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Ken Shamrock vs Oleg Taktarov

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

Meetings on record

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

SOURCE·Ken Shamrock and Oleg Taktarov — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·both records name the other·REVIEWED AUG 2026

How this head-to-head is established

  1. This pairing exists only because at least one of the two articles' own results tables names the other fighter. No matchup on this site is speculative and none is a hypothetical.
  2. Every figure in the comparison below comes from that fighter's own page and carries the same source line. A dash means the source states nothing, not that the value is zero.
  3. Common opponents are found by matching linked bout lists, which is only possible because every fight list here is linked to every other. A shared opponent is not a transitive result and this page does not treat it as one.
  4. Nothing on this page predicts an outcome. It is a comparison of what is on record.

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Side by side

What both records stateAUG 2026
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

Both records, drawn

The same ledger line on each: wins stamped above the rule, losses below, the mark's shape carrying how it ended.

Ken Shamrock

199020002010UNFILEDwin v Don Nakaya Nielsen, 1992, submissionwin v Andre Van Den Oetelaar, 1993, submissionloss v Royce Gracie, 1993, submissionwin v Takaku Fuke, 1993, submissionwin v Yoshiki Takahashi, 1993, submissionwin v Masakatsu Funaki, 1993, submissionwin v Manabu Yamada, 1994, decisionwin v Maurice Smith, 1994, submissionwin v Takaku Fuke, 1994, submissionwin v Felix Mitchell, 1994, submissionloss v Masakatsu Funaki, 1994, submissionwin v Bas Rutten, 1994, submissionwin v Matt Hume, 1994, submissionwin v Ryushi Yanagisawa, 1994, submissionloss v Minoru Suzuki, 1994, submissionloss v Frank Lobman, 1994, kowin v Katsuomi Inagaki, 1995, submissiondraw v Oleg Taktarov, 1995, drawwin v Larry Papadopoulos, 1995, submissionwin v Dan Severn, 1995, submissionloss v Minoru Suzuki, 1995, submissiondraw v Royce Gracie, 1995, drawwin v Bas Rutten, 1995, submissionwin v Leon Dijk, 1995, submissionwin v Brian Johnston, 1996, submissionloss v Dan Severn, 1996, decisionwin v Kimo Leopoldo, 1996, submissionwin v Kazuo Takahashi, 1996, decisionloss v Kazuyuki Fujita, 2000, kowin v Alexander Otsuka, 2000, kowin v Sam Adkins, 2001, submissionloss v Tito Ortiz, 2002, koloss v Don Frye, 2002, decisionwin v Kimo Leopoldo, 2004, koloss v Kazushi Sakuraba, 2005, koloss v Rich Franklin, 2005, koloss v Tito Ortiz, 2006, koloss v Robert Berry, 2008, kowin v Ross Clifton, 2009, submissionloss v Mike Bourke, 2010, kowin v Johnathan Ivey, 2010, decisionloss v Pedro Rizzo, 2010, koloss v Kimbo Slice, 2015, koloss v Royce Gracie, 2016, kowin v Masakatsu Funaki, no date on recordwin v Alex Cook, no date on recordwin v Christophe Leininger, no date on recordwin v Patrick Smith, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1992–2016 · 4 UNDATED
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

19902000UNFILEDwin v Maxim Kuzin, 1993, submissionwin v Artur Almaev, 1993, koloss v Dan Severn, 1995, decisiondraw v Ken Shamrock, 1995, drawwin v Tank Abbott, 1995, submissionloss v Renzo Gracie, 1996, kodraw v Marco Ruas, 1996, drawwin v Joe Charles, 1996, submissionloss v Ryushi Yanagisawa, 1996, decisionloss v Gary Goodridge, 1997, kowin v Sean Alvarez, 1997, kowin v Chuck Kim, 1997, submissionwin v Moti Horenstein, 1998, submissionwin v Aaron Salinas, 2001, submissionwin v John Marsh, 2007, submissionwin v Dolph Lundgren, 2007win v Mark Kerr, 2008, submissionwin v Mick Tierney, no date on recordwin v Marco Ruas, no date on recordwin v Dave Beneteau, no date on recordwin v Anthony Macias, no date on recordwin v Ernie Verdicia, no date on recordwin v Vaskas Hilma, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1993–2008 · 6 UNDATED
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
Cross-references
Ken Shamrock

The full ledger: 48 bouts, the reach placed in its cohort, and what the record does not say.

28–17 Oleg Taktarov

The same, from the other corner — 23 bouts and the cohort Taktarov is ranked inside.

17–5 Every confirmed matchup

The other 899 pairings whose own records confirm the fight happened — not a list of fights anyone imagined.

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