Tank Abbott: shocking MMA fighter

Every person by nature is prone to a particular activity. Some people can easily and quickly learn the exact sciences, the other - music. But there is a special caste men - is a born fighter. Irrepressible thirst for adrenaline and competitive spirit force them to constantly look for a variety of adventures. These guys often become military or sportsmen. In this article we will talk about one of those guys whose name - Tank Abbott.

The birth of

The future star of MMA was born in Huntington Beach, located in California, April 26, 1965. By the way, the passport is a fighter David.

Surprisingly, despite their bright performances in the Octagon, Tank Abbott has never been a proponent of healthy eating, sport mode and discipline. In addition, he has never in his career was not complete within the meaning of combat sports training camp. Nevertheless, such originality could not prevent him from entering into the history of mixed fights as one of the most exciting and charismatic fighters.

Sports experience

Yet in fairness it should be noted that Tank Abbott was not unprepared bag. He has always had a tremendous physical strength that can confirm his rivals. In the early years of life American could squeeze the breast almost six hundred pounds. He also took part in competitions in freestyle wrestling and was even able to win a number of competitions in the period of study at the college. But the most important thing that differentiates David from the rest of his colleagues in the sports shop - it is an invaluable experience that he has received in numerous street fights, of which there are more than two hundred.

Legal fights

Pro Debut Tank Abbott, a photo of which are given in this article are implemented in 1995. His first tournament was the UFC 6, which was then held in Wyoming. The first opponent of our hero in the cell became a fighter named John Matua. Abbot took only 18 seconds to send a knockout of an athlete whose weight at the time of the fight was nearly 400 pounds. On the same day Tank Abbott had another fight. And not with someone a little-known, but with an experienced fighter from Russia Oleg Taktarov. The fight was quite long and very intense. As a result, the Russians won a rear naked choke, but after the match both players for a long time could not get up off the floor from extreme fatigue. That fight was voted the best of the night, and the audience applauded wildly and whistled athletes.

In 1996, Tank Abbott (biography with photos presented in the article) was a finalist of the tournament UFC. But he did not manage to get a taste of the championship. In the final battle, he lost another legend Don Frye MMA.

It would seem that these bright men like David, had to serve a long and successful, but at the end of the 90s, he became more and more play. At that time in the octagon have included such giants of mixed fights as Brazilians Victor Belfort and Pedro Rizzo, American Morris Smith and others. Unfortunately, the tank was not able to resist them, and from all of them to get knocked out, with the first seconds of fighting. Three defeats in a row forced Abbott to leave the world of mixed fights.

A new round of life

something happened that many MMA fans have been waiting in the year 2003. Tank Abbott, whose biography has already become many uninteresting, he returned to the Octagon and adequately fought begins his career Frank Mir. David had more experience than with an opponent, but still lost to, and ahead of schedule.

His last fight of his career, which ended with his defeat, Abbott spent the spring of 2013. How then David himself said, he very diligently preparing for a fight, but began to feel his age.

Instead of a conclusion

Abbott almost always after the battle attended various drinking establishments, regardless of whether he won or lost. In particular, after the defeat at the hands of David Taktorova thoroughly drunk, while Oleg was hospitalized and did.

Generally Tank often won not too high-class fighters. And if fate was driving him in a cage with a true professional, he necessarily inferior. But tournament organizers and the audience loved David for his shocking antics in the Octagon, and outside of it.