Pat Miletich and Frank Shamrock Agree to Fight, Likely for Strikeforce in April or May
Former UFC champions Pat Miletich and Frank Shamrock have agreed to fight later this year and the bout is likely to take place an an upcoming Strikeforce event in April or May, Miletich recently told Five Ounces of Pain, though the matchup has not yet been finalized.
“Frank Shamrock and I have verbally agreed to fight each other, but from what I understand he’s being difficult in the negotiations,” said Miletich. “For whatever reason I think he’s having trouble pulling the trigger. He may be nervous about getting slapped around, but that’s the way it sits right now. Hopefully I can find someone else to fight if he doesn’t want to do it. I want to get in there before Summer.”
Miletich (29-7-2), a 38-fight veteran and former UFC welterweight champion, has fought just twice since losing to Shonie Carter in 2002 in his final UFC bout, dropping a 2006 IFL fight against Renzo Gracie before rebounding in December with a second-round knockout of Thomas Denny.
Shamrock (23-10-2), a former UFC and Strikeforce middleweight champion, is coming off back-to-back losses to Cung Le in March 2008 and Nick Diaz last April, before which he had won five of his last six fights dating back to 1999.
If signed, Miletich will move up in weight to fight Shamrock at a catchweight or the 185-pound middleweight limit.
Strikeforce currently has a CBS-televised event scheduled for April 17, before its expected to return to Showtime in May.
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hahaha i love Miletich, not necessarily the fighters that come from hit camp, but he calls it how it is. This would be a good fight with two well rounded fighters (if frank Remembers that you can grapple in MMA)
I really like this matchup. That leaves Lindland and Lawler to possibly fight and save me watching Smith v. Lawler 3, maybe Smith could go get subbed by Jacare, that’d be nice. Or the necessary Jacare v. Miller 3 would be nice.
I’m dying to see Jacare/ Miller 3. I was so upset when the 2nd match was stopped due to that cut on Jacare’s melon.
Pat Miletich is likie MMA’s forgotten man, so I’ll be glad to see him step back onto the cage, although I can see why Frank Shamrock would prefer an easier opponent…
how about shamrock vs cung le again… id like too see it, even though i was very upset set at le’s last performance, ‘never let your gaurd down’
Shamrock should easily beat Le if he remembers that this is MMA, and not some sort of kickboxing bout.
Don’t get me wrong, I think Cung Le is a great martial artist, but I haven’t seen him demonstrate any sort of ability to counter someone with Shamrock’s MMA experience and wrestling/catch-wrestling/Pancrase skillset…
You haven’t seen him demonstrate that, when the person possessing it chose to use it, that is.
I think that this fight will be more entertaining than Couture vs. Coleman.
I hate to post this, but every time you sh!t all over the Couture-Coleman fight you illustrate what sort of MMA fan you really are.
I’ll leave it at that, and hope you take the hint…
My point is that Mark Coleman does not belong in a main event on a PPV card.
niice i would definately agree with you gsueagle , throw this fight on the cbs card and how good is strikeforce lookin now
they should put this fight on the free fight night card then change the date of those fights and put it on a night that ufc has a ppv just to mess with them a little bit you know like ufc used to do to affliction
How would this fight “mess” with the UFC?? On that same card let’s put Severn, Tank, Kimo, and Kenny…that will really mess with the UFC….maybe even begin to start the takkeover of UFC
And if you noticed, Affliction (the smaller promotion) got run out of town at least partially as a result of the UFC flexing their muscles. Nothing against Strikeforce, they are a quality organization and are well run, but they would get completely and totally smoked if they tried that, free card or not. They might get people like you, gsueagle, markusj and a couple others who seem to feel that if the UFC isn’t running all five belts out every show it’s not worth paying for, but not too many more.
I still don’t get why the guy got braces. I mean, having had braces is a key factor in me never training in any striking combat sports.
He probably got braces for the same reason a lot of kids do, his Mom said he had to…
:)
I’ve thought the same thing, given that same factor affecting my decision making towards training in combat sports.
Content removed. You need to stick with one name, Rosie.
- Justin
This fight maybe 5-7 years ago….would have been a great fight…but you have two guys on their way out. Here are there last 5 fights
Pat Miletich
Win Thomas Denny 2/11/2008
Loss Renzo Gracie 9/23/2006
Loss Matt Lindland 3/22/2002
Win Shonie Carter 6/29/2001
Loss Carlos Newton 5/4/2001
Shamrock
Loss Nick Diaz 4/11/2009
Loss Cung Le 3/29/2008
Win Phil Baroni 6/22/2007
Loss Renzo Gracie 2/10/2007
Win Cesar Gracie 3/10/2006
Their opponents aren’t really the cream of crop
They’ve also, notably, not been fighting in premier organizations either.
Exactly…but that is is what Strikeforece is putting out there as one of their top bouts…I am not putting down Strikeforce….but the comments here regarding Strikefore is really pressing UFC and are becoming a real threat are just way off base….they are smaller organization trying to put on good shows…that is about it.
Gotcha. Yeah, using this fight as an indication of the “pressure” Strikeforce is putting on the UFC is an “interesting” decision.
Put down Strikeforce all you want! It’s a second-rate outfit. That’s not being mean spirited, it’s just true. Just like European ball is inferior to the NBA….or how MLS is inferior to the European club leagues. What gets me is when people DON’T put down Strikeforce and give it too much validity. The best of the best fight in the UFC, and the next teir of fighter is on Strikeforce. Fedor will never lose, and people will still put him #1 on their top 10′s. Dan Hendo went to Strikeforce to PROLONG his carreer by fighter lesser opponents.
How would Frank Shamrock or Pat Miletich fare in a five fight contract with the UFC??
@ the non-trollers: Sorry to bring up the Fedor arguement again!
I don’t think you’re entirely right, but you’re also not entirely wrong. I don’t think Strikeforce is a “second-rate outfit.” Not in the least. They don’t, however, have the public tradition, the financial backing, or the stable of top tier fighters to begin to compete on a fighter by fighter basis with the boys from Las Vegas.
Fedor is in Strikeforce primarily because Dana White, the Fertitas, et al, don’t want to co-promote cards with M-1 Global. I don’t blame them for that. From what i’ve seen of M-1 Global, they are kind of like a horde of locusts that come in, eat up half of the money that comes in and then flit out of town until the next time. Hendo is in Strikeforce not to prolong his career, but because he and Dana White had a disagreement over his place in the UFC’s 185 division and over money. I don’t doubt that Hendo right now could compete close to the top of the 205s and with anyone in the 185s not named Anderson Silva. But Dana White ran around handing out #1 contenderships to Hendo, Marquardt, and newcomer Vitor Belfort and Hendo didn’t appreciate that. I don’t blame him. I would be more than a little upset over that as well. That’s why Hendo is in Strikeforce.
And not to put you on blast, but you should consider the difference between “second rate”, which Strikeforce is not, with “smaller” or maybe even “regional”, which at this point they still are…
Actually, “Second-Rate” was a poor choice of terms. And everything you guys say is true. Just remember when Hendo becomes champ, and goes on a 5 fight winning streak, people will say he’s the best. He’ll be beating lesser opponents. That’s all. Time to go to work!!!
well obviously ufc has the best fighters and obviously that strikeforce card in april is pretty stacked, say IF they put that on the same night as a ufc 107 or a ufc 108, i might consider saving my 50 bucks for ppv and watch a fedor and hendo beatdown for free
correction ufc 108 or 109
The UFC would not counter Strikeforce on CBS with a card like 108 or 109. And they definitely wouldn’t counter MMA on network TV with a PPV. That’s why they do replays on Spike as counters. Which by the way, UFC 107 replay smoked Strikeforce: Miami.
And if anyone doesn’t believe that a UFC 107 replay killing Strikeforce:Miami doesn’t take the wind out of the ‘Force’s sails, they’re kidding themselves…
FYI UFC did 2.2 million to watch a replay of fights that already happened vs. a live Strikeforce event of only 550K people, and also Strikeforce live gate was under 9,000 people.
ya ya good points i just remember when ufc played anderson silva vs james irvin (which everybody wanted 2 see) the same night affliction had a ppv they were def. sshowin their muscle over any other organization
That was the UFC countering a PPV with a free live event, not the opposite. There is a big difference.