Tank Abbott another detrement to MMA's future

David "Tank" Abbott the grey breaded warrior as some call him. We all remeber him from the early days of MMA and in the early days of the UFC. I'm going back to about 1996 to about 98. Tank had a name for himself. Could knock out anyone with those heavy hands. Of course durning this time period it wasn't true MMA it was more style vs style. I think just his whole look. I mean the guy looks like a badass got his fame going then in 1998 Tank Abbott signs with the WCW and becomes a professinal wrestler. Really helping out the sport that helped him get where he is today. So he stays in the WCW till it's fall all the while MMA evolved into what it currently is.

So in 2003 he comes back to the UFC and has done nothing to improve is style or martial arts or sub. He's going with the same bar-room brawling that worked so well in the past. Well the rest of the roster in the UFC continued to evolve and get better. Tank was murdered in the first round every fight. So then he quits and fights off and on for the next couple of years picking up only one win in 2005. Has one fight in Pride and Strike and loses both of them horribly. In 2007 he takes on Gary Turner in Cage Rage and gets soundly beat in the first again. Then came the event that might as well been put on by the WWE.

Tank vs Kimbo

Of course Kimbo beat him and every 14 year old lit up the internet saying that Kimbo was the greatest fighter in the world. Then I thought we might be lucky enough for him to retire. NOPE he gets on the Wargods farce with Ken Shamrock. At Wargods he fights Mike Bourke another bar room brawler that's got guess what a LOSEING record. You would think the two main event guys would want to fight someone who's got a slightly better record or hell EACH OTHER! Well Abbott beat Bourke so i guess that proves that he's at least the best brawler still around.

Tank Abbott may look like a bad ass and that might be enough for the WWE but not MMA. Abbott still has name power so here's what I suggest. That Tank takes his fat self and does commentating or promos or just retires and stays retired. Becuase like Ken Shamrock your helping out the people that think that MMA is a joke. Don't take down all of MMA just because you can't handel that your carear is over.