we get it boomer

@@HellaBlazedCat we get it featus

Barbaric you fool

"WELCOME TO CASPER, WYOMING!!"

@@lifeisstr4nge My bad *Barbarbarbarbaraicbaraciarbariabaraic

Right 😂

He was a man among boys

My dad actually drank with tank Abbott once my dad said he was super nice

I believe it.

he is

FINISH HIM

John hitler

@@kutthroat3250 lmfao

​@@kutthroat3250 😂

Had to scroll n see if someone had already made this joke looooool

He dabbed

LMFAO

One bad dude who is now a legend by beating tank Abbot LEGEND!!!

@@user-rn6hr1qw3l”beating” a winded Tank.

Oleg Taktarov came to the USA to study at the school of actors, he graduated from the Academy of Arts and actually became an actor in Russia and the USA, he starred in Robert Rodriguez's Predator and in many Russian films.

​@@blackmesabms7303 wow. I didn't know he was in predators 😯😯

​@@seferino He was the big guy that didn't talk much with the Gatling gun

@@dirkhardpec7881 He was the Gatling Gun that the Russian held.

Oleg got lucky. Tank had 2 real fights before facing him. He had one. His second fight he fought a friend of his. The guy who was a kickboxer ran across the ring, shot for a takedown against Oleg, a grappler and got submitted in like 10 seconds. His friend threw the fight.

I used to think that TA had no technique, but the more I learn about grappling, the more I see that he's actually a good wrestler with good defense against submissions.

Yeah title fights weren't ONE fight...

@@SwedishMeattball I'm not doubting Tank Abbotts skills, today's MMA fans don't understand multiple fight nights.

@@poleag TA is a character. The man is a skilled martial artist.

Tank could bench press 600 pounds.

Facts one of my favorite 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

"Headhunter"

That's all he had. After 30 seconds he couldn't breathe and would get stomped or choked out like a bitch.

Thats how he would feel you out. The opponents would think they were out of range.. when suddenly they got cracked..

Thats a true street technique LOL, come out with the haymaker

9:53 Fish-hooking? Fun Fact about Casper, Wyoming (location): It was named after 2nd Lieutenant Caspar Collins, they spelled it wrong.

youtube King of the Cage. Its got less rules than the og UFC. They fight on concrete, and allow everything including eye gouging, biting, stomps to grounded opponents an everything.

@@ssthsIt’s King of the Streets, and what they’re doing is pretty dope but none of those guys are gonna have long careers, especially with eye poking

@@LaSean640 lol holy hell, youre totally right. mustve been drunk when i typed that or something lol. its deffo king of the *streets*. and I thought the same at first, but now im not so sure. it seems like the guys fighting there, a decent selection of them are accustomed to fighting in a street environment, so bad injuries arent as regular as id expect. and the eye gouging is rare too. its also not as effective as one would think either. in the two cases i saw it used, it was far from an immediate fight ender. Most of these king of the streets guys come from a hooligan background, so theyre used to fighting in parking garages, on muddy hills, on sidewalks etc, so they take some precautions against fall damage from hard surfaces (or if they dont, they learn to quite quickly). ive only seen a couple fights end because someone hurt themselves with the ground, and only a few where the gorund was used as a fight ending weapon. I still agree with you though, their careers will probably still be shorter than an mma fighter's. minor damage from bumps and falls on the ground will accumulate faster than they would on a mat, regardless of precautions taken.

Or fish hooking but Tank was on the last fight! But hey ho, love them both anyway and hey ho, he didn’t complain and won anyway.

shiiiit, Tank would be getting the rent money and a complimentary keg of Coors beer just for the hassle

Golden age of fighting.

King of the streets on youtube, is the modern version of the old school ufc, but on a concrete floor, and with *everything* including eye gouging, biting etc, allowed. they even have some pro mma fighters competing (not from the ufc, but from european leagues)

@@thaistomp like i said in my other comment, if youre a fan of that golden age, vale tudo style of fighting, check out King of the Streets on youtube. *no* rules. Eye gouging, biting etc is allowed. they also fight on concrete.

@@ssths That sounds interesting man. I still think Vale Tudo is the best rule-set for fighting. Biting and eye gouging should never be allowed in a competition fight imo. I still might check it out though haha.

@@thaistomp yeah, ive been inclined to agree, until a specific fight with KOTS, where a guy was trying REALLY HARD to gouge out a guys eyes, and it didnt work, because the dude just shut his eyes lol. tried it with a friend. it works, but your eyelid will swell. still, its a huge gamble and id rather guys not have to risk it. again, though, it doesnt happen often, so if you DO wanna check out KOTS, youd be pretty easily able to avoid viewing anything where there is permanent damage.

Could you image that fight? 😂🤦🏾

@@charlesaguinaldo8483 jon jones would wipe his nose with the pores in volks bald ass head

They would of had mighty mouse vs Brock lesner back then 🤣

Francis ngannou vs volkanovski

Moreno vs ngannou, who wouldn't pay for that

Look how fast tanks hands were kids he weighed ,280 and hit hard he also was a div 2 NCAA wrestler he hurt his knee so he quit wrestling he was a beast then and fought injured vs cheats on peds and was close to winning it all multiple times he gave Rizzo the hardest striker ever a good fight thats how he will be remembered

Slice dealt tank a two piece and a biscuit. He was overrated.

Taktarov was a good wrestler, one of the first professionals in mixed martial arts. He knew very well how to fight with Tank, used his endurance..

if they had rounds and were not at the altittude Tank would have won that fight, he was always kinda unlucky like when he fought Frye and slipped as he was starting to control the fight and here fighting in the high altitude under the olf fight settings.

too bad he tarnished his legacy by coming back over the hill to drop a fight to kimbo the bum destroyer.

Yeah that was bullshit, if fishhooks are legal, biting the fingers should be legal.

Matua was nowhere near 400 pounds. Back then, they could put anything on their application, and there was virtually no confirmation.

@@bauerj3398 Yeah he doesn't look like he weighs that much more than Tank Abbott, he might weigh in the low 300s

and no discipline or technique.

my favorite Jim Brown saying was " I can't understand why a grown man would run out of bounds"

Dude had a knack for mma commentary. Loved Jim.

Him and Don Frye knew wearing gloves allowed you to hit harder.

He was the peoples champ back then I was a little kid watching the fights with my pops on the hot box lol

FCC here.....we would like to set up an appointment.....................................lol

Well said, I totally agree with you, tank was an exciting fighter to watch.

that’s something a lot of people don’t consider when mentioning people who put the ufc on the map

Have you ever paid for anything in your life?

Yea my man ran definitely ran outta juice🤦🏾‍♂️

Some nights 4 or 5 times in a night. Early nineties the guys were animals.

Definitely not back in these days. Being in shape wasn't a requirement.

@@johnrawlings2161 Good Ol' Tank, back in the day, threw 600 lbs. JACKHAMMERS! not paltry 500 lbs.

@@johnrawlings2161 are you actually trying to say tank abbot is the most athletic man to compete in the octagon?😂😂

@@johnrawlings2161 do you honestly believe tank was more athletic than royce or ken shamrock? you gotta be kidding lmfao. tank had power but athleticism? you're fooling yourself there

@@johnrawlings2161 i also said ken shamrock. he was not more athletic than ken lmfao. and maybe

Oleg could tell that was a work and he looked pissed.

Nate Diaz would be 9 division champ lol

@@gustavonanarosales2629 I think he would not know how to speak at this point in his career xD

@@gustavonanarosales2629 ...no he wouldn't. lol. Nate is a legend but he gets fucked up vs the top 10 welterweights. Above that he gets killed.

@@thegrinderman1090 he fought a great fight against the #2 welterweight in his last fight and certainly didn’t get “fucked up.”

@@Tylar122 You're delusional. He got dominated for 23 mins, surviving on having great cardio and a god-given chin. Landed 1 good punch, but was too busy acting tough to properly hunt for a finish. It was not a good performance at all, and was more a failing of Edward's gas tank.

Many guys hit way harder than Tank. He's not even in the top 100 hard punchers.

@@Robert-nu4vcok robert. I watched all his fights and all fighting since 1990.. He is top 10 for sure. Fedor was a great puncher too. Tank floored Frye with a jab ok.

Эти первые бои я смотрел и кайфовал это настоящие замесы смелых мужчин

“These days fighters would destroy him” HAH

@@mr.eryder9445 They would easily, he's a bum.

What went wrong?

So you didn’t see him leaving?

@@spacejockey4746 That was his spirit bro!

That and every real fighter he faced who whooped his ass or choked him and made him tap like a sissy.

Trump 2024 🇺🇲

@@seanthegod4585 Yes Sir. Bring America back!

Tank was a r3tarded bum that gave up because of leg kicks

Not a miracle that they won. They were real fighters and every single real fighter that Tank faced whooped his ass.

He was a lot more than just a street fighter, though. Sure he was a dude who enjoyed throwing down at bars, but he had plenty of wrestling and boxing experience. More than most of the competitors back in those early days. He was also the first guy (other than Art Jimmerson) to wear some sort of gloves to avoid breaking his hands. He knew what he was doing.

@@ChillPill365 Very well said👍.. I never knew Tank was one of, if not the first man to bring those mma style gloves into the ring.. There’s no doubt he knew what he was doing.. when I use the term “street fighter “ in reference to him, it’s more because of his style and technique, which was to not try and feel anything out about his opponent, but more like just go right at him and win with superior overwhelming violence haha.. and if he had to take a shot or two so he could land a couple of his bombs then that was fine with him.. just as long as he wins, and I suppose that is the ultimate goal, right??... In absolutely no way am I saying anything remotely critical of Tank.. The man is a legend and one of the toughest men to ever step foot in any ring.. He backed down from Nobody, and could never be intimidated... He focused on getting the job done and getting it done quick... Nothing but respect for the man 100%..👍👍🇺🇸

@@ChillPill365 he didn't have ANY discipline to be a quality fighter.

Но Тактаров всё токи его натянул😂🎉

Tank was a true fighter. If he wasn’t fighting in the cage he was fighting in the streets ..

If I'm attacked I would absolutely consider biting, headbutting, repeated groin punching, etc

@@unwnme groin strikes was allowed at that time lol

@@slinergumble3593 no fcking way thats actually insane.

@@frek175 watch keith hackney vs joe son fight, that was nasty, but legal

@@slinergumble3593 they banned those after UFC 4.

I was thinking the same lmao he had to be at least 270 maybe

They didn't actually do weigh-ins back then, so most of the weights are either estimations or just whatever the fighters put down on their applications. I think you need something like a farm animal scale to get an accurate weight of somebody over 400 lbs.

@@ThePinkMan Oh my god, this is THE ThePinkMan! Thanks for the info and I hope you’re doing well.

@@diqflip205 I would put him at 300 pretty easy.