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[killerinstinct]

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PORTLAND, OREGON - Just prior to tonight’s event in Portland, Oregon, the International Fight League held a press conference officially announcing the addition of not only Ian Freeman, but UFC Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock to their coaching ranks.

Freeman had been announced at yesterday’s weigh-in event, coaching the new British Bulldogs team from England. The Bulldogs will take part in a couple of events in 2007, but will officially join season participation in the 2008 season.

Shamrock, just a couple of weeks off of a recent loss to Tito Ortiz and announcing his retirement from fighting, joins his brother Frank as one of the IFL coaches. Ken’s team has been officially dubbed the Northern California Lions and will join the IFL’s 2007 season.

Neither Shamrock nor Freeman were ready to announce the athletes on their respective teams, but Shamrock did say that he has commitments from both Joe Hurley at 155 pounds and Vernon “Tiger” White at 205 pounds. He did, however, make it clear that, “that doesn’t necessarily mean that they will be on the team.” Shamrock intends to find the best fighters at each weight and intends for his team to reside and train together in the same city.

While Shamrock made it very clear that he doesn’t intend to fight again, Freeman was much more amiable to the idea. “Put someone in front of me and I’ll fight anybody.”

There will be one more coach and team announced prior to the start of the 2007 season. IFL CEO Kurt Otto stated that the last of the 12 teams for 2007 will most likely be announced just prior to the December 29th World Team Championship Finals at the Mohegan Sun in Connecticut.

[Hypergit]

Shamrock's team will be the best...


golfers.

[NinjaShogunRua]

Originally Posted by Hypergit

Shamrock's team will be the best...


golfers.

don't you mean pool sharks?

[kaisq11]

hes not the best coach

[Howie]

they obviously wont do much if his training is nething like his TUF training

[Bran]

the north california lions are gonna punch the other teams hair black and beat them within living death, those little bitch monkeys.

[j.farrell]

after seeing him coach on tuf im surprised they made this move. but thinking back to his lions din days, i guess he could be entertaining, he's like the bobby knight of mma. i just hope he doesnt pull any shit like he did when guy fought sakuraba..i still havnt seen an ifl event. i was all excited about it when they were first talking about it, but i havnt had a chance to catch it yet. they need to put it on dvd. i really like the concept

[kowarrior]

I wouldn't hire Ken Shamrock to clean my toilet, let alone hire him as a coach. What's he gonna teach anyone? "Oh, ok class, today I'm gonna teach you how to get the living sh*t kicked out of you and then wait until your opponent makes a mistake so you can catch a heel hook!"
Shamrock is a bum, his training methods are sh*t. His TUF training is proof of this.

[scottsec]

Originally Posted by kowarrior

I wouldn't hire Ken Shamrock to clean my toilet, let alone hire him as a coach. What's he gonna teach anyone? "Oh, ok class, today I'm gonna teach you how to get the living sh*t kicked out of you and then wait until your opponent makes a mistake so you can catch a heel hook!"
Shamrock is a bum, his training methods are sh*t. His TUF training is proof of this.

i'm not gonna call the guy a bum but as a coach shamrock is pretty bad.....going by what i saw on the tuf show.

[kowarrior]

Originally Posted by scottsec

i'm not gonna call the guy a bum but as a coach shamrock is pretty bad.....going by what i saw on the tuf show.

I know, he sucks ass. They should just throw him in a fight with Ortiz again so he can try to demonstrate his sorry ass outdated 'lion's den' techniques. They should rename that to "old timer's den".