Frank Shamrock Claims Viacom Asked Him To Become Bellator President

In an interview with The Fight Nerd at the Combate Americas press event in New York City, Frank Shamrock claimed that Viacom once asked him to be the President of Bellator MMA.

He said: “They asked me to run the Bellator show and it just didn’t fit in my wheelhouse of things I wanted to develop. I like the brand, I appreciate what they are doing, but it’s the same reason I told the UFC no. They wanted to take a corporate culture and put it into an artistic expression sport, and to me that didn’t make sense.”

Shamrock will commentate the Combate Americas event on Friday and may have a larger role with the company. He said he’s not sure what that could be yet. Combate Americas: Empire Rising features a main event of John Castaneda vs Gustavo Lopez for the first title fight in the promotion’s history. It happens at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York. It streams on beIN SPORTS En Espanol and UFC Fight Pass.