Kimbo vs Tank

[TheIguana]

Line seems extremely high. Wouldn't Tank with his experience fighting in this type of setting be competitive? I'd like to bet Tank but can anyone give me a good handicap as to why I should or shouldn't bet on Tank?

[WrongSideWarrior]

All you need to have seen is Kimbos last fight...

His opponent threw the fight pretty obviously.

Tank may be worth a small play for action but no reason to put any kind of signifigant play here.

I like Noke on the undercard here...

[TheIguana]

Thanks Wrongside,

Yeah it will be a small play on Tank. I want to cheer against Kimbo anyway, don't really care much for the guy, seems more hype than substance.

PS. Always like that quote you got by Sam Lang Clemens!

[WrongSideWarrior]

Originally Posted by TheIguana

Thanks Wrongside,

Yeah it will be a small play on Tank. I want to cheer against Kimbo anyway, don't really care much for the guy, seems more hype than substance.

PS. Always like that quote you got by Sam Lang Clemens!

If the fight is legit then Tank is a fantastic bet...

Will be a fun post fight if Tank KO's him.

[littleogre]

I think kimbo will exposed the second he fights anyone in the top 10 but i think he will have an easy time with tank.

[homedog]

Is this on TV?

[drunkguy]

showtime, 10 PM

[homedog]

Thanks.

[Oddessa]

If the fight is legit then Tank is a fantastic bet

^ correct

giant IF

[(sportman)]

When does this beauty take place?

[TheIguana]

Sporto,
Kimbo stopped Tank in First last night, i didn't see it(friggin pirate card went down AGAIN!) but would like to know: did it look fixed to people who did watch?

[pokerjoe]

I'd like to see Kimbo fight someone who could run a mile. I was going to say "run a mile in under 8 minutes" but that's too much to ask for.

[Oddessa]

Kimbo Slice vs. Tank Abbott
elite xc s-s - KS v TA - MIRACLE.asf

[Oddessa]

YouTube - Kimbo

Tank vs Kimbo

[Oddessa]

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[Louis Cypher]

A DAY LATE...

Kimbo takes the mantle from Tank

By Dave Meltzer

Sunday, Feb 17, 2008 2:05 am EST

Just as Tank Abbott made the perfect opponent going into Kimbo Slice's second sanctioned MMA match, he made an even more perfect "opponent" once the bell sounded.

Before a raucous sellout crowd of 7,000 fans on Saturday night at the Bank United Center in Slice's hometown of Miami, Slice, known as Kevin Ferguson to his family, knocked Abbott down four times with punches, with the final knockdown sending Abbott falling face first on the canvas. The spectacle only lasted 43 seconds.

The only reason it lasted that long is after the Abbott was put down the first time, and Slice was pounding him on the ground and about to finish him, ref Troy Waugh gave him a reprieve because Slice punched him to the back of the head. It appeared Abbott figured his work was over as he went to the corner. He came back out, with his heart no longer into it, and they traded big punches, with Slice's being harder and more accurate.

The reality is Abbott is now a 9-14 fighter, and 42 years old. He collected one more six-figure paycheck because he can talk the talk, and because once upon a time, when MMA was primitive, Abbott scored some spectacular knockouts, and made himself famous by acting like the ultimate street fighter.

Slice, 34, who talked after the fight about Abbott and Mike Tyson being his fighting idols, will now pick up the mantle that Abbott once owned.

He's the guy the masses see as the street fighter, whose fighting discipline wasn't called jiu jitsu, boxing, kickboxing, judo or wrestling, but labeled "brawling," which is this decade's version of the "pit fighter" moniker given to Abbott by early Ultimate Fighting Championship matchmaker Art Davie.

Perhaps the real story was the crowd and their reactions. Slice lit up the room the way very few MMA fighters in history ever have. Where he truly ranks as a fighter is a question. He can hit hard, but that was known in advance. Abbott seemed winded when in the corner after 19 seconds of action when Waugh was yelling at Slice for the punch to the back of the head. Abbott showed no head movement, and was a sitting duck for nearly every punch that came.

After the match, announcers Mauro Ranallo, Bill Goldberg and Stephen Quadros were teasing that Ken Shamrock, who turned 44 last week, may be Slice's next opponent. Shamrock first has to get past Robert "Buzz" Berry in a match on March 8 in London's Wembley Arena.

Slice's win was the cherry on top of the sundae of fast and brutal knockouts on Elite XC and Showtime's first major event of the year. Of the five televised fights, four were knockouts.

Brett Rogers, a 264-pound heavyweight, upped his record to 8-0 by flattening former Pride regular James "The Colossus" Thompson, 16-8, in just 2:24 with a combination of punches.

Yves Edwards, 33-13-1, scored a spectacular looking knockout with a jumping knee, reminiscent of the Urijah Faber vs. Jeff Curran finish from Dec. 12. Edwards' opponent, Floridian Edson Berto, brother of boxer Andre Berto, had him with a single leg, and with one leg elevated, Edwards jumped up with the other and connected with a knee to the jaw for a win in 4:56. Berto is now 14-5-1.

Former UFC fighter Scott Smith, 15-4, connected with a solid right to the mouth of Kyle Noke, 14-4-1, cold cocking him at seven seconds of round two. It took Noke some time before he could even sit up after the punch of the night.

In the semifinal, Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva may have beaten former UFC champion Ricco Rodriguez by decision, but it was one of those wins that probably did him more harm than good. Silva, talked up as one of the premier heavyweights in the sport, fought an even fight, at no point looking dominant, in getting a split decision by scores of 28-29, 30-27 and 29-28. Yahoo! had the fight for Silva 29-28.

Silva, 10-1, did better with the stand-up, but lost the first round when he was taken down and ground and pounded. After solidly winning round two both standing and on the ground, he seemed to clinch the fight with a takedown right away in the third round. But after a stand-up in a match the crowd heavily booed, Rodriguez, 27-8 took Silva down and had control in the last 90 seconds of the fight. If the round was a minute longer, the decision could have gone the other way.