CAGE RAGE 25 REVIEW

Cage Rage 25 played out to a full house of 8,300 people at the Wembley Arena who witnessed a blinder of a card featuring the legend Ken Shamrock fall to the hands of Robert “Buzz” Berry via first round KO. Berry has cemented his place into British MMA history with the win and appeared to be ecstatic with the victory.

I just watched the main event on the internet and it appears that Shamrock needs to hang it up.

From early on in the round it appeared as though Shamrock was tentative and unwilling to fully commit to a striking offence. When he did step in, he had to deal with a larger deficit in reach as well as an opponent who wouldn't be drawn into a brawling exchange. Berry had instead preferred to circle and pick off 1-2 combinations; a tactic that gained effectiveness as the fight wore on.

Shamrock appeared to catch a few shots on occasion, forcing him to try and close the distance. But, it appeared as though Berry had the advantage in strength and was able to avoid being drawn to the canvas. 3:26 into the first round and a big hook off the back of a knee sent the UFC Hall of Famer crashing to the canvas and out of the contest.

His son Ryan didn't fare any better as he was advised not to continue for the 2nd round when he broke his hand in the first round while fighting Giorgio Andrews. The fight was a brawl for the entire first round and both fighters looked awesome. The doctor stopped the fight after examining Shamrock's hand giving the fight to Andrews via TKO. Actually Ryan did fare much better than his dad as he put on an awesome fight.

Ken, however, needs to do some serious pondering of his future. I doubt EliteXC is gonna feature him in any more fights, especially main events. You can also kiss the Kimbo-Shamrock rumors goodbye.

If he continues to fight, he's just risking injury. He's not even competitive anymore either and has only 1 win in about the last 9 years and that was over Kimo who was also at the end of his career. Yet he just said how he was healthy for the first time in years and we were gonna see a new and improved Ken Shamrock. Let's be honest, he got the main event only because of his name and that's all. Now he's not going to able to use his name anymore. He's a legend and his legacy is getting tarnished every time he enters the cage.

His son might have a great future in MMA though. He looks like he's a great athlete and if he has any of his fathers heart, he could be s force someday.