Friday, February 15, 2008

Tank Abbott vs. Kimbo Slice: Crazy Shit

It's easy to say that these two guys are just going to punch each other in the face. Neither are going to have any cardio, but it's not going to matter. Still, let's take a real look at the way this is going to go down.

Let me first say that I think Kimbo is a decent brawler, but that I have to say that not only does Tank have twenty more fights on the professional level than Kimbo, he's also got hundreds on the street. If we want to give anyone an experience edge on this fight, it is Tank.

In terms of the way that these guys think, it's always about bringing it outside of the cage, that's always what they're thinking about, but once you step in, it's going to be different than the typical, onesided brawl we've seen from Kimbo.

Tank is in incredible physical condition in this fight. It sounds wierd to say, but he's the trimmest I've ever seen him, and that could mean alot of things, but I don't think it will have any impact on his power, because Tank Abbott hits harder than any man on the planet. Including Chuck Liddell. Including Mirko CroCop. Including Fedor.

He may not hit as consistently as those guys. He may not move as well as those guys. He may not be as good a striker as those guys, but he hits harder than anyone on the planet. After all, Tank put out Cabbage Correirra with one punch, and Cabbage has fought some of the most dangerous strikers on the planet. It says alot for Tank that he is the only one to put Cabbage out with that one shot.

If that shot catches Kimbo, the Slice is going to have to hope that his bushy beard will provide some padding, but I don't think it will help much.

Personally, I wanted to see Kimbo fight Antonio Silva, but even the big Silva couldn't put out Cabbage with one punch, and given that Antonio was almost 350 pounds at the time, that's saying something.

Kimbo is going to step in the ring and find that Tank is not Bo Cantrell, he's not going to fall down pro-wrestling style as soon as he gets hit with a punch. Tank wants to prove himself, and I certainly hope he does.

I won't count Kimbo out of this fight, but I certainly think that he's the underdog. Anything can happen in a brawl, but I think I've got a pretty good idea of how this goes down.

They step in the cage, punch each other in the face and Kimbo falls down. Then Tank gets drunk.

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