10 most notorious street fights in MMA

#9 Frank Shamrock, the giant killer

One-half of the earliest siblings in the sport

He may be dead to the UFC, but there is no denying that Frank Shamrock has seen it and done it all in the world of MMA. One of the original submission specialists of the sport, the younger of the MMA pioneers was the first fighter to hold titles in UFC, WEC and Strikeforce.

His in-ring ouevre was beyond reproach, but outside, Frank Shamrock always found himself close to controversy and being Ken Shamrock’s younger brother had no small role in that. He was fired from Pancrase in revenge after his older brother’s acrimonious exit from the company.

Sometime back in the early days of MMA, there was a feud between alpha males Ken Shamrock and Tank Abbott. Both groups were on the road, presumably headed to an event and had a layover in Mobile, Alabama.

One night, both camps were drinking in the same bar and someone threw a hamburger at one of Tank’s muscle, 6’8” guy unironically named Big Al. The next night, just as Frank was about to turn in, the piss drunk giant accused him of the offence and bore down on him.

As told to Jonathan Snowden from Bleacher Report, the 5’10”, 205-lbs Shamrock started hockey punching Big Al, who was quickly cut down to size. Soccer kicks followed and Big Al quickly collapsed into a small heap, his friends having to haul him away. But the beef ended the next day when Big Al, face stitched up like Frankenstein’s monster, apologized to Shamrock. We hope, on behalf of all MMA fans, that Frank Shamrock will soon join his brother in the UFC Hall Of Fame.