 The new tryout format allows Ken to evaluate toughness and skill, while making cuts to determine who he wants to represent the Den.The Lion's Den has engaged in a feud with Tito Ortiz.The feud began to build when Ortiz, with his fingers, acted like he was shooting at the Lion's Den corner and coach Ken Shamrock after his win over Jerry Bohlander at UFC 18, and additionally put on a disrespectful shirt in the octagon after the fight with Bohlander.