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'''Frank Shamrock''' (born '''Frank Alisio Juarez III''' on [[December 8]] [[1972]] in [[Santa Monica, California]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[mixed martial arts]] fighter. Shamrock was the first Middleweight champion in the [[UFC]] and retired as the 5-time undefeated champion. He has not been defeated since January [[1997]]. Shamrock was also crowned a king of [[Pancrase]], and was awarded the title The Fighter of The Decade{{fact}}. He is the adoptive younger brother of MMA fighter and former professional wrestler [[Ken Shamrock]].

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'''Frank Shamrock''' (born '''Frank Alisio Juarez III'''; December 8, 1972) is an American former professional [[mixed martial artist]]. Shamrock was the first to hold the [[UFC Light Heavyweight Champion#Light Heavyweight Championship|UFC Middleweight Championship]] (later renamed the [[UFC Light Heavyweight Champion#Light Heavyweight Championship|UFC Light Heavyweight Championship]]). During his reign, he was considered the No. 1 ranked [[pound for pound]] UFC fighter in the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2010/7/13/1567110/the-kingpin-the-best-fighters-in|title=The Kingpin: The Best Fighters in MMA History|first=Jonathan|last=Snowden|date=July 13, 2010|publisher=Bloody Elbow|access-date=August 31, 2010|archive-date=August 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100808194643/http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2010/7/13/1567110/the-kingpin-the-best-fighters-in|url-status=dead}}</ref> Shamrock has won numerous titles in other martial arts organizations, including the interim [[List of Pancrase champions#Openweight Championship|King of Pancrase]] title, the [[List of WEC champions#Light Heavyweight Championship|WEC Light Heavyweight Championship]] and the [[List of Strikeforce champions#Middleweight Championship|Strikeforce Middleweight Championship]]. Shamrock is regarded as one of the first complete mixed martial artists, having adapted his game from a ground-focused style of fighting to a more well-rounded and versatile style.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/1814177/2020/05/15/snubbed-frank-shamrock-ufc-hall-of-fame/|title=Snubbed: The Hall of Fame case for Frank Shamrock|work=The Athletic|first=Josh|last=Gross|date=May 15, 2020|access-date=January 4, 2021}}</ref> He is a seventh degree black belt in [[Submission wrestling|submission fighting]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web |date=June 29, 2010 |title=Usma international board of martial artists and black belt listings |url=http://www.mararts.org/memberlist/blackbelts/list3.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706052329/http://www.mararts.org/memberlist/blackbelts/list3.htm |archive-date=July 6, 2010 |access-date=June 29, 2010 |publisher=MARARTS.org}}</ref>

== Biography ==

=== Childhood ===

Coming from a broken household, Frank Juarez bounced between various foster homes, group homes, and crisis centres from the time he was 12. He eventually went to live with Bob Shamrock, who had taken in hundreds of troubled boys (including Frank's older adopted brother Ken). Juarez went to live with Shamrock at his home in [[Susanville, California]], and was officially adopted by Shamrock at the age of 21. As his brother Ken did previously, Frank would later formally adopt Shamrock as his surname in tribute to the man who turned his life around.

He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the 1990s by the ''[[Wrestling Observer]]'', "Best Full Contact Fighter" by [[Black Belt magazine|''Black Belt'' magazine]] (1998), and three time "Fighter of the Year" by ''Full Contact Fighter'' Magazine.

=== Pancrase ===

In [[1994]], realizing that Frank needed a positive outlet, Bob Shamrock persuaded Ken to train Frank in submission fighting. Despite an early distaste for the violence of mixed martial arts, Frank accompanied his brother, an eminent fighter, to bouts in the [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]] (UFC) and eventually grew to love the sport. He became a member of Ken's training school, the "Lion's Den", and made his debut in the [[Pancrase]] organization (of which Ken was champion) in December of 1994.

Shamrock was a [[color commentator]] for [[Showtime Networks]], [[Bellator MMA]], [[Glory (kickboxing)|Glory Kickboxing]] and [[Combate Americas]]. Shamrock has been a brand spokesman for [[Strikeforce (mixed martial arts)|Strikeforce]], VAS, [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]], and [[K-1]] MMA.

Shamrock found success in Pancrase, but after Ken departed the company, Frank's relationship with the organization soured. He lost to [[Bas Rutten]] in May 1996, and later that year lost to John Lober in Hawaii's ''Superbrawl''. After his loss to Lober and some soul-searching, Shamrock decided to give his all to mixed martial arts.

He is the adopted brother of [[Ken Shamrock]].

Within the "Lion's Den", Frank trained up-and-coming stars such as [[Jerry Bohlander]], [[Pete Williams (fighter)|Pete Williams]], and [[Guy Mezger]]. He also developed a close relationship with another eminent martial arts personality, kickboxer and UFC superstar [[Maurice Smith]], who trained him in [[kickboxing]]. Shamrock went on to compete in the [[RINGS]] promotion, as well as in [[Vale Tudo Japan|Vale Tudo Japan '97]] and ''[[UFC Japan]]''. However, in [[1997]], he had a massive falling-out with Ken and his adoptive father, Bob. They were not on speaking terms until fairly recently, when Bob Shamrock became gravely ill.

==Early life==

=== Ultimate Fighting Championship ===

Born into a [[Mexican Americans|Mexican]]-[[Native Americans in the United States|Native]] family on December 8, 1972,<ref name="sherdog">{{cite web |title=Frank Shamrock MMA Stats, Pictures, News, Videos, Biography |url=https://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Frank-Shamrock-284 |website=Sherdog.com |access-date=30 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Bolelli |first1=Daniele |title=On the Warrior's Path, Second Edition: Philosophy, Fighting, and Martial Arts Mythology |date=18 May 2010 |publisher=North Atlantic Books |isbn=978-1-55643-948-3 |page=74 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rJprdEZx_P4C&pg=PA74}}</ref> Frank Juarez was placed in various foster homes, group homes, and crisis centers from the age of twelve onwards. He had many run-ins with law enforcement until eventually he went to live with Bob Shamrock, who with his wife Dede, had taken in thousands of troubled boys (including Frank's older adoptive brother [[Ken Shamrock|Ken]]). Juarez went to live with Shamrock at his home in [[Susanville, California]], and was officially adopted by Bob Shamrock at the age of 21, and legally changed his name from Juarez to Shamrock thereafter.

In the early 1990s, Shamrock served three-and-a-half years in the [[Folsom State Prison]] after being convicted of [[burglary]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mmafighting.com/2011/02/17/my-first-fight-frank-shamrock|title=My First Fight: Frank Shamrock|work=MMAFighting.com|date=February 17, 2011|first=Ben|last=Fowlkes|access-date=October 2, 2021}}</ref>

Shortly afterwards, Shamrock fought the undefeated [[Kevin Jackson]] for the [[UFC]] [[Middleweight]] title. Jackson had beaten Lober in Extreme Fighting and was an accomplished wrestler. Shamrock proved to be just the match for Jackson, and made him submit to an [[armbar]] in 22 seconds to take the [[middleweight]] title (which the [[UFC]] later renamed the light-heaveyweight title). He went on to defend the belt successfully against [[Igor Zinoviev]], and [[Jeremy Horn]]. In October [[1998]], Shamrock avenged his earlier loss to John Lober by beating him in 7 minutes at ''[[UFC Brazil]]''; Lober had made the return match personal by sending dirty e-mails and cursing at Shamrock and his wife, Angelina.

==Mixed martial arts career==

In [[September]] [[1999]], Frank Shamrock defended his middleweight title against [[Tito Ortiz]] at ''[[UFC 22]]''. It was a titanic back-and-forth battle, with Shamrock winning after an elbow and punches to Ortiz's head after tiring out Ortiz for over 19 minutes. After the match, Shamrock felt he had achieved all he could achieve at that time. He relinquished his title and retired from the [[UFC]]. Interestingly enough, Ortiz would win the tournament for the vacated title, beating [[Wanderlei Silva]] at ''[[UFC 25]]''. [[Frank Shamrock]]'s dominance of the [[UFC]] [[middleweight]] division also stirred up an urban legend that the back of the middleweight championship belt (the one that he wore during his reign) had the initials FJS (Frank Juarez Shamrock) engraved on it.

=== Acting and kickboxing Pancrase===

In 1994, Ken began to train Frank in what they referred to as "[[submission fighting]]", which essentially was the Pancrase style of [[catch wrestling]] modified for No Holds Barred fighting. Frank accompanied his brother to bouts in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and grew to love the sport. He became a member of Ken's training school, the [[Lion's Den (mixed martial arts)|Lion's Den]], and made his mixed martial arts debut in the Pancrase organization in Japan.

Shamrock debuted as a fighter in Pancrase on December 16, 1994, in one of the biggest events in mixed martial arts history to date, the [[Pancrase - King of Pancrase tournament Opening Round|King of Pancrase tournament]]. He was an important underdog against top Pancrase fighter [[Bas Rutten]] but went on to defeat Rutten in a close decision victory. Shamrock faced off against expert grappler and eventual tournament finalist [[Manabu Yamada]] later that night, but was defeated via submission at 8:38 of round 1.

After his retirement, Shamrock tried his hand at acting, landing a guest role on [[Walker, Texas Ranger]] and doing a [[Burger King]] commercial. However, he quickly lost interest and returned to his lifeblood, [[mixed martial arts]]. He signed a deal to fight [[jiu-jitsu]] standout [[Elvis Sinosic]] at [[K-1]], the premiere [[kickboxing]] event in the world. After yet another tough battle, Shamrock beat Sinosic via unanimous decision. Later, when Sinosic faced Ortiz for the [[UFC]] [[light heavyweight]] title (formerly the [[middleweight]] title) at [[UFC 32]], Shamrock served as guest commentator. On [[August 11]] [[2001]], he took on [[Shannon Ritch]] in a kickboxing match for [[K-1]]. Shamrock had once trained Ritch, and showed his expertise over his former protege, breaking Ritch's arm and winning the match in 56 seconds with a [[roundhouse kick]].

In 1995, Shamrock would get a win over Katsuomi Inagaki, but he faced next his own trainer, MMA legend and Pancrase co-founder [[Masakatsu Funaki]], who defeated him. He would bounce back with a victory over the other founder of the promotion, [[Minoru Suzuki]], getting a KO after a flurry of strikes.<ref name=Uncaged/>

=== Return to mixed martial arts ===

The same year, Frank would also fight a controversial bout with [[Carlson Gracie]] [[Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt|BJJ black belt]] [[Allan Goes]]. The Brazilian illegally [[eye-gouge]]d Shamrock while on his back without the referee noticing, and also refused to release a [[rear naked choke]] despite Shamrock using a rope escape, an action which finally gained him a yellow card. On the other hand, Frank retaliated by breaking his leg with a [[Leglock#Heel hook|heel hook]]. Both fighters ended the match with a point lost, and it was ruled a draw despite Goes's penalization.

Shamrock continues to remain active in the mixed martial arts scene. He trained [[UFC]] [[welterweight]] [[B.J. Penn]] at the [[American Kickboxing Academy]] and helmed his own two promotions, [[Bushido]] and [[ShootBox]]. His first [[MMA]] match since [[1999]] was winning the [[World_Extreme_Cagefighting|WEC]] [[Light Heavyweight]] Championship in under two minutes from Bryan Pardoe in March of 2003.

<ref name=Uncaged>Frank Shamrock, ''Uncaged: My Life as a Champion MMA Fighter'', Chicago Review Press</ref>

Shortly after, Shamrock faced [[Bas Rutten]] for a second time. He failed to execute his gameplan of taking down Rutten, and the two fell between the ring ropes to the floor in a specially hard-fought attempt. Shamrock then devised a new strategy and started mocking and taunting Rutten during a leglock exchange, in order to get the Dutch fighter angry enough to commit an infraction. The plan was successful, and Frank won a point when Rutten gained a yellow card for hitting him with a closed fist, but Shamrock still lost the match by decision.<ref name=Uncaged/>

In December of 2005, Shamrock opened his first school, Shamrock Martial Arts Academy in San Jose, CA. Shamrock trains his students in kickboxing and submission wrestling. He also manages Team Shamrock, his own fight team.

On November, Shamrock fought Funaki in a rematch. This time the two fighters traded rope escapes, and Frank caught Funaki in a toehold which made him tap out. Shamrock, however, believes that Funaki [[Match fixing|took a dive]] and allowed himself to be defeated in order to build Frank's popularity.<ref name=Uncaged/>

On [[March 10]] [[2006]], in ''[[Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie]]'', the first [[MMA]] event sanctioned by the state of [[California]], he knocked out [[Cesar Gracie]] in 21 seconds.

After an injury prevented [[List of Pancrase champions#Openweight Championship|King of Pancrase]] Bas Rutten from defending his title, an interim championship was created. Shamrock faced Olympic alternate wrestler and master submission grappler [[Minoru Suzuki]] on January 28, 1996, for the vacant belt in a match that drew widespread anticipation. In an epic bout, Shamrock submitted Suzuki with a kneebar at the 22:53 mark of the fight to win the King of Pancrase interim title in front of a sellout crowd in [[Yokohama]].

In June 2006, Shamrock was chosen as a coach for the [[International Fight League]] ([[IFL]]). Shamrock's team, the San Jose Razorclaws will have their debut fight against Carlos Newton's Dragons on September 23, 2006 at the Mark in Moline, Illinois.

Shamrock scored decision wins over Ryushu Yanagisawa and Osami Shibuya before facing off against Bas Rutten for the third time for the undisputed King of Pancrase title. Rutten won the bout via TKO due to a cut stoppage when a tired Shamrock received a knee to the forehead in a takedown attempt.<ref name=Uncaged/>

On September 14th 2006, it was announced that 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.

Shamrock then avenged his loss to [[Manabu Yamada]] in his next bout, scoring an impressive submission win over the talented grappler. However, after his adopted brother Ken left the organization following a dispute with management, Frank was fired in retaliation.

== [[MMA]] record ==

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===Post-Pancrase===

On January 17, 1997, he lost to [[John Lober]] in Hawaii's Superbrawl by split decision. Despite dominating the first three minutes of the fight, including a leglock which broke Lober's ankle and some strikes which blew out his front teeth, Shamrock's lack of cardio became a factor, and Lober was able to come back and punish him until winning the decision.<ref name=Uncaged/> After his loss, Shamrock shifted the focus of his career exclusively to mixed martial arts. Shamrock then fought top ranked Japanese fighter [[Tsuyoshi Kohsaka]] in [[Fighting Network Rings|RINGS]] and defeated Kohsaka by decision.

Within the [[Lion's Den (mixed martial arts)|Lion's Den]], Shamrock trained up-and-coming stars such as [[Jerry Bohlander]], [[Pete Williams (mixed martial artist)|Pete Williams]], and [[Guy Mezger]]. However, after a falling out with the team's management, he left and formed The Alliance team with [[Maurice Smith (kickboxer)|Maurice Smith]], who he developed a close relationship with. Smith trained him [[kickboxing]] along with Javier Mendez, while Shamrock taught Smith his style of [[submission wrestling]]. Later, Tsuyoshi Kohsaka himself joined the team.

Cornered by The Alliance, Shamrock fought [[Enson Inoue]] in a bout in [[Vale Tudo Japan|Vale Tudo Japan '97]] that would determine who would fight [[Kevin Jackson]] for the newly created UFC Middleweight Championship. After an exciting back and forth battle, in which Shamrock's training proved instrumental to resist the punishment and the exhaustion, Frank knocked Inoue out with a knee, although the match was officially ruled as a disqualification win due to Enson's brother, Egan, running into the ring after Shamrock had knocked out Inoue. Shamrock later stated that this was the toughest fight in his career.<ref name=bodybuilding>{{cite web |url=http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/mahler9.htm |title=An Interview with Frank Shamrock! |access-date=June 29, 2010 |publisher=BODYBUILDING.com |date=June 29, 2010}}</ref>

===Ultimate Fighting Championship===

After the win over Inoue, Shamrock joined the UFC and fought [[Kevin Jackson]] for the newly created [[UFC Light Heavyweight Champion#Light Heavyweight Championship|UFC Middleweight Championship]] (later renamed the [[UFC Light Heavyweight Champion#Light Heavyweight Championship|UFC Light Heavyweight Championship]]). Jackson had won the middleweight tournament at [[UFC 14]] and was undefeated in MMA at the time, and was also the Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling for the 1992 Summer Olympics. Despite being a heavy [[underdog (competition)|underdog]], Shamrock armbarred Jackson in just 16 seconds to win the championship.

Shamrock then made his first title defense against then undefeated Extreme Fighting champion Russian Igor Zinoviev at [[UFC 16]]. Zinoviev was a feared Russian kickboxer and sambo specialist who held wins over [[Mario Sperry]] and [[Enson Inoue]]. Shamrock shot a double leg takedown and slammed Zinoviev down so hard that it knocked him unconscious. Zinoviev suffered a broken collarbone and a fractured C-5 vertebra from the slam and had to be carried out on a stretcher.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=dm-ufxsixteen041809 |title=UFC 16: Frank's house |access-date=June 29, 2010 |publisher=YAHOO.com |date=April 18, 2010}}</ref> Zinoviev's fight with Shamrock forced him to retire permanently from mixed martial arts ending the Russian's career. Shamrock then defended his belt against [[Jeremy Horn]] at [[UFC 17]], submitting him with a [[kneebar]]. In October 1998, Shamrock avenged his earlier loss to [[John Lober]] by beating him decisively in 7 minutes at ''[[UFC Brazil]]''.

In September 1999, Shamrock defended the UFC Middleweight Championship against future UFC Light Heavyweight Champion [[Tito Ortiz]] at ''[[UFC 22]]''. Ortiz had exploded as a star after his confrontation with Shamrock's brother [[Ken Shamrock|Ken]] and his [[Lion's Den (mixed martial arts)|Lion's Den]] camp at [[UFC 19]]. The bout was hyped as a grudge, as Shamrock was a former Lion's Den member who, according to the marketing, was out for revenge against Ortiz. However, this was not necessarily the case because Shamrock had left the Lion's Den on bad terms a year and a half earlier. Despite dominating his opponents in his previous title defenses, Shamrock was considered to be an underdog in this fight; Ortiz had come off convincing wins over Shamrock's former teammates [[Jerry Bohlander]] and [[Guy Mezger]] and popular opinion was that Ortiz was too big and strong for him to deal with (Ortiz cut weight to fight and by the time he stepped into the cage he would have {{convert|25|lb|kg st|abbr=on}} on Shamrock).<ref name=yahoo>{{cite web |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=dm-ufctwentytwo042409 |title=UFC 22: Instant classic |access-date=June 29, 2010 |publisher=YAHOO.com |date=April 24, 2010}}</ref>

However, in what is widely considered to be one of the greatest fights in UFC history, Shamrock won after brutal elbows, punches, and hammer blows forced Ortiz to tap out at the end of round 4. Shamrock has stated that Ortiz was his toughest opponent physically due to his weight advantage and style of fighting.<ref name=bodybuilding/> With this win, Shamrock solidified himself as perhaps the greatest UFC champion in history to that date, going 5–0 in title fights and finishing each fight decisively. After the win, UFC owner [[Bob Meyrowitz]] and announcer [[Jeff Blatnick]] both praised Shamrock as the greatest competitor in the history of the UFC.<ref name=yahoo/>

Shamrock then relinquished his title and retired from the UFC. After retiring, he briefly acted as a consultant and commentator for the company. In an interview, UFC president [[Dana White]] said:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cbs.sportsline.com/boxing/story/10050687|title=Five Ounces of Pain: Dana White interview (Part 2 of 2)|first=Sam|last=Caplan|publisher=CBS|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070320002659/http://cbs.sportsline.com/boxing/story/10050687|archive-date=March 20, 2007}}</ref>

<blockquote>I've talked to Frank Shamrock many times. Frank Shamrock will lead you to believe that we've never talked and we completely have hated each other forever and everything else. He's a weird guy. He's a very, very weird guy. I can't explain it. Frank is a weird guy.</blockquote>

===Return===

After a brief retirement, Shamrock returned to [[mixed martial arts]] as a career. He signed a deal to fight [[Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu]] standout [[Elvis Sinosic]] at [[K-1]], the premiere [[kickboxing]] event in the world. Shamrock beat Sinosic via unanimous decision after five three-minute rounds. Later, when Sinosic faced [[Tito Ortiz]] for the [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]] [[Light Heavyweight (MMA)|light-heavyweight]] title (formerly the [[middleweight (MMA)|middleweight]] title) at [[UFC 32]], Shamrock served as guest commentator. On August 11, 2001, he took on his former student, [[Shannon Ritch]] in a kickboxing match for [[K-1]]. Just 56 seconds into the first round, Shamrock broke Ritch's arm with a [[roundhouse kick]] and thereby won the match.

Shamrock helped to train UFC veteran [[B.J. Penn]] for his early bouts with the UFC at the [[American Kickboxing Academy]] and produced his own events [[Bushido]] and ShootBox. His first [[Mixed martial arts|MMA]] match since 2000 was winning the [[World Extreme Cagefighting|WEC]] light-heavyweight championship in under two minutes from Bryan Pardoe by submission in March 2003.

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 the Diaz brothers, [[Nate Diaz|Nate]] and [[Nick Diaz|Nick]].

On September 14, 2006, it was announced that Shamrock had signed a multimillion-dollar contract with startup MMA organization "The World Fighter" and was 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.

On February 10, 2007, Shamrock lost his fight by disqualification to [[Renzo Gracie]] during the EliteXC event which was televised on [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]. During the fight, Gracie repeatedly took Frank to the ground, but Shamrock kept active by stopping his positional advance and hitting knee strikes from the bottom. However, Shamrock delivered two of those knees to Gracie's head while both men were on the ground, and after a five-minute injury time out, Gracie was unable to continue. Referee Herb Dean disqualified Shamrock due to a foul (illegal strikes to the back of the head, and knees to the head of a grounded opponent). Dean had already warned Shamrock once earlier in the fight about striking to the back of the head—an illegal move under the [[Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts]].

In December 2005, Shamrock opened his first school, Shamrock Martial Arts Academy in San Jose, California.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Yarbrough |first1=Beau {{!}} Southern California News |last2=Purdy |first2=Mark |date=April 9, 2009 |orig-date=April 9, 2009 |title=Purdy: In mixed martial arts, it is indeed no pain, no gain |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2009/04/09/purdy-in-mixed-martial-arts-it-is-indeed-no-pain-no-gain/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427054219/https://www.mercurynews.com/2009/04/09/purdy-in-mixed-martial-arts-it-is-indeed-no-pain-no-gain/ |archive-date=April 27, 2017 |access-date=October 3, 2024 |website=The Mercury News |language=en-US}}</ref> Shamrock trains his students in kickboxing and submission wrestling. He managed Team Shamrock, his own fight team. In June 2006, Shamrock was chosen as a coach for the [[San Jose Razorclaws]] of the [[International Fight League]]. Debuting against [[Carlos Newton]]'s [[Toronto Dragons]] on September 23, 2006, at the Mark in Moline, Illinois, The Dragons won 3–2. The Razorclaws subsequently lost 2–3 against the [[Ken Shamrock]] coached [[Nevada Lions]] on January 19, 2007.

===Strikeforce===

Shamrock and [[Phil Baroni]] had engaged in a war of words with YouTube videos following Shamrock's fight with [[Renzo Gracie]]. The two faced off at [[Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Baroni]], a co-promotion between [[EliteXC]] and [[Strikeforce (mixed martial arts)|Strikeforce]] on June 22, 2007, on pay-per-view.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.chron.com/fighting/2007/02/elitexc_debut_lacked_bigleague_1.html |title=EliteXC debut lacked big-league punch |access-date=June 29, 2010 |publisher=CHRON.com |date=February 12, 2007 |archive-date=January 23, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123040032/http://blogs.chron.com/fighting/2007/02/elitexc_debut_lacked_bigleague_1.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Shamrock went on to out-strike Baroni in the first part of this fight in the stand-up. Shamrock was docked a point for using strikes to the back of the head while he had Baroni's back. In the second round, Shamrock took some strikes from Baroni, but he was able to regain control and drop Baroni, transition to his back and end the fight with a rear naked choke. Baroni refused to tap out and was choked unconscious. As soon as he regained his senses, he walked over to Shamrock, congratulated him and left the cage. By winning the match, Shamrock became the Strikeforce Middleweight Champion, thereby making him the first person to win a title in all three major North American fight promotions: the UFC, WEC and Strikeforce.

[[File:Cung Le and Frank Shamrock 03-29-08.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Shamrock and Cung Le after their bout]]

On January 11, 2008, it was announced that Shamrock would face [[Cung Le]] in a match on March 29, 2008, for the Strikeforce Middleweight Championship during the joint Strike force-Elite XC event at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. Le arguably controlled the fight, at times out-striking the more MMA-experienced Shamrock. 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 recovered and responded in the closing seconds of the round with more kicks and a spinning back fist. Shamrock was unable to answer the bell to begin round 4 due to a broken arm caused by one of Le's kicks and the fight was ruled a TKO as a result of corner stoppage. Shamrock indicated post-fight that these kicks had broken his right arm.

Frank publicly stated that he would like to face [[Ken Shamrock]] in the first quarter of 2009, until stating in an interview "there's no point in fighting Ken, he's finished, why beat on an old man?" causing the likelihood of this fight to now be very slim.<ref>[http://www.pwbpodcastlive.com/2008/06/20/pwb-hotline-frank-shamrock-june-20-2008/ PWB Hotline: Frank Shamrock, June 20, 2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803135831/http://www.pwbpodcastlive.com/2008/06/20/pwb-hotline-frank-shamrock-june-20-2008/ |date=August 3, 2008 }}</ref>

Afterwards, he said that he would like to fight Tito Ortiz and then Cung Le and then "do some boxing stuff."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.frankshamrock.com/index.html |title=The Official Site of Frank Shamrock |access-date=October 8, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201113638/http://www.frankshamrock.com./index.html |archive-date=December 1, 2008 }}</ref>

On April 11, 2009, Shamrock was defeated by [[Nick Diaz]] by technical knock out.

===Retirement===

Shamrock announced his retirement from fighting on June 26, 2010, at [[Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/josh_gross/06/29/shamrock/index.html?section=si_latest |title=Shamrock's legacy stretches beyond the cage; more MMA notes |access-date=June 29, 2010 |publisher=SPORTSILLUSTRATED.CNN.com |date=June 29, 2010 |archive-date=July 3, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100703060441/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/josh_gross/06/29/shamrock/index.html?section=si_latest |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Bellator MMA===

On February 5, 2013, Shamrock signed with [[Bellator MMA|Bellator]] to coach on the promotions reality series titled ''[[Fight Master: Bellator MMA]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bellator's 'Fight Master' reality series set for summer debut on Spike TV |url=http://www.mmajunkie.com/news/2013/02/bellators-fight-master-reality-series-set-for-summer-debut-on-spike-tv |publisher=MMA Junkie |access-date=February 5, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130207135834/http://www.mmajunkie.com/news/2013/02/bellators-fight-master-reality-series-set-for-summer-debut-on-spike-tv |archive-date=February 7, 2013 }}</ref>

== Submission grappling ==

=== RIZIN ===

On October 15, 2017, Shamrock fought [[Pride Fighting Championships|Pride]] veteran [[Kazushi Sakuraba]] in a grappling exhibition match at the 2017 [[Rizin Fighting Federation|Rizin]] World Grand Prix Opening Round in [[Fukuoka]], Japan. The match ended with a draw decision.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/10/15/16478228/kazushi-sakuraba-frank-shamrock-lackluster-draw-rizin-results|title=Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix results: Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Frank Shamrock ends in a lackluster draw|work=MMA Fighting|access-date=October 16, 2017}}</ref>

==Fighting style==

Shamrock became known as a training pioneer, constantly seeking new influences to round up his game.<ref name=Mold/> Most of his fighting method rested in Pancrase's indigenous style of [[shoot wrestling]] (better known in the West as [[catch wrestling]]), but he later also learned orthodox [[kickboxing]] striking under Maurice Smith, who also taught him to improve his cardiovascular conditioning and natural athleticism.<ref name=Mold>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/11/13/4545992/ufc-167-history-mma-origins-frank-shamrock-modern-fighter-georges-st-pierre|title=MMA Origins: Frank Shamrock Sets the Mold for the Modern MMA Fighter|author=T.P. Grant|work=Bloody Elbow|date=November 13, 2013}}</ref> He also studied [[Jeet Kune Do]] before his UFC debut.<ref name=Uncaged/> Shamrock's improved cardio, along with an excellent defensive [[Guard (grappling)|guard]] work learned from Tsuyoshi Kohsaka, enabled him to survive against superior opponents in order to seek for openings, which he capitalized on with aggressive strikes and submissions.<ref name=Mold/> Though not the first one in history, he was considered one of the greatest earlier mixed martial artists, excelling in all the fields of the game.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2009/7/25/956794/mma-history-xx-kazushi-sakuraba|title=MMA History XX: Kazushi Sakuraba and Frank Shamrock Emerge at Ultimate Japan|first=Nate|last=Wilcox|work=Bloody Elbow|date=July 25, 2009}}</ref>

==Personal life==

Shamrock was married to Amy Warren until their separation and subsequent divorce in 2019. Together they have one child, a daughter named Nicolette who was born on April 24, 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.frankshamrock.com/Bio.html |title=HUMBLE BEGINNINGS |access-date=June 29, 2010 |publisher=FRANKSHAMROCK.com |date=June 29, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923221557/http://www.frankshamrock.com/Bio.html |archive-date=September 23, 2010 }}</ref> Shamrock also has a son named Frankie from a previous marriage.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blackbeltmag.com/archives/567 |title=Frank Shamrock:EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW |access-date=June 29, 2010 |publisher=BLACKBETMAG.com |year=2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100504145116/http://www.blackbeltmag.com/archives/567 |archive-date=May 4, 2010 }}</ref> Shamrock runs a franchise of schools, a merchandising company, Frank Shamrock, Inc. (a personal asset management company), MMA Entertainment, and Mixed Martial Arts For Law Enforcement (a law enforcement training business).<ref>[http://cbs.sportsline.com/mmaboxing/story/9986806 BOXING – CBSSports.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In 1998, Shamrock had a falling out with his brother Ken and his father Bob; they would not communicate again until Bob became terminally ill years later. In separate interviews aired January 18, 2007 by Sherdog.com's ''Beatdown'' radio show, both Frank and Ken said they remain estranged - Frank claimed Ken has spurned all attempts at reconciliation; Ken accused Frank of treating their father poorly.<ref>[http://www.sherdog.com/news/radio.asp?id=124 sherdog.com]</ref> As seen on Frank's [[Spike TV]] documentary, Bound by Blood, he and Ken have reconciled. On January 14, 2010, Bob Shamrock died due to health complications from diabetes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/Remembering-Bob-Shamrock-22116 |title=Remembering Bob Shamrock |access-date=June 29, 2010 |publisher=SHERDOG.com |date=January 19, 2010}}</ref>

In an interview with Sam Caplan of sportsline.com, Shamrock revealed he felt concerned with Ken's training methods, and when he confronted Ken, he was told "You don't have what it takes, you're not going to be a world champion and I want you to run my gyms for the rest of your life." This spurred him on to leave which led to the estrangement of both Ken and Bob (who took Ken's side in the disagreement).

He also stated that he would be happy to fight against Ken, should the opportunity arise.<ref>[http://cbs.sportsline.com/mmaboxing/story/9986806 CBS Sports Online]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Shamrock is a commentator and fighter on the [[EA Sports MMA|''EA Sports MMA'' video game]] which was released in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://investor.ea.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=422600 |title=EA SPORTS MMA to Feature STRIKEFORCE as a Premier League |access-date=June 29, 2010 |publisher=INVESTOR.ea.com |date=November 6, 2009}}</ref> Shamrock is also featured in the award-winning documentary on the sport of mixed martial arts titled ''[[Fight Life]]'', released in 2013. The film is directed by James Z. Feng and produced by RiLL Films.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090716002249/http://www.fightlife.tv/ Fight Life: MMA Documentary]</ref>

Shamrock landed a guest role as Hammer on ''[[Walker, Texas Ranger]]'' and the main role in a [[Burger King]] commercial. He was featured as Damien in the 2005 movie ''No Rules''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0446010/ |title=No Rules (2005) |access-date=June 29, 2010 |publisher=IMDB.com |date=June 29, 2010}}</ref> and was uncredited in an episode of ''[[Oz (TV series)|Oz]]''. On November 18, 2010, Shamrock appeared as a guest on ''[[Late Night with Jimmy Fallon]]''.<ref>[http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/blogs/2010/11/thursdays-guest-frank-shamrock/ Thursday’s Guest: Frank Shamrock]</ref>

In October 2012, Shamrock released his autobiography ''Uncaged: My Life as a Champion MMA Fighter''. Shamrock also wrote the [[John Wiley & Sons|Wiley]] book ''Mixed Martial Arts for Dummies''.

Shamrock is an advocate for the use of [[cannabis (drug)|cannabis]], which he says helped eliminate his reliance on pharmaceutical drugs.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ruskin|first1=Zack|title=From Four-Leaf Clovers to Pot Leaves|url=http://www.sfweekly.com/news/from-four-leaf-clovers-to-pot-leaves/|access-date=February 21, 2018|work=SF Weekly|date=February 2, 2017}}</ref> In January 2017 Shamrock launched ''The Bakeout'',<ref>{{cite news|last1=Abbot|first1=Noel|title=Former UFC Champion Frank Shamrock Launches Educational Cannabis Talk-Show|url=https://www.ganjapreneur.com/former-ufc-champion-frank-shamrock-launches-educational-cannabis-talk-show/|access-date=February 21, 2018|work=Ganjapreneur|date=January 2, 2017}}</ref> an online talk show seeking to "uplift, unite, educate, challenge, and encourage viewers in a manner consistent with the teachings of the healing powers of cannabis".<ref>{{cite web|title=Mission and Vision Statement|url=http://bakeout.tv/about-the-show/|website=bakeout.tv|access-date=February 21, 2018}}</ref>

On January 14, 2018, sports announcer [[Mauro Ranallo]] stated that Shamrock saved his life when Shamrock performed the [[Heimlich maneuver]] on Ranallo as he was choking.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Dasgupta|first1=Riju|title=WWE News: Mauro Ranallo claims MMA legend saved his life|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/wwe/wwe-news-mauro-ranallo-claims-mma-legend-saved-his-life|website=sportskeeda.com|date=January 15, 2018 |publisher=Sportskeeda|access-date=January 15, 2018}}</ref>

In March 2019 Shamrock was reportedly investigated by Dallas police for allegedly leaving one of his mother's dogs, at Love Field airport in Dallas, Texas, for a little under a week.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/former-ufc-middleweight-champion-under-investigation-by-dallas-police/287-1a024c5f-1509-4bdb-9a45-ceb5cfcc38b5 | title=Ex-UFC champ accused of leaving dog at Love Field for 5 days: 'I'm an animal lover' | date=March 21, 2019 }}</ref>

==Championships and accomplishments==

*'''[[Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling]]'''

**Interim King of Pancrase (One time)

*'''[[Ultimate Fighting Championship]]'''

**[[UFC Light Heavyweight Championship]] (One time; first)

***Four successful title defenses

**'''[[List_of_UFC_encyclopedia_award_recipients|UFC Encyclopedia Awards]]'''

***[[List_of_UFC_encyclopedia_award_recipients|Fight of the Night]] (Two times) {{small|vs. [[John Lober]] and [[Tito Ortiz]]}}<ref>{{cite book |last= Gerbasi|first= Thomas|date= 2011-10-17|title= UFC Encyclopedia - The Definitive Guide to the Ultimate Fighting Championship|___location= New York|publisher= DK|page= 170|isbn=978-0756683610}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last= Gerbasi|first= Thomas|date= 2011-10-17|title= UFC Encyclopedia - The Definitive Guide to the Ultimate Fighting Championship|___location= New York|publisher= DK|page= 175|isbn=978-0756683610}}</ref>

***[[List_of_UFC_encyclopedia_award_recipients|Knockout of the Night]] (One time) {{small|vs. Igor Zinoviev}}<ref>{{cite book |last= Gerbasi|first= Thomas|date= 2011-10-17|title= UFC Encyclopedia - The Definitive Guide to the Ultimate Fighting Championship|___location= New York|publisher= DK|page= 166|isbn=978-0756683610}}</ref>

***[[List_of_UFC_encyclopedia_award_recipients|Submission of the Night]] (One time) {{small|vs. [[Kevin Jackson]]}}<ref>{{cite book |last= Gerbasi|first= Thomas|date= 2011-10-17|title= UFC Encyclopedia - The Definitive Guide to the Ultimate Fighting Championship|___location= New York|publisher= DK|page= 165|isbn=978-0756683610}}</ref>

**Headlined the first [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]] event in [[Brazil]]

**[[List_of_UFC_records#Fastest_submissions|Fastest submission in the history of the UFC Light Heavyweight division (0:16)]]

**Undefeated in the [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]] (5–0)

*'''[[Strikeforce (mixed martial arts)|Strikeforce]]'''

**First [[Mixed martial arts|MMA]] fighter to win championships in [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]], [[World Extreme Cagefighting|WEC]] & [[Strikeforce (mixed martial arts)|Strikeforce]]

**[[List of Strikeforce champions|Strikeforce Middleweight Championship]] (One time, first)

**Fastest knockout in [[Strikeforce (mixed martial arts)|Strikeforce]] history (0:20)

*'''[[World Extreme Cagefighting]]'''

**[[World Extreme Cagefighting|WEC Light Heavyweight Championship]] (One time, first)

*'''[[Sherdog]]'''

**Mixed Martial Arts Hall of Fame<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/15/Imagining-an-MMA-Hall-of-Fame-The-ShooIns-71497|title=Imagining an MMA Hall of Fame: The Shoo-Ins - Frank Shamrock}}</ref>

*'''[[International Sports Hall of Fame]]'''

**Class of 2022<ref>{{cite web |title=2022 International Sports Hall of Fame Inductees |url=https://events.sportshof.org/sportshof-2022/ |website=www.sportshof.org |author=Dr. Robert Goldman | date=March 12, 2022 | access-date=July 14, 2023}}</ref>

*'''[[Black Belt Magazine]]'''

**1998 Full-Contact Fighter of the Year<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blackbeltmag.com/archives/719 |title=Black Belt Magazine |access-date=January 24, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309234705/http://www.blackbeltmag.com/archives/719 |archive-date=March 9, 2009 }}</ref>

*'''[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'''

**1998 Most Outstanding Fighter

**1999 Most Outstanding Fighter

**1999 Fight of the Year <small>vs. [[Tito Ortiz]] on September 24, 1999</small>

**1990s Fighter of the Decade

*'''[[Inside MMA]]'''

**2008 Fight of the Year Bazzie Award <small>vs. [[Cung Le]] on March 29</small>

*'''[[Fight Matrix]]'''

**1998 Fighter of the Year<ref>{{Cite web |title=MMA Awards |url=https://www.fightmatrix.com/fightmatrix-awards/ |access-date=2025-07-16 |website=Fight Matrix |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Mixed martial arts record==

{{MMArecordbox

| draws= 2

| nc=

| ko-wins= 4

| ko-losses= 4

| sub-wins= 12

| sub-losses= 2

| dec-wins= 5

| dec-losses= 3

| dq-wins= 2

| dq-losses= 1

| other-wins=

| other-losses=

}}

{{MMA record start}}

|-

| {{no2}}Loss

| style="text-align: center" colspan=8|21-7-1 as of [[March 10]] [[2006]]{{ref|record}}.

| align=center| {{nowrap|23–10–2}}

| [[Nick Diaz]]

| TKO (punches)

| [[Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Diaz]]

| {{dts|2009-04-11}}

| align=center| 2

| align=center| 3:57

| [[San Jose, California]], United States

| {{small|Catchweight (180 lb) bout.}}

|-

| {{no2}}Loss

| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|'''Result'''|| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|'''Opponent'''|| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|'''Method'''|| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|'''Event'''|| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|'''Date'''|| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|'''Round, Time'''|| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|'''Notes'''

| align=center| 23–9–2

| [[Cung Le]]

| TKO (broken arm)

| [[Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le]]

| {{dts|2008-03-29}}

| align=center| 3

| align=center| 5:00

| [[San Jose, California]], United States

| {{small|Lost the [[List of Strikeforce champions|Strikeforce Middleweight Championship]].}}

|-

| {{yes2}}Win

| Win ||[[Cesar Gracie]] ||KO ([[Punch]]) ||Strike Force-Shamrock vs. Gracie ||3/10/2006 ||1 0:21

| align=center| 23–8–2

| [[Phil Baroni]]

| Technical Submission (rear-naked choke)

| [[Strikeforce Shamrock vs. Baroni]]

| {{dts|2007-06-22}}

| align=center| 2

| align=center| 4:00

| [[San Jose, California]], United States

| {{small|Won the inaugural [[List of Strikeforce champions|Strikeforce Middleweight Championship]].}}

|-

| {{no2}}Loss

| Win ||[[Bryan Pardoe]] ||Submission ([[Armbar]]) ||WEC 6-Return of a Legend ||3/27/2003 ||1 1:46

| align=center| 22–8–2

| [[Renzo Gracie]]

| DQ (knees to downed opponent)

| [[EliteXC Destiny]]

| {{dts|2007-02-10}}

| align=center| 2

| align=center| 2:00

| [[Southaven, Mississippi]], United States

|

|-

| {{yes2}}Win

| Win ||[[Elvis Sinosic]] ||Decision ||[[K-1]]-Grand Prix 2000 Final ||12/10/2000 ||5 3:00

| align=center| 22–7–2

| Cesar Gracie

| KO (punches)

| [[Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Gracie]]

| {{dts|2006-03-10}}

| align=center| 1

| align=center| 0:20

| [[San Jose, California]], United States

| {{small|Middleweight debut.}}

|-

| {{yes2}}Win

| Win ||[[Tito Ortiz]] ||Submission (Strikes) ||[[UFC 22]]-There Can Be Only One Champion ||9/24/1999 ||4 4:42

| align=center| 21–7–2

| Bryan Pardoe

| Submission (armbar)

| [[2003 in WEC#WEC 6: Return of a Legend|WEC 6: Return of a Legend]]

| {{dts|2003-03-27}}

| align=center| 1

| align=center| 1:46

| [[Lemoore, California]], United States

| {{small|Won the inaugural [[List of WEC champions#Light Heavyweight Championship|WEC Light Heavyweight Championship]]. Shamrock vacated the title in August 2003.}}

|-

| {{yes2}}Win

| Win ||[[John Lober]] ||Submission (Strikes) ||[[UFC Brazil]]-Ultimate Brazil ||10/16/1998 ||1 7:40

| align=center| 20–7–2

| [[Elvis Sinosic]]

| Decision (split)

| [[K-1 World Grand Prix 2000]]

| {{dts|2000-12-10}}

| align=center| 5

| align=center| 3:00

| [[Tokyo]], Japan

|

|-

| {{yes2}}Win

| Win ||[[Jeremy Horn]] ||Submission ([[Kneebar]]) ||[[UFC 17]]-Redemption ||5/15/1998 ||1 16:28

| align=center| 19–7–2

| [[Tito Ortiz]]

| TKO (submission to punches)

| [[UFC 22]]

| {{dts|1999-09-24}}

| align=center| 4

| align=center| 4:50

| [[Lake Charles, Louisiana]], United States

| {{small|Defended the [[UFC Light Heavyweight Championship]]. 1999 Fight of the Year. Shamrock vacated the title on November 24, 1999.}}

|-

| {{draw}}Draw

| Win ||[[Igor Zinoviev]] ||KO (Slam) ||[[UFC 16]]-Battle in the Bayou ||3/13/1998 ||1 0:22

| align=center| 18–7–2

| [[Kiyoshi Tamura]]

| Draw

| [[1999 in Fighting Network Rings#Rings: Rise 2nd|Rings: Rise 2nd]]

| {{dts|1999-04-23}}

| align=center| 1

| align=center| 20:00

| Japan

|

|-

| {{yes2}}Win

| Win ||[[Kevin Jackson]] ||Submission ([[Armbar]]) ||[[UFC Japan]]-Ultimate Japan 1 ||12/21/1997 ||1 0:16

| align=center| 18–7–1

| [[John Lober]]

| TKO (submission to punches)

| [[UFC Brazil]]

| {{dts|1998-10-16}}

| align=center| 1

| align=center| 7:40

| [[São Paulo]], Brazil

| {{small|Defended the [[UFC Light Heavyweight Championship]].}}

|-

| {{yes2}}Win

| Win ||[[Enson Inoue]] ||DQ (Egan Inoue Ran Into the Ring) ||VTJ 1997-[[Vale Tudo]] Japan 1997 ||11/29/1997 ||2 7:17

| align=center| 17–7–1

| [[Jeremy Horn]]

| Submission (kneebar)

| [[UFC 17]]

| {{dts|1998-05-15}}

| align=center| 1

| align=center| 16:28

| [[Mobile, Alabama]], United States

| {{small|Defended the [[UFC Light Heavyweight Championship]].}}

|-

| {{yes2}}Win

| Win ||[[Wes Gassaway]] ||DQ (Rope Escapes) ||WPC-World Pankration Championships 1 ||10/26/1997 ||1 N/A

| align=center| 16–7–1

| Igor Zinoviev

| KO (slam)

| [[UFC 16]]

| {{dts|1998-03-13}}

| align=center| 1

| align=center| 0:22

| [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], United States

| {{small|Defended the [[UFC Light Heavyweight Championship]].}}

|-

| {{Yes2}}Win

| Loss ||[[John Lober]] ||Decision (Split) ||SB 3-SuperBrawl 3 ||1/17/1997 ||1 30:00

| align=center| 15–7–1

| [[Kevin Jackson]]

| Submission (armbar)

| [[UFC Japan]]

| {{dts|1997-12-21}}

| align=center| 1

| align=center| 0:16

| [[Yokohama]], Japan

| {{small|Won the inaugural [[UFC Light Heavyweight Championship]].}}

|-

| {{yes2}}Win

| Loss ||[[Kiuma Kunioku]] ||Decision (Unanimous) ||[[Pancrase]]-Truth 10 ||12/15/1996 ||1 20:00

| align=center| 14–7–1

| [[Enson Inoue]]

| DQ (Egan Inoue ran into the ring)

| [[Vale Tudo Japan#Vale Tudo Japan 1997|Vale Tudo Japan 1997]]

| {{dts|1997-11-29}}

| align=center| 2

| align=center| 7:17

| [[Tokyo]], Japan

|

|-

| {{yes2}}Win

| Loss ||[[Yuki Kondo]] ||KO ([[Kick]]) ||[[Pancrase]]-1996 Anniversary Show ||9/7/1996 ||1 12:43

| align=center| 13–7–1

| Wes Gassaway

| DQ (rope escapes)

| World Pankration Championships 1

| {{dts|1997-10-26}}

| align=center| 1

| align=center| 11:54

| [[Texas]], United States

|

|-

| {{yes2}}Win

| Win ||[[Manabu Yamada]] ||Submission ||[[Pancrase]]-1996 Neo-Blood Tournament, Round 1 ||7/22/1996 ||1 12:44

| align=center| 12–7–1

| [[Tsuyoshi Kohsaka]]

| Decision (unanimous)

| [[1997 in Fighting Network Rings#Rings: Extension Fighting 7|Rings: Extension Fighting 7]]

| {{dts|1997-09-26}}

| align=center| 1

| align=center| 30:00

| Japan

|

|-

| {{no2}}Loss

| Loss ||[[Bas Rutten]] ||TKO (Cut) ||[[Pancrase]]-Truth 5 ||5/16/1996 ||1 11:11

| align=center| 11–7–1

| [[John Lober]]

| Technical Decision (split)

| SuperBrawl 3

| {{dts|1997-01-17}}

| align=center| 1

| align=center| 30:00

| [[Honolulu, Hawaii]], United States

|

|-

| {{no2}}Loss

| Win ||[[Osami Shibuya]] ||Decision (Lost Points) ||[[Pancrase]]-Truth 4 ||4/8/1996 ||1 15:00

| align=center| 11–6–1

| [[Kiuma Kunioku]]

| Decision (unanimous)

| [[1996 in Pancrase#Pancrase: Truth 10|Pancrase: Truth 10]]

| {{dts|1996-12-15}}

| align=center| 1

| align=center| 20:00

| [[Tokyo]], Japan

|

|-

| {{no2}}Loss

| Win ||[[Ryushi Yanagisawa]] ||Decision (Lost Points) ||[[Pancrase]]-Truth 2 ||3/2/1996 ||1 20:00

| align=center| 11–5–1

| [[Yuki Kondo]]

| KO (head kick)

| [[1996 in Pancrase#Pancrase: 1996 Anniversary Show|Pancrase: 1996 Anniversary Show]]

| {{dts|1996-09-07}}

| align=center| 1

| align=center| 12:43

| [[Chiba, Chiba|Chiba]], Japan

|

|-

| {{yes2}}Win

| Win ||[[Minoru Suzuki]] ||Submission ([[Kneebar]]) ||[[Pancrase]]-Truth 1 ||1/28/1996 ||1 22:53

| align=center| 11–4–1

| [[Manabu Yamada]]

| Submission (rear-naked choke)

| [[1996 in Pancrase#Pancrase: 1996 Neo-Blood Tournament, Round 1|Pancrase: 1996 Neo-Blood Tournament, Round 1]]

| {{dts|1996-07-22}}

| align=center| 1

| align=center| 12:44

| [[Tokyo]], Japan

|

|-

| {{no2}}Loss

| Win ||[[Vernon White]] ||Submission (Achilles Hold) ||[[Pancrase]]-Eyes Of Beast 7 ||12/14/1995 ||1 5:23

| align=center| 10–4–1

| [[Bas Rutten]]

| TKO (cut)

| [[1996 in Pancrase#Pancrase: Truth 5|Pancrase: Truth 5]]

| {{dts|1996-05-16}}

| align=center| 1

| align=center| 11:11

| [[Tokyo]], Japan

| {{small|For the [[List of Pancrase champions#Openweight Championship|Pancrase Openweight Championship]].}}

|-

| {{yes2}}Win

| Win ||[[Masakatsu Funaki]] ||Submission (Toehold) ||[[Pancrase]]-Eyes Of Beast 6 ||11/4/1995 ||1 10:31

| align=center| {{nowrap|10–3–1}}

| Osami Shibuya

| Decision (unanimous)

| [[1996 in Pancrase#Pancrase: Truth 4|Pancrase: Truth 4]]

| {{dts|1996-04-08}}

| align=center| 1

| align=center| 15:00

| [[Tokyo]], Japan

|

|-

| {{yes2}}Win

| Win ||[[Takafumi Ito]] ||Submission ||[[Pancrase]]-1995 Anniversary Show ||9/1/1995 ||1 7:23

| align=center| 9–3–1

| Ryushi Yanagisawa

| Decision (unanimous)

| [[1996 in Pancrase#Pancrase: Truth 2|Pancrase: Truth 2]]

| {{dts|1996-03-02}}

| align=center| 1

| align=center| 20:00

| [[Kobe]], Japan

|

|-

| {{yes2}}Win

| Loss ||[[Bas Rutten]] ||Decision (Split) ||[[Pancrase]]-1995 Neo-Blood Tournament, Round 2 ||7/23/1995 ||1 15:00

| align=center| 8–3–1

| [[Minoru Suzuki]]

| Submission (kneebar)

| [[1996 in Pancrase#Pancrase: Truth 1|Pancrase: Truth 1]]

| {{dts|1996-01-28}}

| align=center| 1

| align=center| 22:53

| [[Yokohama]], Japan

| {{small|Won the interim [[List of Pancrase champions#Openweight Championship|Pancrase Openweight Championship]].}}

|-

| {{yes2}}Win

| Win ||[[Takaku Fuke]] ||Submission ||[[Pancrase]]-Eyes Of Beast 5 ||6/13/1995 ||1 8:16

| align=center| 7–3–1

| [[Vernon White (fighter)|Vernon White]]

| Submission (achilles lock)

| [[1995 in Pancrase#Pancrase: Eyes of Beast 7|Pancrase: Eyes of Beast 7]]

| {{dts|1995-12-14}}

| align=center| 1

| align=center| 5:23

| [[Sapporo]], Japan

|

|-

| {{yes2}}Win

| Draw ||[[Allan Goes]] ||Draw ||[[Pancrase]]-Eyes Of Beast 4 ||5/13/1995 ||1 10:00

| align=center| 6–3–1

| [[Masakatsu Funaki]]

| Submission (toe hold)

| [[1995 in Pancrase#Pancrase: Eyes of Beast 6|Pancrase: Eyes of Beast 6]]

| {{dts|1995-11-04}}

| align=center| 1

| align=center| 10:31

| [[Yokohama]], Japan

|

|-

| {{yes2}}Win

| Win ||[[Minoru Suzuki]] ||Submission ||[[Pancrase]]-Eyes Of Beast 3 ||4/8/1995 ||1 3:23

| align=center| 5–3–1

| Takafumi Ito

| Submission (rear-naked choke)

| [[1995 in Pancrase#Pancrase: 1995 Anniversary Show|Pancrase: 1995 Anniversary Show]]

| {{dts|1995-09-01}}

| align=center| 1

| align=center| 7:23

| [[Tokyo]], Japan

|

|-

| {{no2}}Loss

| Loss ||[[Masakatsu Funaki]] ||Submission ||[[Pancrase]]-Eyes Of Beast 2 ||3/10/1995 ||1 5:11

| align=center| 4–3–1

| [[Bas Rutten]]

| Decision (split)

| [[1995 in Pancrase#Pancrase: 1995 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round|Pancrase: 1995 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round]]

| {{dts|1995-07-23}}

| align=center| 1

| align=center| 15:00

| [[Tokyo]], Japan

|

|-

| {{yes2}}Win

| Win ||[[Katsuomi Inagaki]] ||Submission ||[[Pancrase]]-Eyes Of Beast 1 ||1/26/1995 ||1 6:14

| align=center| 4–2–1

| Takaku Fuke

| Submission (rear-naked choke)

| [[1995 in Pancrase#Pancrase: Eyes of Beast 5|Pancrase: Eyes of Beast 5]]

| {{dts|1995-06-13}}

| align=center| 1

| align=center| 8:16

| [[Sapporo, Hokkaido]], Japan

|

|-

| {{draw}}Draw

| Loss ||[[Manabu Yamada]] ||Submission ||[[Pancrase]]-King of Pancrase Tournament, Round 1 ||12/16/1994 ||1 8:38

| align=center| 3–2–1

| [[Allan Goes]]

| Draw

| [[1995 in Pancrase#Pancrase: Eyes of Beast 4|Pancrase: Eyes of Beast 4]]

| {{dts|1995-05-13}}

| align=center| 1

| align=center| 10:00

| [[Chiba, Chiba]], Japan

|

|-

| {{yes2}}Win

| Win ||[[Bas Rutten]] ||Decision (Majority) ||[[Pancrase]]-King of Pancrase Tournament, Round 1 ||12/16/1994 ||1 10:00

| align=center| 3–2

| [[Minoru Suzuki]]

| Submission (rear-naked Choke)

| [[1995 in Pancrase#Pancrase: Eyes of Beast 3|Pancrase: Eyes of Beast 3]]

| {{dts|1995-04-08}}

| align=center| 1

| align=center| 3:23

| [[Nagoya]], Japan

|

|-

| {{end boxno2}}Loss

| align=center| 2–2

| [[Masakatsu Funaki]]

| Submission (toe hold)

| [[1995 in Pancrase#Pancrase: Eyes of Beast 2|Pancrase: Eyes of Beast 2]]

| {{dts|1995-03-10}}

| align=center| 1

| align=center| 5:11

| [[Yokohama, Kanagawa]], Japan

|

|-

| {{yes2}}Win

| align=center| 2–1

| Katsuomi Inagaki

| Submission (rear naked choke)

| [[1995 in Pancrase#Pancrase: Eyes of Beast 1|Pancrase: Eyes of Beast 1]]

| {{dts|1995-01-26}}

| align=center| 1

| align=center| 6:14

| [[Nagoya, Aichi]], Japan

|

|-

| {{no2}}Loss

| align=center| 1–1

| [[Manabu Yamada]]

| Submission (achilles lock)

| rowspan=2| [[King of Pancrase tournament|King of Pancrase tournament opening round]]

| rowspan=2| {{dts|1994-12-16}}

| align=center| 1

| align=center| 8:38

| rowspan=2| [[Tokyo]], Japan

|

|-

| {{yes2}}Win

| align=center| 1–0

| [[Bas Rutten]]

| Decision (majority)

| align=center| 1

| align=center| 10:00

|

{{end}}

==Kickboxing record==

{{Kickboxing record start|title= Frank Shamrock kickboxing record|record='''1 win''' (1 (T)KO's)}}

|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"

|2001-08-11 || Win ||align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Shannon Ritch]] ||[[K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Las Vegas]] ||[[Las Vegas, Nevada]], United States || TKO (injury) || 1 || 0:53 || 1–0

|-

| colspan=9 | '''''Legend''''': {{legend2|#CCFFCC|Win |border=1px solid #CCFFCC}} {{legend2|#FFBBBB|Loss |border=1px solid #FFBBBB}} {{legend2|#c5d2ea|Draw/No contest |border=1px solid #c5d2ea}} {{legend2|White|Notes |border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{end}}

==Submission grappling record==

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|- style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"

| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|'''Result'''

| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|'''Opponent'''

| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|'''Method'''

| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|'''Event'''

| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|'''Date'''

| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|'''Round'''

| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|'''Time'''

| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|'''Notes'''

|-

|{{draw}}Draw||{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Kazushi Sakuraba]] || Draw ||Rizin World Grand Prix 2017: Opening Round - Part 2|| October 15, 2017|| 1 || 0:56 ||

|-

|{{yes2}}Win||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Dan Henderson]] || Submission (heel hook) ||The Contenders || October 11, 1997|| || ||

|-

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==External links==

*[ {{Official website|http://www.frankshamrock.com/ Official website]}}

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070502092007/http://www.shamrockmartialarts.com/ Frank Shamrock Martial Arts Academy]

* {{Sherdog}}

*[http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterid=284 Professional MMA record] {{note|record}}

* {{UFC|frank-shamrock}}

*[http://www.mmafighting.com/gettingtoknow/frankshamrock.html MMAFighting.com - 10 questions with Frank Shamrock]

* {{IMDb name|1302323}}

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070214080503/http://www.sportsline.com/boxing/story/9986806 Five Ounces of Pain: Interview with Frank Shamrock]

* [http://www.blogtalkradio.com/elevationradio/2009/02/06/show-4-with-special-guest-frank-shamrock Frank's Interview with John Kline of Elevation Radio]

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