{"id":1733,"date":"2008-02-15T19:40:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-15T23:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1733"},"modified":"2008-02-15T19:40:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-15T23:40:00","slug":"kimbo-vs-tank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1733","title":{"rendered":"Kimbo vs Tank"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_aatuWUTj6ic\/R7Yi70ID-HI\/AAAAAAAABBY\/81AtDiGpOqY\/s1600-h\/z021508kimbo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_aatuWUTj6ic\/R7Yi70ID-HI\/AAAAAAAABBY\/81AtDiGpOqY\/s400\/z021508kimbo.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167356033454307442\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Kimbo Slice<\/span> fights <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Tank Abbott<\/span> tomorrow night on <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Showtime<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Kimbo<\/span> is a <a style=\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\" href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/results?search_query=kimbo&amp;search_type=\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">youtube legend<\/span><\/a> thanks to his <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">quick knockouts<\/span> of big and mostly tough [but unskilled] <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">backyard fighters<\/span>.  <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Kimbo<\/span> has had <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">one official MMA fight<\/span> which lasted all of 19 seconds.  He had [what is now being called] an exhibition fight where he chocked out <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Ray Mercer<\/span> [an old boxer] in less than one minute. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Tank Abbott<\/span> fought in <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">MMA fights<\/span> back when the Earth was just starting to cool.  Less rules and less skills needed then. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> Tank<\/span> would come out swinging and if you weren&#8217;t knocked out and could last until <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Tank<\/span> gassed [which usually didn&#8217;t take too long] odds were you could beat him.  Still, <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Tank<\/span> was popular with the fans.  Much more popular than his <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">9-13<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">record<\/span> would lead you to believe.  <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Tank&#8217;s<\/span> had <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">6 fights<\/span> in the last <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">5 years<\/span> [losing five of them and none going past the first round].<\/p>\n<p>Looking at their records and who they&#8217;ve fought it&#8217;s hard to imagine <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Kimbo vs Abbott<\/span> as a main event.  But I gotta admit that I&#8217;d tune in if I had <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Showtime<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kimbo Slice fights Tank Abbott tomorrow night on Showtime. 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