Five Ounces of Pain » Tank Abbott http://fiveouncesofpain.com Your Destination for Insider MMA News and Opinion Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:52:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Ken Shamrock and Tank Abbott victorious at “Wargods” http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2009/02/14/ken-shamrock-and-tank-abbott-victorious-at-wargods/ http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2009/02/14/ken-shamrock-and-tank-abbott-victorious-at-wargods/#comments Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:19:38 +0000 Bryan Levick http://fiveouncesofpain.com/?p=12148 Last night at the “Wargods: Valentine’s Eve Massacre“ card two of MMA’s biggest names from the 90′s ended their losing streaks.

The event which was held at the Selland Arena in Fresno California was marred by last minute changes to the card and some questionable judging.

Ken Shamrock and David “Tank” Abbott two fighters who are well past their prime both won their bouts in convincing fashion.

Shamrock who was riding a five fight losing streak that dates back to 2004 took on the massive Ross Clifton in the night’s main event. Clifton who was sporting an unimpressive 6-9 record weighed in at over 350 lbs.

Shamrock put any questions on who the better man was to rest right away. He dropped Clifton with a right hand early on in the first round. Shamrock took advantage of Clifton’s less than stellar ground work and unleashed some punches and elbows before securing an armbar which caused Clifton to tap out.

Immediately following the victory Shamrock laid out a challenge to Abbott who earlier in the night ended his own four fight losing streak against Mike “The Rhino” Bourke (8-12-1). The pair winded almost immediately and wound in the clinch. Abbott landed two punches to what appeared to catch Bourke on the back of the head. Bourke fell to the canvas and no fouls were called ending the fight essentially before it started.

Abbott is now 10-14 has won only 2 of his past 10 fights while Bourke is an equally unimpressive 1-8 in his past nine fights.

It looks like we will be subject to a Abbott-Shamrock bout sometime in April which Shamrock said would be his last.

Wesley “Cabbage” Correira, Tonya Evinger, and Kyacey Uscola were among the fighters who had their bouts scratched at the last minute. By the time it was all said and done only 8 of the 12 bouts originally announced had taken place.

Official Results:

  • Ken Shamrock def. Ross Clifton via submission (arm bar) — Round 1
  • Mike Moreno def. Gary Padilla via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
  • David “Tank” Abbott def. Mike Bourke via knockout (punches) — Round 1
  • Rick Reeves def. Nathan James via submission (rear-naked choke) — Round 3
  • Isaac De Jesus def. Ashe Bowman via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
  • Josh Haynes def. Refael Del Real via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)
  • Zolia Frausto def. Karina Hallinan via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
  • Ron Kessler def. Darren Freeman via split decision (27-30, 30-27, 29-28)
]]> http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2009/02/14/ken-shamrock-and-tank-abbott-victorious-at-wargods/feed/ 3 Co-headlining bouts finalized for Matt Lindland’s next Sportfight card on June 20 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/29/co-headlining-fights-finalized-for-matt-lindlands-next-sportfight-card-on-june-20/ http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/29/co-headlining-fights-finalized-for-matt-lindlands-next-sportfight-card-on-june-20/#comments Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:27:35 +0000 Sam Caplan http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/04/29/co-headlining-fights-finalized-for-matt-lindlands-next-sportfight-card-on-june-20/ sportfight-quest_1252.jpg Matt Lindland’s Oregon-based Sportfight promotion is scheduled to return to the Rose Garden in Portland on Friday, June 20.

During an upcoming full-length interview conducted with FiveOuncesOfPain.com, Lindland revealed that the show’s co-headlining bouts have been finalized.

According to Lindland, Michael Pierce will defend his Sportfight welterweight title against Team Quest’s Nathan Coy. Coy was a amateur wrestling standout at Oregon State while Pierce was also a standout amateur wrestler while at Portland State.

Pierce won the title after recording a unanimous decision victory over Ed Nuno at Sportfight 21 this past December. Coy improved his career pro MMA record to 4-0 after submitting Jerrod Jones due to strikes at 2:37 of round 2 during the promotion’s most recent event, Sportfight 22, on April 18.

The show’s other main event will consist of Josh Queen of the Lions Den will put his Sportfight heavyweight title on the line against Josh Bennett, another Team Quest fighter.

Like Pierce, Queen also won his title at Sportfight 21. He took the strap when he submitted Jeremiah Constant with a rear naked choke at 4:56 of round 1 while Bennett became the number one contender after TKO’ing Matt Kovacs in the second round at Sportfight 22. Bennett is undefeated while competing under the Sportfight banner.

Tickets for the event will go on sale Friday, May 9, at 10 a.m. PT and will be available through ComcastTix.com. A pre-sale will be open on Wednesday, May 7 and will continue into Thursday, May 8.

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