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| Est. | 1994 |
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| Founded by | Ken Shamrock |
| Primary trainers | Ken Shamrock Guy Mezger- Lion's Den (Dallas) |
| Past titleholders | Ken Shamrock 1st King of Pancrase (Pancrase 1994); Superfight Champion (UFC) Guy Mezger 7th King of Pancrase (Pancrase 1998) Roy Nelson IFL Heavyweight Champion 205 lb (93 kg)+ Frank Shamrock UFC middleweight champion, Strikeforce middleweight champion Maurice Smith UFC Heavyweight Champion Vernon White King of the Cage Middleweight Champion Joe Hurley King of the Cage Middleweight Champion |
| Training facilities | Reno, Nevada Dallas, Texas Scottsdale, Arizona |
| Website | Ken Shamrock's Lion's Den Lion's Den Dallas |
The Lion's Den is an American mixed martial arts team and training facility that was based out of Lodi, California and San Diego, California. The team was founded in the early 1990s by UFC Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock, and was the most dominant fight camp in the early UFC. It featured fighters such as Frank Shamrock, Guy Mezger, Vernon "Tiger" White, Jerry Bohlander, Tra Telligman, Pete Williams, and Mikey Burnett.