UFC - 61 Result: Tito Ortiz vs Ken Shamrock

UFC - 61 Result: Tito Ortiz vs Ken Shamrock

By DHB (July 9, 2006)

Tonight UFC 61: Bitter Rivals in Las Vegas did not disappoint... unless of course you were hoping Tito Ortiz vs. Ken Shamrock would last a few rounds. In that case, you just may have been a little disappointed. It seemed the fight almost ended the moment Bruce Buffer was finished announcing the the start of the fight. The bad blood was evident in the eyes of both fighters, but it would take a mere 1:18 seconds into the opening round for the fight to end in favor of Tito Ortiz.

At the start of the round, Shamrock leaped into attack mode throwing a flurry of punches. Tito answered back with- punches of his own. In a clinch up standing against the fence, Tito showed superior strength by picking up Shamrock

and putting Shamrock to the canvas on his back.

It didn't take long after that. With Shamrock's head and neck up against the bottom of the fence of the Octagon, Ortiz threw 4 to 5 elbows to the head that went unanswered by Shamrock. Shamrock was defenseless and the Ref stepped in and called a halt to the fight.

Some in the Audience booed the Ref's decision to halt the bout.

Shortly after the fight, Ortiz told Randy Couture (who was working the mic) that he would give Shamrock a rematch if Shamrock wanted one.