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Guinness5.0
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Kinda cool I guess if you're into UFC. Looked pretty easy too.
Kinda cool I guess if you're into UFC. Looked pretty easy too.
UFC's Tank Abbott benching 600 (raw)
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Guinness5.0 said:
damn...very clean and nice. I hate bar benders. They make the weight i am doing that i think is alot look like a few feathers.
ghettostudmuffin
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As sloppy as that was. he still put it up and I think based off that he could bench 550 in good form.
That's very strong.
That's very strong.
Dam, thats gotta hurt the ribs. I love seeing the bar bend like its made of plastic. Thats without a shirt too, so very impressive. His feet are moving all around even on the way down. Hard to imagine getting a solid lift like that. That guy is as tough as nails. I would not want to get a right cross from him!!
Only problem with UFC is that grappling dominates it. Its almost impossible to avoid being taken down by a great jiu jitsu artist, but its easy to avoid standing and trading blows. I think he would do better at the toughman competition.
Only problem with UFC is that grappling dominates it. Its almost impossible to avoid being taken down by a great jiu jitsu artist, but its easy to avoid standing and trading blows. I think he would do better at the toughman competition.
reigninghard
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that is sick
kane fan is absolutely right. fighters who dominate now crosstrain a lot. The brazilian top team all did JJ from an early age but have crosstrained a lot in kickboxing and wrestling and now regularly win fights by KO from knees or punches. A basic knowledge of submission grappling and avoiding takedowns is a basic necessity for nhb fighting now
Yeah, I think more guys are learning how to avoid takedowns a lot better now. Early in the UFC, it seemed there were more defined camps of fighting. Once people saw how important the ground game was, the real hybrids started to appear. Gracie Jiu Jitsu used to be the ultimate style for the UFC, with its good takedowns/finishing moves. Problem is now a lot of people know good counters for chokes/armbars etc., its much harder to catch someone in a submission hold.
BiggT
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NHB fighting has really evolved over the last 10 years, and it is still evolving. It went from comparing one discipline to another, to its current form of being almost a hybrid fighting style in and of itself.
Tank Abbott is not as 'unskilled' and untrained as most people believe. However, he still is basically just a strong, tough guy with an unreal punch. He didn't just get up off a bar stool and decide to fight. He may not be one of the best fighters in NHB history, but he did a lot to get rid of the myth that the little "Kung-Fu Master" would kill everyone in his path.....there are certainly a lot more skilled fighters than Tank, and a lot better fighters, and he may be well past his competitive days, but I will always feel that what he brings to the mat deserves respect. He is fearless, and when in shape, can take a severe beating. And, with a punch as powerful as his, he still always has that snowball's chance in hell of landing one againsy anybody and taking them out. Kind of like George Foreman at the end of his career, power is the last thing to go, and with it, you'll always be dangerous.
Tank Abbott is not as 'unskilled' and untrained as most people believe. However, he still is basically just a strong, tough guy with an unreal punch. He didn't just get up off a bar stool and decide to fight. He may not be one of the best fighters in NHB history, but he did a lot to get rid of the myth that the little "Kung-Fu Master" would kill everyone in his path.....there are certainly a lot more skilled fighters than Tank, and a lot better fighters, and he may be well past his competitive days, but I will always feel that what he brings to the mat deserves respect. He is fearless, and when in shape, can take a severe beating. And, with a punch as powerful as his, he still always has that snowball's chance in hell of landing one againsy anybody and taking them out. Kind of like George Foreman at the end of his career, power is the last thing to go, and with it, you'll always be dangerous.
JL_204
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BiggT said:
I agree. If he took his training a little more seriously he would be a force to be reckoned with.
I guess getting drunk and fighting in the bar is more appealing to him. To be honest though, I'd rather watch guys like St.pierre or Rich Franklin. These guys are well rounded and have an much bigger arsenal.
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