Tank Abbott
Also Known As: David 'Tank' Abbott, David Abbott
Biography: David Lee "Tank" Abbott (born April 26, 1965) is an American retired mixed martial arts fighter, professional wrestler, and author. He currently hosts his own podcast series titled "The Proving Ground with Tank Abbott." Abbott is perhaps best known for being an icon in the early stages of mixed martial arts and the UFC, but has also competed in the PRIDE Fighting Championships, Strikeforce, EliteXC, and Cage Rage. His fighting style, which he developed brawling in the bars and streets of Huntington Beach, California, was described by his future manager Dave Thomas as "Pit Fighting". Abbott was the first fighter to regularly wear what would be known as traditional MMA gloves in the UFC. He also authored a novel titled Bar Brawler.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Huntington Beach, California, USA
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Birthday: April 26, 1965
Age: 60 years old
Gender: Male
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Strikeforce: Tank vs Buentello
Overview: Strikeforce: Tank vs. Buentello was a mixed martial arts event held on October 7 2006. The event was held by Strikeforce and took place at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California. This event featured the debut of future UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-07
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UFC 6: Clash Of The Titans
Overview: UFC 6: Clash of the Titans was the sixth mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on July 14, 1995, at the Casper Events Center in Casper, Wyoming. The event was seen live on pay per view in the United States, and later released on home video.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-07-14
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UFC 11: The Proving Ground
Overview: UFC 11: The Proving Ground was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on September 20th, 1996, at the Augusta Civic Center in Augusta, Georgia. The event was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States, and later released on home video.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-20
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UFC 13: The Ultimate Force
Overview: UFC 13: Ultimate Force was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 30, 1997 in Augusta, Georgia. The event was seen live on pay per view in the United States, and later released on home video.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-05-30
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UFC 15: Collision Course
Overview: UFC 15: Collision Course was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 17, 1997, in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The event was seen live on pay per view in the United States, and later released on home video
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-17
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UFC 41: Onslaught
Overview: UFC 41: Onslaught was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. UFC 41 featured two championship bouts, a Heavyweight Championship Bout between Ricco Rodriguez and Tim Sylvia, and a Lightweight Championship Bout between BJ Penn and Caol Uno. The event also marked the return of Tank Abbott to the UFC
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-02-28
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UFC 43: Meltdown
Overview: UFC 43: Meltdown was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on June 6, 2003, at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Headlining the card was the Interim Light Heavyweight Championship match between Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-06-06
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UFC 45: Revolution
Overview: UFC 45: Revolution was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut. This event marked the 10th anniversary of the UFC and to celebrate the anniversary the UFC inaugurated its Hall of Fame, with Royce Gracie and Ken Shamrock as the first inductees.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-21
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UFC 15.5: Ultimate Japan 1
Overview: UFC Japan: Ultimate Japan (aka UFC 15.5) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on December 21, 1997, in Yokohama, Japan. The event was seen on pay per view in the United States, on cable TV in Japan, and was later released on home video. It featured a four-man heavyweight tournament, the first ever UFC Middleweight Championship bout, a Heavyweight Championship bout, a Superfight and was the first UFC appearance of MMA legends Kazushi Sakuraba and Frank Shamrock. It was the first event to be located in a country other than the United States or its territories.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-21
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UFC 17.5: Ultimate Brazil
Overview: UFC Brazil: Ultimate Brazil (also known as UFC 17.5) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship in São Paulo, Brazil on October 16th, 1998. The event was seen on pay per view in the United States and Brazil, and was later released on home video.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-16
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UFC 7.5: The Ultimate Ultimate
Overview: The Ultimate Ultimate (also referred to as "Ultimate Ultimate 1995" and "UFC 7.5") was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on December 16, 1995, at the Mammoth Gardens in Denver, Colorado. The event was seen live on pay per view in the United States, and later released on home video.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-16
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UFC 11.5: Ultimate Ultimate 2
Overview: The Ultimate Ultimate 2 (also referred to as "Ultimate Ultimate 1996" and "UFC 11.5") was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on December 7, 1996. The event took place at the Fair Park Arena in Birmingham, Alabama, and was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States, and released on home video.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-07
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Pride Final Conflict 2005
Overview: Pride Final Conflict 3 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. This event featured the much anticipated heavyweight title fight between Fedor Emelianenko and Mirko Cro Cop and also comprised of the final round of the 2005 Middleweight Tournament. It took place on August 28th, 2005, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-08-28
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EliteXC: Street Certified
Overview: EliteXC: Street Certified was a mixed martial arts event promoted by EliteXC scheduled to take place on Saturday, February 16, 2008 at the BankUnited Center in Miami, Florida. The main card aired live on Showtime at 10p.m. EST. The main event featured the return of Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson as he took on UFC veteran David "Tank" Abbott, a match originally scheduled for October 2007 in Cage Fury Fighting Championships.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-15
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WCW Souled Out 2000
Overview: Souled Out 2000 took place on January 16, 2000 from the Firstar Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. The originally scheduled card was heavily changed, due to the serious injuries of Bret Hart and Jeff Jarrett. Hart, who was scheduled to wrestle Sid Vicious, suffered a severe concussion at Starrcade, which forced him to vacate the WCW World Heavyweight title, and eventually retire nine months later. Jarrett, who was scheduled to wrestle Chris Benoit in a Triple Threat Theater series (Dungeon Rules, Bunkhouse, Caged Heat), suffered lingering headaches from Benoit's diving headbutt off the top of the steel cage on the January 10 episode of WCW Monday Nitro, which forced him to vacate the WCW United States Heavyweight title. Benoit was instead moved to take Hart's place against Vicious and the Triple Threat Theater series was contested between Billy Kidman and three separate wrestlers.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-16
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WCW SuperBrawl 2000
Overview: SuperBrawl 2000 took place on February 20, 2000 from the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California. James Brown made a surprise appearance at the event, performing with Ernest Miller during his in ring skit with The Maestro. The main event was a Triple Threat match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship with Sid Vicious defending against Scott Hall & Jeff Jarrett. Other matches included The Total Package vs Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair vs Terry Funk in a Texas Death match, The Mamalukes defended the WCW World Tag Team Championships against David Flair & Crowbar, Vampiro vs Billy Kidman, Booker vs Big T, Tank Abbott vs Big Al in a Leather Jacket on a Pole match, The Wall vs The Demon, Norman Smiley vs 3 Count in a handicap match, Bam Bam Bigelow defending the WCW Hardcore Championship against Brian Knobs, and the Artist Formerly Known as Prince Iaukea and Lash LeRoux wrestled for the vacant WCW Cruiserweight Championship.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-02-20
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WCW The Great American Bash 2000
Overview: The Great American Bash (2000) took place on June 11, 2000 at the Baltimore Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. The main event was Jeff Jarrett defending the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Kevin Nash with Ernest Miller as the special guest enforcer. Also on the card was Sting vs Vampiro in a Human Torch match, Ric Flair vs David Flair, Hollywood Hogan vs Billy Kidman, Rick Steiner & Tank Abbott vs Scott Steiner in a Handicap Asylum match, Shane Douglas vs The Wall in a Best of 5 Tables match, Shawn Stasiak vs GI Bro in a Boot Camp match, Mike Awesome vs DDP in an Ambulance match, KroniK vs The Mamalukes, and Lt. Loco defending the WCW Cruiserweight Championship against Disqo. Some of the matches from this event was used as a green screen stock footage for a 'Newsflash' segment on Whose Line Is It Anyway?.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-06-11
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UFC 17: Redemption
Overview: UFC 17: Redemption was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 15th, 1998 at the Mobile Civic Center, in Mobile, Alabama. The event was seen live on pay per view in the United States, and later released on home video.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-15
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WCW New Blood Rising
Overview: New Blood Rising was a professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by World Championship Wrestling that replaced WCW's August PPV event Road Wild. It took place on August 13, 2000 from the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia. The name is a reference to the New Blood faction within WCW. The main event was Booker T defending the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Jeff Jarrett. Another primary match was a Triple Threat match between Goldberg, Kevin Nash, and Scott Steiner. Other matches on the card included KroniK defending the WCW World Tag Team Championships against The Dark Carnival (Vampiro & The Great Muta), Lance Storm defending the WCW United States Championship against Mike Awesome in a Canadian Rules match with Jacques Rougeau as the special guest referee,
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-13
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UFC Ultimate Knockouts
Overview: Tank Abbott vs Steve Nelmark • Brad Kohler vs Steve Judson • Jens Pulver vs John Lewis • BJ Penn vs Kaoru Uno • Tony de Souza vs Jutaro Nakao • Pat Miletich vs Shonie Carter • Gary Goodridge vs Paul Herrera ; Bobby Hoffman vs M. Robinson • Pedro Rizzo vs Tank Abbott • Fabiano Iha vs Kaoru Uno • Frank Shamrock vs Igor Zinoviev • Pedro Rizzo vs Tra tellingman • Shonie Carter vs Matt Serra • Lance Gibson vs Jermaine André • Chuck Liddell vs K. Randleman • Ron Waterman vs Andre Roberts • Eugene Jackson vs K.Yamamiya • Carlos Newton vs Matt Hughes • Vitor Belfort vs Wanderlei Silva • Pedro Rizzo vs Josh Barnett • Eugene Jackson vs Royce Alger • Pete Williams vs Mark Coleman • Tito Ortiz vs Evan Tanner
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-08-11
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UFC Hits: Volume 1
Overview: UFC Hits: Volume 1 highlights many of the Ultimate Fighting Championships greatest and most notorious fights from the UFC's early days. See where it all began with clips of the best fights featuring original MMA stars, some who are now in the UFC Hall of Fame, like Don Frye and Randy Couture, Royce Gracie and Kimo, John Hess and Andy Anderson, Tito Ortiz and Guy Mesger. This highlight reel has enough knockouts and submissions to keep any MMA fan entertained.
Genres: Action Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-07-18
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WCW Uncensored 2000
Overview: Uncensored 2000 took place on March 19, 2000 from the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. There were 2 main events with Sid Vicious defending the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Jeff Jarrett and Hulk Hogan facing Ric Flair in a Yappapi Indian Strap match. Also at the event was Sting vs The Total Package in a Lumberjacks with Casts match. Other matches included Dustin Rhodes vs Terry Funk in a Bullrope match, The Mamalukes defending the WCW World Tag Team Championships against The Harris Brothers, Fit Finlay vs Vampiro in a Falls Count Anywhere match, Harlem Heat 2000 vs Billy Kidman and Booker, 3 Count defending the WCW Hardcore Championship against Brian Knobs, Bam Bam Bigelow vs The Wall, Norman Smiley & The Demon vs Lenny Lane & Rave, and The Artist defending the WCW Cruiserweight Championship against Psychosis.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-03-19
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GCW Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XIII
Overview: GCW Bloodsport is a professional wrestling event held by the American promotion Game Changer Wrestling (GCW). This event consists of a unique ruleset compared to a traditional pro wrestling event, in that every match must end in either a knockout or submission. The traditional wrestling ring is replaced by a ring canvas with no ropes or turnbuckles.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-04-17
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