Tanks a smart dude, he saw straight away what they were going for on this segment and he played it up for them, while being himself. More class than he gets credit for.
@@rickrick5041 You're right man, and he has even penned a book or so. Judging by how he lives and enjoys his retirement, he was also very smart with his money. What an articulate and terrifying dude.
If you're operating at today's typical intelligence, then no wonder you think a guy who gets punched in the head for a living and hangs out with Hollywood PDF files, is smart.
Leland Matt he was very important to the growth of this sport. Go back to UFC 40 which is the event which saved the UFC (not TUF because no UFC 40 there is no TUF) and witness the pop when Tank comes back. Now he was used. Smartly so. Brought Tank back to bring old fans back so Mir and the new school could get over much like Gracie vs Hughes at UFC 60 was exactly the same. UFC 1 and 2 drew curiosity but quickly it lost its juice because of Royce’s dominance so enter Tank and his win over Matua and his promos and you had some magic. Was he some great all around fighter? No way but he had hands, power, charisma for days and absolutely is an important figure. A prime Tim Sylvia could cause problems for many top 15 heavyweights currently while Tank probably wouldn’t necessarily be more than Derrick Lewis if even but the intangibles mean more. Tank mattered and just because he isn’t and never could have been on the level of a Stipe Miocic doesn’t diminish what he meant to the sport and how he helped elevate it to where it is today. Sure he’s a dinosaur but he mattered.
Back in the early 80s, I worked for a hay contractor. He would go to bars on Friday and Saturday nights to fight somebody. He lived for it, I was around 19 and had never seen anything like it.
thats it!!!! i hear Tank Abbott i think blood !!!! if i ran into the man in a bar i would leave at that moment. my mouth is like my ex wife write checks my ass cant cover
Yes boxing is one dimensional, but Tank Abbott's fighting was too. If he decided to exchange blows with Tyson, like he did with many other fighters, it'd be lights out.
I can agree that "fighting in the street" does help you learn to fight, along with professional training of course; Bar fighting, and other guard stuff definitely helps with honing physical experience of defense; from my own individual experience. Good stuff! haha
Every good street fighter I habe know and i mean good street fighter not just 3 hot brawler has boxed or kickboxed. Streetfighting gives you street fighting experience but nothing compares to actual training
@@ispartacus1337 he wrestled in college, in the octogon he almost threw Paul Varleans out of the cage, and on the street he was known to pick guys up and throw them on their heads. he could do that to mike if he got past his fists and grabbed him up
Tank was an all american wrestler in college.....plus earned a degree, which means he would never be dumb enough to stand and trade with Tyson. There were a few occasions in the UFC where Tank wanted to take a fight to the ground, and he had no problems doing so. Prime Tank vs prime Tyson in a street fight..........Tyson goes to throw a bomb but ends up on his back with Tank throwing haymakers. Tank wins easy.
Hold up did anyone else catch that Tank said early in the interview “I would take his watch” I regards to potentially fighting Andy Dick? The odds that Andy lost his watch and it broke off of his wrist. Weird prediction Forsure and how odd that happened?
@@oldironsides4107 You seriously suggesting that Andy Dick would win a fight against a professional MMA fighter? My friend, get back on your fucking medication.
Remember going to blockbuster and buying all the first UFC tapes on vhs. Had to move 3yrs ago and left them behind. I buried them in the front yard of the 30 acre farm i lived on for 50yrs.
BMWm6e63 yea seriously Tank thought he was hot shit. Look at what he looks like now. Tyson would really fuck him up now. I’m a light heavyweight boxer and I still think that Tyson would beat me and I’m 28. Only way I could win is if I could Floyd my way through a few rounds till he got tired. Tyson been doing this since before I was born and he still hits the bags. People don’t understand that boxers will win 100 percent of the time in a standup. A retired Floyd that hardly trained proved that with the McGregor fight. I made a lot of money of that fight because mma fans are so gullible hahaa
WaVy Crockett #JizzBoss bro I’m not arguing the mma vs boxer thing. I’ll tell you my experience I’ve done more then well against mma fighters but mainly I think most of the guys that I did full force sparring with didn’t know I have background in wrestling and mauy Thai. Even Bruce Lee said this some of the worlds top Martial Arts experts black belts could be beaten by a guy that’s been training in boxing and wrestling for a year. You can’t argue this though the greats in ufc are always good strikers and have a background in boxing. Khabib he’s known grappling and wrestling but people don’t realize he can box too. He just goes for what he’s knows is going to work. I personally I loved watching mcgregor get dominated after all that shit he talked. Funny watching this video I ran into Andy Dick in Hollywood about five years ago at my friend Kelly’s apartment and he was more then fucked up he fucking glitter on his face i opened the door for him because he was too fucked up to put in the passcode.
You could see how passive aggressively jealous those two guys were around Tank Abbott they (Desperately wanted to hide behind a gun or call the cops) ... In life Most people can never rise above these kind of passive aggressive douchebags, but Tank Abbott found a way to rise above them and made a life for himself. I think he HATES these kind of passive aggressive douchebags and there are a lot of them, as much as I do. Tank Abbott your a dying breed but I am glad you took your stand ! : )
Tank is right!!!! Tyson is a boxer. On the ground he's helpless. But as much as I love tank he would not even get Tyson to the ground. Tyson would for sure knock tank out!!!
He'd better take him down really really quickly. Because he wouldn't last 30 seconds with Mike standing. There's a chance he could eat an uppercut during the shoot for the legs.
@@smoothhoopinal Nothing is impossible, but i've yet to see that done. So you must not be very good. Mike has no experience with this, so he would be the last guy to pull it off. Mike has already said these guys would beat him, cause he doesn't have their skillset. And it wouldn't be that easy to knock Tank out. If it was just fists, yes, Tank would be out. But it's not and Tank can throw some heavy punches that Mike couldn't just take. He would have to act defensively before getting good punches in on Tank and that time would be all Tank needed to close the distance and take him down to his demise. If it weren't true, there'd be allot of boxers crossing to mma without mma training and knocking everyone out,. Tyson is not a super hero. You Tyson worshippers are as bad as the Bruce Lee worshippers. They didn't, cause they can't. Get over it.
@@leonidasrozas2347 oh Don Frye isn't just any 200lb firefighter tho xD You def have to mention his name, arguably the biggest name in the early days of UFC
dont think tank expected that little twerp to just jump on him like that, the little opportunist twit,tank shudda one twoed him after flicking him off.
Tanks a smart dude, he saw straight away what they were going for on this segment and he played it up for them, while being himself. More class than he gets credit for.
Tank is a legend in this game, deserves and has earned respect...one of his quotes "I used to fight when the prize for winning was going to jail"
Iron Feliks
Best Tank quote. "If you can't wrestle you can't fight".
+Dragon 67 Its True Fkn oath!
Well thats retarded... #Idiocracy
Much better than the prize for losing which was a trip to the hospital.
Explains why Royce choked him unconscious
If Tank would have knocked out Kimmel that would have made the show!
and have Will SMith Show up w his wife and have Tank crack a Ji Jane joke
agreed
Awwww poor pubs
Deserved….commie leftist lunatic
Yeah I wish Jimmy would go to sleep😂
Andy took his back quick af
Like a spider monkey
I knew Tanks father many years ago when I played football. His father was a very tough dude.
What was his head game like?
His dad was my history teacher at Ocean View. Yes his dad had a meaner streak.
Tank Abbott’s father taught Samoa Joe how to wrestle true story! Take Avenue some mojo when he was like 13
Yeah, I knew him, he was a pus@!
Tank Abbotts FATHER. I can't even imagine lol
I need the 90s back.
I thought Tank handled this interview so well. "You go out with Tank, he get's in a fight, then he gets you into a fight...and then he fights you."
It firs his bland comedy
So basically he's a dumb animal worshiped by dumb animals who watch this PDF file show
Tank the original OG Abbott. He helped put UFC on the map.
Hell yeah. He's the original biker brawler.
Tank dosent get the respect he deserves
Real fans know who he is
He use to stop to catch his breath haha that is what I remember most about him
He has a record 10 and 15 and has been KO'd as many time as he's knocked other people out.
Well he got beat by a “vegetable” after this interview lol 🤷🏻♂️
He doesn't deserve any, because he never gave any. And he was an idiot on top of that.
Laura’s looking pretty hot though
Dear god I’m crying laughing watching tank flip Andy over him on that fuckin chair 😂
He did that with panache and evilness combined!
I'm pretty sure Carrot Top would kick the shit out of Jimmy.
Lmao Carrot Top's all roided up now days 🤣😂
Dude is ripped
Jimmy saying if we were in a fight, and Tank just casually saying “well let’s try it” 😂
Laura Prepon was a dimepiece. #ClassicBeauty
Yeah she was a fox.
Hot donnA.
Agreed, now a cray, cray Scientologist.
@@chriscarney5374She was then too. Danny Masterson converted her.
I love Tank.. great charisma and humorous also..
sharp dresser
A true warrior. He fights just for the excitement of fighting. Not worried if he wims or loses.
Simeon
You talm bout Andy Wang B?
Ghey
That’s not the first time Kathy Griffin’s been flipped like that.
And as usual, she got pouty when her shtick backfired. She should go back to red. The Blonde isn't really working for her. 😜🤪
"Congratulations on beating so many people up."
"Yeah, it's been a fun life...!"
Epic.
It always surprises me how well spoken tank is, you always expect him to sound dumb as bricks.
Doesn’t he have a college degree in history or something like that?
@@rickrick5041 You're right man, and he has even penned a book or so.
Judging by how he lives and enjoys his retirement, he was also very smart with his money.
What an articulate and terrifying dude.
@@rickrick5041 Yeah, he has a 4 yr bachelors degree in history.
@@muscleman3478 there is nothing terrifying about him, he's a sheep dog, a protector
If you're operating at today's typical intelligence, then no wonder you think a guy who gets punched in the head for a living and hangs out with Hollywood PDF files, is smart.
I'm glad this was available to watch in full context. The recent Andy snippets just show him attacking Tank. Nice to see Laura Prepon too!
Tank said he would take Andy’s watch and he ended up breaking it lol
he was the real life "Steve Austin"...
Not really
Leland Matt he was very important to the growth of this sport.
Go back to UFC 40 which is the event which saved the UFC (not TUF because no UFC 40 there is no TUF) and witness the pop when Tank comes back.
Now he was used.
Smartly so. Brought Tank back to bring old fans back so Mir and the new school could get over much like Gracie vs Hughes at UFC 60 was exactly the same.
UFC 1 and 2 drew curiosity but quickly it lost its juice because of Royce’s dominance so enter Tank and his win over Matua and his promos and you had some magic.
Was he some great all around fighter?
No way but he had hands, power, charisma for days and absolutely is an important figure.
A prime Tim Sylvia could cause problems for many top 15 heavyweights currently while Tank probably wouldn’t necessarily be more than Derrick Lewis if even but the intangibles mean more.
Tank mattered and just because he isn’t and never could have been on the level of a Stipe Miocic doesn’t diminish what he meant to the sport and how he helped elevate it to where it is today.
Sure he’s a dinosaur but he mattered.
Steve don't have shit Tank
Leland Matt Hey honey why dont you get in the ring with him and see what the fuck happens
@@seansnipes8334ya he was. The same attitude and the love to drink . Only difference tank could actually whoop ass
Jimmy Kimmel, Tank Abbott, Andy Dick and Laura Prepon…interesting combo.
Would have loved to see the One Two while Andy was inverted. I never even heard of tank being on this show. Great upload and a good interview.
Haha this is like a mild recreation of the Lawler and Kaufman segment
Tank has the same voice as Kevin Smith
Thanks Tank for all the entertainment!
You're the best
That's pretty funny. I never would of realized that on my own. Lol. How does one sound like Silent Bob? 🤯
Ha! Sure does lol.
Andy was supposed to lock his legs. Epic fail! lol
watching this will never get old
This was absolutely fantastic
Back in the early 80s, I worked for a hay contractor. He would go to bars on Friday and Saturday nights to fight somebody. He lived for it, I was around 19 and had never seen anything like it.
That's highly immoral behavior.
@@dirktyler3643Only if he was picking fights with people. If he was just there and people got rowdy then he could finish it.
Hope ur health has improved Tank. Thanks for the bloody memories.
thats it!!!! i hear Tank Abbott i think blood !!!! if i ran into the man in a bar i would leave at that moment. my mouth is like my ex wife write checks my ass cant cover
Cdumpster
Tank abbott is one of my top favorites
Jimmy's old set here looks hella classy compared to his bland set now.
That's when he was coming off of "The Man Show" 😂
Andy couldn't believe that flip !
He said he would take his watch
Its like a 11 year old wrestling around with his dad.
Yes boxing is one dimensional, but Tank Abbott's fighting was too. If he decided to exchange blows with Tyson, like he did with many other fighters, it'd be lights out.
Tyson by quick KO
Tyson's boxing compared to any MMA fighter of that era would be like comparing a high school honor student to Albert Einstein.
Not true he was also a wrestler
Andy hit Tanks back and almost sank that choke haha
Remember, Tank is the no.1 fan of wrestling's own Boy Band, "3 Count"!
Tank, if you read this, get well soon my friend. I know you've had the fight of your life this past year.
Raw punching power with a mean streak. Legend. Old school streetfighter. No wrasslin.
He was an avid collegiate wrestler too
Oh ok. Didn't know that but it makes sense since he could handle grapplers.
@@shpineda7109he identified as a wrestler but the early UFC made up the brawler angle..
@@brandonirizarry6380 he really was tho
Tank is actually a pretty funny guy. When was Andy Dick ever funny?
News Radio
One movie...one. 'Division 3:Football's Finest'
I literally snorted laughing when he said, "and then they fell asleep..."
When The Ben Stiller Show was on....that's it.
Everytime your mom laughed.
I can agree that "fighting in the street" does help you learn to fight, along with professional training of course; Bar fighting, and other guard stuff definitely helps with honing physical experience of defense; from my own individual experience. Good stuff! haha
Every good street fighter I habe know and i mean good street fighter not just 3 hot brawler has boxed or kickboxed. Streetfighting gives you street fighting experience but nothing compares to actual training
You could see the streets in his style, he would used the cage like a wall or curb.
Tank, I have news for you. Mike Tyson was a street fighter at one time. Tank is a stand-up fighter. Perfect for Mike.
was thinking the same thing. Tank was never a good grappler.
Tank has a wrestling background.
@@tvrtvr6984 Maybe the two dummies will see this.
@@ispartacus1337 he wrestled in college, in the octogon he almost threw Paul Varleans out of the cage, and on the street he was known to pick guys up and throw them on their heads. he could do that to mike if he got past his fists and grabbed him up
Tank was an all american wrestler in college.....plus earned a degree, which means he would never be dumb enough to stand and trade with Tyson. There were a few occasions in the UFC where Tank wanted to take a fight to the ground, and he had no problems doing so.
Prime Tank vs prime Tyson in a street fight..........Tyson goes to throw a bomb but ends up on his back with Tank throwing haymakers. Tank wins easy.
I wanna drink a beer with tank. we'll get Tanked"....lol
Hold up did anyone else catch that Tank said early in the interview “I would take his watch” I regards to potentially fighting Andy Dick? The odds that Andy lost his watch and it broke off of his wrist. Weird prediction Forsure and how odd that happened?
Yea I caught that too, that was pretty crazy lol. I guess it was one hell of a coincidence?
He told him he was gonna take his watch
What year was the program?
90's
What a good sport Tank was to not get upset when Andy jumped on him. He could have hurt him bad.
You mean, what a normal person he was? Maybe jail wasn't his thing.
It’s a fight. Anything could have happened. Andy is lionhearted so don’t assume Andy would lose the fight
@@oldironsides4107 That will be the FIRST and ONLY time that someone refers to Andy Dick as "lionhearted".
@@oldironsides4107 You seriously suggesting that Andy Dick would win a fight against a professional MMA fighter? My friend, get back on your fucking medication.
I remember this as a kid
Remember going to blockbuster and buying all the first UFC tapes on vhs. Had to move 3yrs ago and left them behind. I buried them in the front yard of the 30 acre farm i lived on for 50yrs.
I ALWAYS BEEN A TANK FAN
I love the two no contact punches Tank hit Andy with after he threw him. Even clowning, he let Andy know, "I could kill you."
Tank Abbott almost had a Dan Severn flashback.
man i loved watching Tank Abbot back in the day!
If Andy dik jumped on my back I would instantly become homophobic
"He's not lying" lololol
The first UFC superstar
He ain’t lyin! Lmao!
What year was this video shot?
Andy the coke days.
Man how MMA has evolved.
Laura Prepon: smokin' redhead!
Hell yeah! Yea me and my homegirl ran into her once on the strip and she was trying to get us to come to a dianetics thing
Andy is a player of the game! Love him for gettin spinal damage for life.
Good pacing. 👊 Good execution.👊
Andy could of submitted Tank there
could have*
Right? That cobra crotch grab...
Joy Division 😂😂😂
Andy almost had the rear naked choke. Imagine he dropped him lol
Tyson would hook him and he isn't getting up again
BMWm6e63 yea seriously Tank thought he was hot shit. Look at what he looks like now. Tyson would really fuck him up now. I’m a light heavyweight boxer and I still think that Tyson would beat me and I’m 28. Only way I could win is if I could Floyd my way through a few rounds till he got tired. Tyson been doing this since before I was born and he still hits the bags. People don’t understand that boxers will win 100 percent of the time in a standup. A retired Floyd that hardly trained proved that with the McGregor fight. I made a lot of money of that fight because mma fans are so gullible hahaa
@@keithremedy How do you know that he hardly trained?
cryomanc3r my cousin is one of his bodyguards
@@keithremedy That's pretty crazy. Also, thanks for politely responding.
WaVy Crockett #JizzBoss bro I’m not arguing the mma vs boxer thing. I’ll tell you my experience I’ve done more then well against mma fighters but mainly I think most of the guys that I did full force sparring with didn’t know I have background in wrestling and mauy Thai. Even Bruce Lee said this some of the worlds top Martial Arts experts black belts could be beaten by a guy that’s been training in boxing and wrestling for a year. You can’t argue this though the greats in ufc are always good strikers and have a background in boxing. Khabib he’s known grappling and wrestling but people don’t realize he can box too. He just goes for what he’s knows is going to work. I personally I loved watching mcgregor get dominated after all that shit he talked. Funny watching this video I ran into Andy Dick in Hollywood about five years ago at my friend Kelly’s apartment and he was more then fucked up he fucking glitter on his face i opened the door for him because he was too fucked up to put in the passcode.
Tank was delusional about beating Tyson in a street fight. Mike grew up on the streets and learned how to survive.
You could see how passive aggressively jealous those two guys were around Tank Abbott they (Desperately wanted to hide behind a gun or call the
cops) ... In life Most people can never rise above these kind of passive aggressive douchebags, but Tank Abbott found a way to rise above them
and made a life for himself. I think he HATES these kind of passive aggressive douchebags and there are a lot
of them, as much as I do. Tank Abbott your a dying breed but I am glad you took your stand ! : )
That was Xcellent!
Andy said. Bring. It. 😂😂😂😂
This shit aged well. Especially with Andy.
Tank is right!!!! Tyson is a boxer. On the ground he's helpless. But as much as I love tank he would not even get Tyson to the ground. Tyson would for sure knock tank out!!!
Maybe
Tyson himself has said MMA guys would beat him in MMA.
Andy grabbin the lion's tail...
The truth is he would beat Tyson.
Tank can wrestle and would easily take Mike down and ground and pound him.
No not really
He'd better take him down really really quickly. Because he wouldn't last 30 seconds with Mike standing. There's a chance he could eat an uppercut during the shoot for the legs.
@@smoothhoopinal An uppercut to a double leg take down? LOL, you obviously have no experience with this whatsoever.
@@jondoe6273 I do actually, and if you time it right, night night.
@@smoothhoopinal Nothing is impossible, but i've yet to see that done. So you must not be very good. Mike has no experience with this, so he would be the last guy to pull it off. Mike has already said these guys would beat him, cause he doesn't have their skillset. And it wouldn't be that easy to knock Tank out. If it was just fists, yes, Tank would be out. But it's not and Tank can throw some heavy punches that Mike couldn't just take. He would have to act defensively before getting good punches in on Tank and that time would be all Tank needed to close the distance and take him down to his demise. If it weren't true, there'd be allot of boxers crossing to mma without mma training and knocking everyone out,. Tyson is not a super hero. You Tyson worshippers are as bad as the Bruce Lee worshippers. They didn't, cause they can't. Get over it.
Tank seems cool here. I could have sworn I saw him in San Jose Costa Rica around 2006. Tank, please confirm. I was scared to go up to you.
Once he tried to get in a fight with me but I'm not dumb I knew what he was trying to do .
Are u making popcorn in the background?
Well he did take his watch!
Everyone knows a guy like this. So tuff I forgot to get scared.
I remember watching a 200 pound firefighter stand toe to toe with tank and take every punch and then the firefighter choked tank out for the win.
In a street fight ?
Don the Predator Frye, 1996!
@@leonidasrozas2347 oh Don Frye isn't just any 200lb firefighter tho xD You def have to mention his name, arguably the biggest name in the early days of UFC
Yes, for me... Don Frye and Dan The Beast Severn are the best!
@@leonidasrozas2347 Agreed but don't forget Coleman and the Shamrock Bros.
man Tank gj on giving him a choke lmao he didnt know shit was just a bar brawler
Big tuff tank Abbott 💪 tuffy tuff stuff
Back when things were fun - imagine if someone spontaneously did a reach around on another guest now. People would be outraged and upset.
i would pay to see CarrotTop pummel Kimmel.
Andy was a mess so drunk
This clip of Tank makes me wonder if he's the long lost brother of Mick Foley.
Wow Tank Abbott is explosive! So you guys he threw the comedian like a rag doll wooow!!
He really flipped him lol
Carrot Top would beat the brakes off Candy Kimmell
You gotta hand it to Andy, whoa
Tanks a Ligit 'LEGEND'. If the comedian had even a Blue Belt in Jui-jitsu though. That RNC was on! Lol....
dont think tank expected that little twerp to just jump on him like that, the little opportunist twit,tank shudda one twoed him after flicking him off.
He's got that first silly beard 🐻🐨
who plays Andy in the Andy Dick Movie."Life as a Dick"
I nominate Jude Law
Prepon looks amazing here.
Went downhill after she changed from her natural hair color. And the black hair she has now makes her look awful.
She doesn't do it for me, tbh. Something about her manly face and lumbering gait..
@@christopherwalkinalloverya5824 Other than those things.....amazing.
Omg lol I think he really fucked him up that was absolutely brutal, I’m so glad I’m high for this
I just had a panic attack, i thpught i blew my speakers. The hell is that weird background noise?
Jon Lovitz should have joined in with Tank for a tag team against Andy the Dick.
Lol Tank laid Andy out cold!!!😅😅😅