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Tank Abbott Fighting in the 90’s Ep 315

Wrestling

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Tagal2h 43m

Panoorin Ngayon

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Ep 315 Tank Abbott Fighting in the 90’s The Original UFC bad boy, David "Tank" Abbott, joins us for an unfiltered deep dive into the wild early days of MMA. From his explosive knockouts at UFC 6, legendary clashes in the tournament, street-fighting roots, and raw takes on the politics, "works," and personalities that shaped the sport - Tank holds nothing back. Now retired in the desert, this powerhouse legend (natural 625-Ib bench, no-BS 0:00 MMA history podcast intro 0:32 Joey Venti’s guest introduction 0:51 interview start 6:58 packaged by Dave Thomas for the UFC 11:02 meeting with Art Davie 16:44 17:30 receiving letter of intent to fight in the UFC 21:44 attending UFC 5 24:19 interactions with Joe Son 29:19 issues with Jim Brown 43:42 Ken Shamrock vs Royce Gracie “rematch” 44:58 Ultimate Tank ppv 45:50 cornering Vanilla ice for a fight 46:31 thoughts on Tito Ortiz 50:48 technique vs being tough 52:02 Tank Abbott vs John Matua 58:02 making the UFC entertaining 59:05 Tank Abbott vs Paul Varelans 1:03:03 Tank Abbott vs Oleg Taktarov 1:07:17 Pat Smith altercation backstage 1:09:46 attack on Pat Smith in elevator 1:14:30 Ken Sharock calling the cops 1:15:29 writing apology letter to John McCarthy 1:16:59 becoming a paint artist 1:17:44 training with Mark Schultz 1:19:38 wrestling Chael Sonnan 1:21:46 first fixed fight in the UFC 1:23:09 Ken Shamrock not being pushed in UFC 1:24:58 Tank Abbott vs Dan Severn 1:30:17 Altercation with Allan Goes 1:40:55 sucker punched by Wallid Ismail 1:46:04 Bas Rutten vs Kevin Randleman 1:47:05 Allan Goes incident in Puerto Rico 1:49:28 thoughts on John Perretti 1:52:38 meeting Tito Ortiz 1:55:32 Tito Ortiz stealing check from car 2:02:12 Tank Abbott vs Scott Ferrozzo 2:09:13 Tank Abbott vs Cal Worsham 2:11:25 Direct wave TV sponsor 2:11:44 Canceled bout with Ken Shamrock 2:14:39 fighters taking steroids 2:17:07 Don Frye worked fight with Mark Hall 2:18:04 Big Al throwing burger at Frank Shamrock 2:19:55 thoughts on the UFC hall of fame 2:25:00 Ken Shamrock calling out Tank Abbott 2: