfortunately. The reason why people are Frank Shamrock fans is that I show up, and I deliver every time. I’ve never gone in and gotten my ass kicked. I’ve never gone in and not had an outstanding performance, which is what people pay for. It’s a brand-new experience for me, and I’ve always been able to go in there – broken, whatever – and been able to push it aside and perform…So I don’t know. Am I getting old? Do I care less? Is it time to move on? I have no idea because this is my first experience.”
—A humbled Frank Shamrock, via MMA Junkie, pondering over where he takes his career following his devastating loss to Nick Diaz in the main event of Strikeforce’s debut on Showtime.
It’s definitely a different side of Frank Shamrock than we’re used to seeing. Despite suffering a rib injury in the weeks leading up to the fight, he makes no excuses for his performance against Diaz, and seems to be actually considering retirement to protect his image rather than risk future beatings that would tarnish his legacy much like his brother Ken has.
That said, something tells me we haven’t seen the last of Frank Shamrock.
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After seeing what he got paid for recieving theat ass kickin I think it would be the best thing for Strikeforce at least.
how much did he get???
If I recall correctly it was 500 000.00 which didn’t leave much for the lower tier guys and I think Diaz got something in the range of 35,000. It’s gotta be hard to justify forkin out that kind of money on someone his age who also has blown knees and now seemingly withering confidence. Personally I think he should atleast take a pay cut after his last performance and the Cung Li fight shoud be out the window.
it was 325,000 or something like that for Shamrock, Diaz’s disclosed pay was around 35k like kwagnuth said but report later came out saying he got a lot more. No idea how much though.
Here’s the payouts for the event.
We were close.
$370k Shamrock
$40k Diaz + whatever additional bonus he got
Yeah I second guessed myself and I was off by quite a bit. It was 369 790. I’m glad to hear Diaz got more cuz those numbers were looking pathetic and I think he will become a pretty good draw after that fight.