East meets West on a subzero day in December of '97 in this title qualification showdown at the NK Hall in Tokyo Japan
When the UFC was ready for weight classes, 3 people were in line for the Middleweight title opportunity and the chance to become the first American MMA Middleweight champion.
The winner of this match would fight undefeated Olympic Gold Medlist, Kevin Jackson, the heir apparent to the UFC middleweight crown, just three weeks later.
Frank Shamrock says without question "this was the hardest fight of my life and the fight where I knew that If trained 100% that no man could kill me. For me, I always fought as if it were to the death, gave everything I had hoping the referee would protect me, I faced my end that night and in NOT accepting it, it set my spirit free to conquer anything and anyone".
Voted Fighter of Decade for the 90's, Frank would re-invent MMA as he fought, challenging all champions, all organizations under any rules.
Watch this high energy MMA drama unfold with an unbelievable ending.
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