I'm just watching a couple of good fights. Tank was a badass and a pioneer of the sport.Like two slugs aggressively trying to mate. Tough guys though but very unskilled compared to todays fighters. Neither would be ufc caliber or maybe even bellator
I'm just watching a couple of good fights. Tank was a badass and a pioneer of the sport.
I was watching UFC 12 on YouTube a while back and Tank is in the booth and is calling Vitor Belfort's Debut fight against Tra Telligman. I'm pretty sure I rented this on VHS years ago as a teen, but I must have forgot about this Telligman was a Lion's Den fighter that has a sunk in chest on one side as he is missing a pectoral muscle and his right lung from a car accident when he was a toddler.I loved it when Tank knocked Cabbage out, that was epic.. so many good memories, some of my favorite memories was actually Tank on commentary LOL, he was beyond hilarious, still can't believe they didn't remove him.
"I got raped by Dan Severn, he was on top of me and I admit I did enjoy it because I felt like I was getting raped by Freddy Mercury"
"Yeah whats his name? Glam Cock or something" . Jeff Blatnick - ''thats Ken Shamrock for the viewers''
"Yeah the Polar Bear, I was actually getting sexually aroused while smashing him, Varelans would get beat by any version of me".
"Beating people up is a positive thing"
"I'm gonna be the most ATHLETIC person thats ever stepped into the octagon, that coupled with my world class experiences will definitely make me the UFC 6 champ". LOL says the fat belly alcoholic street fighter lol. WAR TANK!!!!!
I was watching UFC 12 on YouTube. a while back and Tank is in the booth and is calling Vitor Belfort's Debut fight against Tra Telligman. I'm pretty sure I rented this on VHS years ago as a teen, but I must have forgot about this Telligman was a Lion's Den fighter that has a sunk in chest on one side as he is missing a pectoral muscle and his right lung from a car accident when he was a toddler.
A 19 year old Vitor Belfort made pretty quick work of him back at UFC 12. Tank is in the commentary booth and says "I bet Telligman wishes he had another pectoral muscle right now." Tank was always such a dick back then.
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It was a fun fight but no he is not a legend and pioneer. He appealed to a small portion of rednecks and hillbillies of the time who identified with his massive gut and utter lack of athleticism and skill. Yes, I know he wad a wrestler eons before his MMA career
Don Frye, Dan Severn, the Shamrock brothers and others are legends and pioneers of that time, and Tank Abbot was a fat brawler who shouldn't be mentioned among them. The Butterbean of MMA. On top of that, he was a terrible person and still is. I like his fight with Vitor where he was quickly exposed when he faced a fighter of real quality in Belfort who was a real athlete who put in the work and was tremendously skilled. Look what happened.
Arlovski had already cracked Cabbage's chin by the time Tank/Cabbage 2 happenedTank tested that chin that couldn't be knocked out...
Derrick Lewis fought for the HW strap 15 months agoLike two slugs aggressively trying to mate. Tough guys though but very unskilled compared to todays fighters. Neither would be ufc caliber or maybe even bellator
according to bjm, tank said he couldnt see from the blood, bjm said if u cant see i have to stop the fight, tank said again i cant see