Entrance
Both fighters looked hyped up as they entered the Octagon, ready for business
TALE OF THE TAPE
ROUND ONE
As soon as the fight starts both men cant wait to get at each other and Ken immediately goes for the take down, he fails and in doing so falls against the octagon
fence while Tito looks to tee off with both hands, both fighters do well in close but Tito gains the advantage out of a muay tai stance and uses knee strikes to Ken's head, both men go to the canvas, scrambling for position, they get to their feet and start to again trade but this time Ken catches Tito flush with the right hand that seems to shake the Huntington Bad boy, Tito composes himself well holding Ken against the fence, As both men start to trade Tito is still having some success with the knee strikes and his stand up game seems to be working well, both men looked gassed and hold for a moments breather with the hectic pace of the fight, Tito decides to take Ken down and use his ground and pound ability from the guard, Ken is cut on the forehead from one of Tito's brutal elbows the round ends with Tito definitely on top.ROUND TWO
The second round starts with both men opting to trade for a short time until Tito takes Ken to the canvas and starts to drop the elbows onto Ken's face, Tito looks comfortable and hops to side mount, He is totally dominating Shamrock at the moment, With 37 seconds left of the round Ken somehow makes it onto his feet, both men seem to be tiring but Tito pushes on and catches Tito is still using the knee strikes in his stand up and catches Ken with a blistering right elbow Tito again on top for this round and looking comfortable.
As you can see from the Pics below, after the Second round Tito isn't marked at all, while Ken looks battered
ROUND THREE
Tito looks really confident trading with Ken and starts to find him with shot after shot, before again taking the legs from Shamrock and taking him to the canvas once again, Tito hammers down on Ken with both elbows which are kind of a signature strike for Tito throughout his UFC career, At this stage of the fight It looks as though Ken is done and cant stop Tito's ground and pound game plan, At 1:15 of the third round sensing the fight it drifting away from him Ken amazingly makes it to his feet, looking to trade, Tito is looking so confident he even throws a high kick that just misses, Ortiz looks great down the stretch and again uses his accurate high knee's that connect with Ken's head every time, As the round ends Ken looks done with the facial marking to show, When Shamrock makes it to his corner they pull him out due to his injuries.
After the fight both men embraced and drew a line under the feuds that had gone on before and Shamrock ever the legend raised Tito's hand.
