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#3 Ian Freeman
Ken Shamrock versus Ian Freeman was supposed to take place at UFC 43 in June 2003. It would have marked Shamrock's second UFC return fight after he had fought and lost to long time rival, Tito Ortiz at UFC 40 in November 2002.
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Why didn't it happen?
Injury. Shamrock blamed his defeat to Ortiz on a torn ACL and underwent surgery to repair the issue and therefore withdrew from the Freeman fight.
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Freeman took on Vernon White on the card instead and the fight was ruled a Draw on the judge's scorecards.
Who would have won?
Shamrock would have been the favourite for this bout and in all likelihood, he should have won it too.
Freeman's strength as a fighter was his immense power, but Shamrock's knees hadn't quite deserted him in 2003 and he should still have retained the capability to take Freeman to the canvas and force a submission.
Standing up, Freeman would be the favourite but the "World's Most Dangerous Man" would have known the mat was the only way to win this fight and would have done everything possible to ensure that is what would have happened.
