It’s been more than 20 years since Ken Shamrock and Royce Gracie last squared off in mixed martial arts competition, but Shamrock’s most obvious advantage remains the same as it did back then.
That, of course, would be size, as Shamrock will likely weigh somewhere in the neighborhood of the 205 pounds when he meets the Brazilian in the headliner of Bellator 149 in Houston on Feb. 19. Gracie, meanwhile, recently told Sherdog.com that he will tip the scales at around 180 pounds, approximately his same fighting weight for the past two decades.