I am a Tank Abbott “The Fighter” fan. In the 90’s his fights were always entertaining. Even though he didn’t have great skill and even worse conditioning, his strength and furiosity made up for it. It was a time when style vs style was the theme. You’d see greko roman wrestlers vs street fighters vs ju jitsu submission specialists and so on. Since then, the sport has evolved. Tank has not! And on top of that, he has aged considerably and looked like he was in the worse condition of his life.

Tank used to be a good benchmark for seperating the contenders from the pretenders. Now, I don’t think he could seperate himself from a bar stool.

I will say in defense of Tank. If all you did, was watch Tanks’ losses, then you don’t know Tank. You should go back and watch some of his victories. In victory Tank was ruthlessly vicious. Tank put it best when he described one of his coming fights as, “Did you ever watch the discovery channel and see a lion tear apart a zebra?”, eluding to that is what his next fight will be like.

So to answer the question, “Does anyone really want to see Tank Abbott continue fighting?” Tank is 0-4 in his last few fights, having not won a fight since May of 2005. (Unless you count the time in 06 when My buddy and I ran into Tank in the John of a bar who I will not name, and as Tank was on the toilet we found ourselves fighting for air, a fight my buddy and I clearly lost) I have no reason to believe, after seeing his fight against Kimbo Slice, that we will see any other Tank than the Septic Tank from this point forward.
So I will pass on future Tank fights thanks!

You really think Tank has a legit jab style? It leaves him WIDE OPEN for an onslaught of punches. Some style.

If you read the blog at all, you would notice that I watched a few of his TKO/KO losses and the fight style was the same against everyone.

The only legit take down attempt came right out of the gate and I agree it was half-hearted. The second take down attempt was a lame single leg that was more of a defensive position since he was receiving a beating on the feet.

Also, claiming the fight was a work is a bold statement. If you have any proof to back it up, I’d be interested in seeing it. Otherwise your comment is mere speculation.

The bottom line is that the only chance Tank Abbott has of beating legit competition is a puncher’s chance, and that even seems to be weening.

The author’s fight analyses is weak. He credits Tank with NO footwork, and totally misreads his jab style. Tank throws mainly hooks and straights. Not every punch is for the fences. Another thing the author misses is that Tank took an actual MMA striker’s stance, one that expects take down attempts and prepares to make them—which he did, half heartedly.

Don’t like Tank, fine. But don’t issue thin analyses of his fight technique based on what you saw in a WORK.

Dave Rabbit