Monday, February 12, 2007

Rei Renzo

Renzo Gracie defeats Frank Shamrock after Shamrock is disqualified for illegal knee strikes to the back of the head. For what it's worth--and it's worth a lot to me--Renzo was dominating the fight, taking Shamrock down with nice single legs finished off with inside and outside reaps. Renzo was dominant from side control, moving to knee on belly and at times looking to set up armlocks and kimuras. Frank was effective in the stand-up, landing single punches from time to time. But he could not defend Renzo's persistent takedown attack and ground dominance.
Renzo is now 3-0 in his last three fights, with wins over Pat Militech, Carlos Newton and now Frank Shamrock.

See the fight here. See some post fight commentary here.