Kimbo Slice vs Tank Abbott at CFFC 6: Heavy Hands

Cage Fury Fighting Championships 6: Heavy Hands - has been announced for September 14, 2007 in Atlantic City featuring Kevin Ferguson and David Abbott, a bout that already has MMA and Kevin Ferguson loyalists talking. The event is slated to take place at the Taj Mahal.

Tank Abbott, a former Professional Wrestler, was one of the most feared strikers to have participated in the MMA early on in his career. Abbott made his Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) debut in 1995 at UFC 6: Clash of the Titans in Casper, Wyoming.

Despite never winning a UFC title, Abbott achieved some popularity due in part to his displays of power and aggression. He also gained a degree of notoriety for his unorthodox look and fighting style, more reminiscent of a street fighter than a martial artist. Abbott is known for having a direct and blunt attitude in and out of the octagon, having been quoted as saying "I don't respect anybody, not even you" (to a UFC reporter who queried about whether he respects his opponents). He was also featured in UFC's Ultimate KnockOuts 3.

His bad boy image and tough biker look, which has much to do with the promoters of the UFC attempting create a villain of sorts out of Tank, have led many people to believe that Abbott is nothing more than a common hoodlum with a natural ability to throw punches. In reality, he never practiced any style called "Pit Fighting" and had been boxing for up to 13 years before his UFC debut and had been wrestling since high school and during his years at college. He had been coached in boxing under Jesse Reid and Tyrone Bennett and his wrestling career began at the age of 9 and by the age of 18 he became a Junior college All-American.

Abbott also holds a Bachelor's Degree in History.

Kevin Ferguson YouTube Phenom has become such a hot commodity around the Sports911.com stratosphere, he's been assigned his own Kevin Ferguson Betting Odds page.

Kevin Ferguson aka Kimbo Slice (born c. 1976) is a Miami, Florida-based underground street fighter turned mixed martial arts fighter. He has appeared in several bare-knuckle fights which have spread primarily on the Internet. It is a career Kimbo has since given up and is now putting his efforts towards being a professional mixed martial arts fighter.

Slice has worked as a bodyguard for RK Netmedia, a Miami pornography production/promotion company responsible for number of popular adult subscription websites, such as MILF Hunter and In The VIP. There is some uncertainty about his age: Rolling Stone has stated his age was 31 (in 2007), his statistics at the Cage Fury Fighting Championships 5 event said he was 33 but the announcers corrected this confirming he was in fact 31 years of age. Rolling Stone called Slice "The King of the Web Brawlers". His current bare-knuckle fighting record is 7-1. Ferguson was a star defensive player for Miami Palmetto High School in the Pinecrest area of Miami, Florida. Although he was recruited to play football in college, he went on to the University of Miami on academic scholarship and he did not play football for them.

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