Ken Shamrock

And so much had transpired.

You know, I had some cracked ribs.

I had this knee problem where I couldn't really get up and down very well.

and trying to train for the fight.

And I was thinking about not fighting, even though it was one of the bigger fights that was coming up, trying to push it off.

And then on top of it, I think it was three days prior to the fight happening, they came in and said that you couldn't punch unless you wore gloves.

There's a lot of things that went on behind the scenes that just, I knew that I should have stepped away.

I just knew it.

Like, I knew that, one, I wasn't completely healthy.

It wasn't like I couldn't still fight because I could, but I just knew I wasn't 100% healthy.

And then we had all these legal battles going on around that would limit me from doing what I wanted to do.

If I couldn't grapple because Severance has no hands, then I could go ahead and try to keep his stand up and try to knock him out and do those things.

But then that was taken away leading up into the fight three days prior to that.

And I think to myself, I had so much pressure.

I had the owner come into my room.

I had my dad come into my room.

I had all these people come up to me and say, man, you cannot not fight.

I mean, they're sold out, and they're here to see you.

And you know that.

I mean, you've been in this spot before, not necessarily this exact thing, but you know how much rides on the success of the company, of you going out there and doing your job.