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Ken Shamrock has desired Royce Gracie rematch for two decades to 'set things right'

Related Topics: Royce Gracie, Ken Shamrock, UFC 1, UFC 5

You know the story already. You've probably heard it dozens of times.

The small, scrawny guy wearing a gi toppled the hulking, muscular favorite using a unique-at-the-time, ground-based attack. UFC 1 was your classic David vs. Goliath story.

Ken Shamrock, who lost to Royce Gracie in the semifinals of that inaugural event on Nov. 12, 1993, was Goliath. And ever since that day, all he has wanted was to alter the course of history slightly. Shamrock's tale is as old as that Biblical parable: it involves retribution and redemption.

Bellator will give Shamrock his shot 23 years after the fact in the main event of Bellator 149 Feb.