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Ken Shamrock vs Oleg Taktarov

A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.

Ken Shamrock and Oleg Taktarov met once (1995). drawn in 1995 by draw.

Side by side

Ken ShamrockOleg Taktarov
72.8″ (185 cm)Reach
73″ (185.4 cm)Height72″ (182.9 cm)
-0.22%Reach advantage
28–17Record17–5
89%Finish rate94%
7Longest unbeaten run7
48Recorded bouts23
StanceOrthodox

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Common opponents

Both fought these 2. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.

OpponentKen ShamrockOleg Taktarov
Ryushi Yanagisawa W L
Dan Severn W L

Careers side by side

Ken Shamrock

2000 2010 win vs Don Nakaya Nielsen (1992)win vs Andre Van Den Oetelaar (1993)loss vs Royce Gracie (1993)win vs Takaku Fuke (1993)win vs Yoshiki Takahashi (1993)win vs Masakatsu Funaki (1993)win vs Manabu Yamada (1994)win vs Maurice Smith (1994)win vs Takaku Fuke (1994)win vs Felix Mitchell (1994)loss vs Masakatsu Funaki (1994)win vs Bas Rutten (1994)win vs Matt Hume (1994)win vs Ryushi Yanagisawa (1994)loss vs Minoru Suzuki (1994)loss vs Frank Lobman (1994)win vs Katsuomi Inagaki (1995)draw vs Oleg Taktarov (1995)win vs Larry Papadopoulos (1995)win vs Dan Severn (1995)loss vs Minoru Suzuki (1995)draw vs Royce Gracie (1995)win vs Bas Rutten (1995)win vs Leon Dijk (1995)win vs Brian Johnston (1996)loss vs Dan Severn (1996)win vs Kimo Leopoldo (1996)win vs Kazuo Takahashi (1996)loss vs Kazuyuki Fujita (2000)win vs Alexander Otsuka (2000)win vs Sam Adkins (2001)loss vs Tito Ortiz (2002)loss vs Don Frye (2002)win vs Kimo Leopoldo (2004)loss vs Kazushi Sakuraba (2005)loss vs Rich Franklin (2005)loss vs Tito Ortiz (2006)loss vs Robert Berry (2008)win vs Ross Clifton (2009)loss vs Mike Bourke (2010)win vs Johnathan Ivey (2010)loss vs Pedro Rizzo (2010)loss vs Kimbo Slice (2015)loss vs Royce Gracie (2016)
winlossdraw / NC1992–2016

Oleg Taktarov

2000 win vs Maxim Kuzin (1993)win vs Artur Almaev (1993)loss vs Dan Severn (1995)draw vs Ken Shamrock (1995)win vs Tank Abbott (1995)loss vs Renzo Gracie (1996)draw vs Marco Ruas (1996)win vs Joe Charles (1996)loss vs Ryushi Yanagisawa (1996)loss vs Gary Goodridge (1997)win vs Sean Alvarez (1997)win vs Chuck Kim (1997)win vs Moti Horenstein (1998)win vs Aaron Salinas (2001)win vs John Marsh (2007)win vs Dolph Lundgren (2007)win vs Mark Kerr (2008)
winlossdraw / NC1993–2008

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