Filed under: Bellator , News A complaint submitted on Ken Shamrock ’s behalf argues Royce Gracie should have been disqualified from their Bellator 149 headliner and the bout should be a no-contest after referee Jacob Montalvo didn’t see an illegal knee. “Even if Gracie was not disqualified, it was the responsibility of Montalvo … to allow Shamrock a reasonable opportunity to recover from the foul/low blow. Instead, Montalvo failed to stop the bout,” stated the complaint, obtained today after a public records request with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, which oversees the state athletic commission that regulated the Spike-televised fight at Houston’s Toyota Center on Feb. 19. Gracie (15-2-3 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) was ruled the winner of the bout via first-round TKO, though replays showed Shamrock’s (28-17-2 MMA, 0-2 BMMA) delayed reaction to an obvious knee to the groin that preceded the stoppage (watch the highlights above)
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Here’s Ken Shamrock’s Bellator 149 complaint filed with Texas athletic commission – MMA Junkie