UFC this friday, you gonna watch>

[big perm]

Ortiz -vs. Belfort........was gonna be a great fight but now Ortiz says he's injured so the fights off. I'm pissed, I've been waiting to see Belfort take him out early too.

Oh well.....it'll still be a good event, Couture's gonna fight now.

 

[bigschweeler]

Just 'cause I haven't been following it....

What the hell happened to Tank Abbot? I know he was on WWF or WCW for awhile there, but isn't he gone now?

 

[saint808]

hahahah tank abbott... he is a tank now... totally out of shape.... and he wasn;t exactly in shape before.... couldn't have happened to a nicer guy either... i still remember dan severyn beating him for 15 minutes straight... that was enjoyable.

 

[big perm]

Ahhh, Tank......he brings back memories. I think what happened to him was that the overall pool of talent just got too good for such a street brawler like him. Not that I could even take him out or anything, unless I was able to get him to the ground but thats not the point. I just think he was eventually weeded out by the number of people that were trying to get into the octagon, or maybe he got knocked the fuck out one too many times.

 

[bigschweeler]

i still remember dan severyn beating him for 15 minutes straight... that was enjoyable.

I remember that fight too, but I also remember Tank just mauling people in there.

 

[saint808]

I remember that fight too, but I also remember Tank just mauling people in there.

yeah but when he was in there with a well trained grappler he was basically a big 280 lb bitch.

 

[mekannik]

Ortiz's trainer/mentor originally recruited him as a sparring partner for Abbot back in the day. Both of them are from Huntington Beach - so that quiet, little surfer town is not the place to indiscriminately pick a bar fight.


I bumped into Abbot (literally) one nite at a bar in Huntington. I turn around all buzzed, look down, and say "sorry dude". Turned and looked at the pic on the wall behind the bar, walked away and realized who I had bumped into. F'in great.

 

[the nature boy]

seems to me pride fighting is better than UFC. what do you guys think?

 

[saint808]

can yoiu rent pride? I have never seen any of shamrock's promotion... but i hear it's great and the guys are all pretty skilled.

 

[addickt]

seems to me pride fighting is better than UFC. what do you guys think?

I like UFCV better just cause there is not as many damn Japanese wrestlers... Plus you cant understand what the fuck the announceer says cause it is always in Hiroshima or some shit.

That sucks about Ortiz and Belfort, Belfort would have gotten in his ass though.

He doesnt have all the hype but he is a much more solid fighter. Ortiz sucks on his feet IMO.