That's interesting, which fights Kwon?
Shammy VS Rich Franklin
Shamrock supposedly dropped to go for an ankle lock then Franklin hit him with a glancing blow on the way down, and Ken just lay there not defending himself until the ref stoppage, at which point he got up and seemed to be the picture of health.
IIRC, Shamrock was paid a flat fee of $250,000 to show, no win bonus. Couple that with the fact that the UFC needed to put Franklin over for the UFC fans as they were grooming him to be the next big thing...
I am sure Ken got an extra Locker-room bonus from Dana since they wanted Rich to be the next big thing. Franklin didn't know Ken was taking a dive though.
Ken thought the paychecks would keep coming if he kept putting over the posterboys, which is why he was shocked when Zuffa cut him off the roster.
Ken was a companyman, Frank was not.