Former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz recently teased a potential comeback to mixed martial arts after retiring from the sport in July 2012. Ortiz lost a unanimous decision to Forrest Griffin at UFC 148, but had stated before the event that win, lose or draw, that would be his final fight after a 15-year […]
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz recently teased a potential comeback to mixed martial arts after retiring from the sport in July 2012. Ortiz lost a unanimous decision to Forrest Griffin at UFC 148, but had stated before the event that win, lose or draw, that would be his final fight after a 15-year […]
On Saturday, Chris Weidman dramatically wrested control of the 185-pound belt from Anderson Silva, ending the UFC middleweight’s almost seven-year reign as champion. Weidman’s victory at UFC 162 is, in many ways, the end of an era. After shaking off the stars from Weidman’s knockout blow in the second round, Silva told a booing crowd […]
On Saturday, Chris Weidman dramatically wrested control of the 185-pound belt from Anderson Silva, ending the UFC middleweight’s almost seven-year reign as champion. Weidman’s victory at UFC 162 is, in many ways, the end of an era. After shaking off the stars from Weidman’s knockout blow in the second round, Silva told a booing crowd […]
Rashad Evans rallied from being knocked down in the opening round to narrowly defeat Dan Henderson in a split on Saturday evening at UFC 161. The narrow main event victory pushed Evans’ mixed martial arts record to 18-3-1, while dropping Henderson to 29-10. The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s official Twitter page highlighted what made the difference […]
Rashad Evans rallied from being knocked down in the opening round to narrowly defeat Dan Henderson in a split on Saturday evening at UFC 161. The narrow main event victory pushed Evans’ mixed martial arts record to 18-3-1, while dropping Henderson to 29-10. The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s official Twitter page highlighted what made the difference […]
Now that Robbie Lawler has confounded expectations by defeating Josh Koscheck at UFC 157, he can sit back and enjoy his new lease on life with the company. As fans, we can look back at his victory and in doing so, compare it to other “comeback” fights in the UFC; after all, not everyone who […]
Now that Robbie Lawler has confounded expectations by defeating Josh Koscheck at UFC 157, he can sit back and enjoy his new lease on life with the company. As fans, we can look back at his victory and in doing so, compare it to other “comeback” fights in the UFC; after all, not everyone who […]
“A true warrior never puts down his sword and I love to do it. It’s as simple as that. I never left.”
Those were the words spoken by MMA pioneer and schnauzer-impersonator Tank Abbott yesterday when he announced his return to the sport of MMA after a three year absence. Yes, despite dropping 8 of his last 10 contests by first round stoppage and venturing into the bizarre worlds of celebrity boxing and backyard wrestling in his spare time, the 47 year-old Abbott is giving this MMA thing another try. We guarantee this judgement call has nothing to do with the fact that he just spent the last of the money he made for the Kimbo Slice fight on a bottle of Fleischmann’s that is now empty.
Even more shocking than Abbott’s decision to knock ten more years off his life was his decision to ditch the gorgeous hairpiece/Santa beard combination that we last saw him donning. The interviewer in the above video also noticed this, and showed a shocking lack of awareness when asking Tank why he decided to shave it off, as if it was ever real hair to begin with. “I don’t need long hair when I’m training,” Tank calmly replied, also bewildered that his bird’s nest could have possibly fooled someone that wasn’t legally blind.
“A true warrior never puts down his sword and I love to do it. It’s as simple as that. I never left.”
Those were the words spoken by MMA pioneer and schnauzer-impersonator Tank Abbott yesterday when he announced his return to the sport of MMA after a three year absence. Yes, despite dropping 8 of his last 10 contests by first round stoppage and venturing into the bizarre worlds of celebrity boxing and backyard wrestling in his spare time, the 47 year-old Abbott is giving this MMA thing another try. We guarantee this judgement call has nothing to do with the fact that he just spent the last of the money he made for the Kimbo Slice fight on a bottle of Fleischmann’s that is now empty.
Even more shocking than Abbott’s decision to knock ten more years off his life was his decision to ditch the gorgeous hairpiece/Santa beard combination that we last saw him donning. The interviewer in the above video also noticed this, and showed a shocking lack of awareness when asking Tank why he decided to shave it off, as if it was ever real hair to begin with. “I don’t need long hair when I’m training,” Tank calmly replied, also bewildered that his bird’s nest could have possibly fooled someone that wasn’t legally blind.
And who might Tank be facing in his triumphant comeback fight, you ask? None other than Ruben “Warpath” Villareal, who has also dropped 8 of his past 10 fights. CAN YOU SAY SUPERFIGHT? Ironically enough, Villareal’s only notable win that came during that streak was a first round knockout over the similarly drunk/awesome Don Frye in his comeback fight. And unless Villareal comes into this fight short an eye and both arms, we can probably expect a similar result here. Although if you were to ask us, Tank’s decision not to call out Tater Williams seems like a major blown opportunity. The sheer amount of theses across the sneezes in that fight could have really changed some people’s views on the sport in general.
As painful as the UFC post-fight press conferences are to sit though, you sure do learn (or at least get teased with) some vital information about the future of the organization. Stuff like: Dana White saying that he doesn’t want to deal with Alistair Overeem because “he sat in front of us . . . . Lied to us.” There is an entire horse meat story waiting to be written by Josh Hutchinson on that, but I am talking about good juicy TMZ’esque gossip shit. The Overeem issue is kind of news but it was overshadowed by another series of questions asked.
Because there was not a camera pointed at the media members, I am not certain it wasAriel Helwani – but I am pretty damn positive – who asked the most intriguing questions of the night. I AM sure that there are not a lot of guys that (sound like a baritone-polite-Mogwai and) have the stones to ask the necessary questions – but big props to Helwani if it was in fact him.
(Who has 2 index fingers and knows how to make a lot of money?)
As painful as the UFC post-fight press conferences are to sit though, you sure do learn (or at least get teased with) some vital information about the future of the organization. Stuff like: Dana White saying that he doesn’t want to deal with Alistair Overeem because “he sat in front of us . . . . Lied to us.” There is an entire horse meat story waiting to be written by Josh Hutchinson on that, but I am talking about good juicy TMZ’esque gossip shit. The Overeem issue is kind of news but it was overshadowed by another series of questions asked.
Because there was not a camera pointed at the media members, I am not certain it wasAriel Helwani – but I am pretty damn positive – who asked the most intriguing questions of the night. I AM sure that there are not a lot of guys that (sound like a baritone-polite-Mogwai and) have the stones to ask the necessary questions – but big props to Helwani if it was in fact him.
If you wanna see Dana White show a giant shit-eating-grin (even bigger than karmaatemycat’s during the Barbosa vs. Varner fight), follow along HERE at the 13:25 mark.
Possibly Probably Helwani – “A lot of people were very surprised to see Brock Lesnar – he wasn’t a guy that would come to fights when he was a member of the UFC . . . . .” (interrupted by) Dana White – “You got that right . . . . right?” PPH – “What was he doing here?” DW – “I don’t know. Apparently now he is a big fan” Helwani – “Is there anything more to that?” DW – “Ya.” PPH – “Anything that you’d like to share?” DW – “No. He was here. I mean, I think that says it all.” PPH – “Is there a chance that he may come back?” DW – “Possibly, ya.” PPH – “So you have talked to him about this?” DW – “No.”
Well, thanks for fucking nothing . . . . kind of.
The fact that both HeavyWeight Champion Junior Dos Santos and defeated foe Frank Mir are in the screen shot during the encounter is absolutely priceless. Cigano laughs during the questioning while Mir and his swollen face stare into outer space. Brock was probably there in hopes that Mir would somehow defeat JDS and then he could come back to the UFC for a third match against Frank. Clearly that shit didn’t materialize. Now, since the questions have been asked, does anybody really think that Brock wants to come back to face the killers in the HW division, much less JDS? We already know that ”COCK CHESTNAR” (thanks dranokills) doesn’t like getting hit in the face or kicked in the body. Is there anyone out there that thinks this just reeks of “sports entertainment” nonsense? It has happened before.
Open the proverbial flood gates of endless speculation.
