I think Tank Abbott was the best guy the UFC ever had at doing interviews that had wit, attitude, humor, and intelligence. He could cut down his opponents a thousand different ways and not need to curse because he was capable of so much more than gutter level street talk. Tank pioneered this style of talking in The UFC and he was so far ahead of his time that there still hasn't been anybody who has come along who can do what Tank did on the mic. He actually had a losing record in his career yet he was depending on the time either the most popular or close to being the most popular fighter they had from his debut up until he was clearly past his prime and even then he remained fairly popular.
Other fighters ned to say "fuck" or "motherfucker" almost every single sentence as a crutch because they have nothing going on upstairs. There's very little brain cell activity in those fighters. They're "trash talkers." Tank never had to "talk trash" because the creativity and intelligence involved in what he was doing lifted it clearly above the level of mere "trash" or "shit." Tank had so many more, better ways of cutting great promos on a number of different fighters all within a single interview. The creativity, humor and wit you hear in a Tank interview is something no current UFC fighter can match. He said after his fight with Dan Severn "I thought I had a nightmare where Freddy Mercury was trying to rape me." Who else comes up with stuff like that?
Other fighters ned to say "fuck" or "motherfucker" almost every single sentence as a crutch because they have nothing going on upstairs. There's very little brain cell activity in those fighters. They're "trash talkers." Tank never had to "talk trash" because the creativity and intelligence involved in what he was doing lifted it clearly above the level of mere "trash" or "shit." Tank had so many more, better ways of cutting great promos on a number of different fighters all within a single interview. The creativity, humor and wit you hear in a Tank interview is something no current UFC fighter can match. He said after his fight with Dan Severn "I thought I had a nightmare where Freddy Mercury was trying to rape me." Who else comes up with stuff like that?
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