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    Frank Shamrock

    United States
    b. 1972-12-08Born 1972-12-08
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    Also known as

    Frank Juarez · The Legend

    Description

    American mixed martial artist, adopted brother of Ken Shamrock. He began in Ken's Lion's Den and in Pancrase, and later trained under Javier Mendez.

    Teachers (2)

    • Ken Shamrock
      swordsMixed Martial Arts Probable
      Probable
      Single source.
      The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
      location_onLion’s Den badge
      fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
      2 sources expand_more
      fact_check
      Single source.
      “When Frank Juarez stepped out of prison, his first stop was Ken Shamrock’s gym.”
      — Snowden, Jonathan; Shields, Kendall. (2010). The MMA Encyclopedialink info
      “Ken wanted to do it himself. If Frank was going to train with his team, he was going to earn it.”
      — Snowden, Jonathan; Shields, Kendall. (2010). The MMA Encyclopedialink info
    • Javier Mendez
      swordsMixed Martial Arts Probable
      Probable
      Single source, two interviewees in it.
      The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
      fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
      2 sources expand_more
      fact_check
      Single source, two interviewees in it.
      visibilityFirst-hand
      “Actually it was Frank Shamrock’s old trainer, and now my trainer, Javier Mendez.”
      — Snowden, Jonathan; Shields, Kendall. (2010). The MMA Encyclopedialink info
      visibilityFirst-hand
      “I mean Javier Mendez, who was his old trainer, all the guys at AKA that I have trained with over the years”
      — Snowden, Jonathan; Shields, Kendall. (2010). The MMA Encyclopedialink info

    Sources

    “Starting with his adopted brother Ken in Japan, Frank was the first Pancrase fighter to successfully adapt his technical grappling style to life inside the unforgiving cage.”
    — Snowden, Jonathan; Shields, Kendall. (2010). The MMA Encyclopedialink info

    Identifiers

    https://martial.is/entity/01M6C1FR4AVBJHXKZRTXM8HZA5
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    Cite and reuse

    CC BY-SA 4.0expand_more
    Plain text
    Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Frank Shamrock. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M6C1FR4AVBJHXKZRTXM8HZA5 - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
    BibTeX
    @incollection{martialis_01M6C1FR4AVBJHXKZRTXM8HZA5, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Frank Shamrock}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M6C1FR4AVBJHXKZRTXM8HZA5}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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