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Shamrock, ‘Tank’ to Stream Live Friday on Sherdog.com
Sherdog.com is proud to present a free live stream of Friday’s Wargods/KSP event titled “Valentine’s Eve Massacre.”
Headlined by UFC hall of famer Ken Shamrock, the event also features the always colorful David “Tank” Abbott. Shamrock will collide with the massive
Ross Clifton and “Tank” will confront Pride veteran Mike Bourke.
The star-studded card also features bouts with UFC veterans Wesley “Cabbage” Correira and Josh Haynes.
Friday, Feb. 13
Streaming live on Sherdog.com!
Wargods/KSP “Valentine’s Eve Massacre.”
Fight Card:
Ken Shamrock vs. Ross Clifton
David “Tank” Abbott vs. Mike Bourke
Josh Haynes vs. Rafael Real
Kyacey Uscola vs. BJ Lacy
Mike Moreno vs. Gary Padilla
Buddy Roberts vs. Wesley “Cabbage” Correira
Isaac de Jesus vs. Ashe Bowman
Rick Reeves vs. Nathan James
Jennifer Tate vs. Jen Babcock
Zoila Frausto vs. Karina Hallinan
Darrin Freeman vs. TBA
Tonya Evinger vs. TBA
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That is a weak headliner. Shamrock is a has been, and has been for a while. The guy he is fighting has a record of 6-8. Tank never was more then a
streetbrawler with an amazing record of 9-14 and the guy he's fighting is 8-11. Shamrock and Tank need to hang it up and move on.
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i love tank
i will always love tank even if he aint so great anymore
you come at the king....you best not miss
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much as i might agree with you, it's free MMA. i can't complain if it's free, and i'm happy it's out there... even if there are some has-beens on the
card.
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Oh I am definitely not arguing with free. Just had to rant about shamrock and tank. Hopefully shamrock wins, seeing as how he ain't won a
professional fight since 2004 
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what a shitty update...
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heavyweight co-main attraction between David “Tank” Abbott and Mike Bourke has been scratched from Friday’s Wargods “Valentine’s Eve Massacre” at the
Selland Arena in Fresno, Calif., confirmed State Athletic Commission Assistant Executive Director Bill Douglas late Thursday.
However, efforts are still afoot to resurrect the fight, said a rep for the promotion.
Abbott (9-14) and Bourke (8-11-1) both reported to the event’s official weigh-ins on Thursday, only to be turned away by CSAC officials who said the
promotion had cancelled the bout themselves almost a week before.
“Tank Abbott was never even considered [on the card Thursday] because as of five days ago, the promotion conveyed to us that he was completely off the
show,” Douglas told Sherdog.com late Thursday.
Douglas said Wargods reps asked for the bout to be reinstated at the weigh-ins, but the necessary paperwork was not complete.
“When Tank Abbott’s fight was dropped, we just moved on with the card. Tank Abbott wasn’t even in my mind going into today,” said Douglas. “I was more
concerned about the matches that they were trying to make with us last minute… We have no medicals on file for him at all.”
Abbott, who’s lost seven of his last eight bouts since returning to the cage in 2003, last competed in California for the Strikeforce promotion in
2006. Douglas said today’s more stringent requirements would have required the 43-year-old to complete the licensing process from start to finish.
“The bottom line is you can’t be matchmaking at the weigh-ins,” said Douglas. “I’ve been spending all day matchmaking with the promoter and trying to
help save their show. I was very flexible in approving bouts up until that two-hour mark before the weigh-in because I don’t want to see any shows
suffer and I don’t want MMA fans to be deprived of any bouts, so I was really bending.”
A Wargods executive, who asked not to be named, called the situation “a misunderstanding,” and said Abbott would fight at the event on Friday.
“We took the fight off the card and were going to replace it with our current heavyweight champion Lavar Johnson, who was approved to fight Ruben
‘Warpath’ Villareal,” said the executive.
When Johnson was pulled by his management to recuperate following a recent fight, the executive said Abbott was approached again and “an agreement”
was reached over the weekend.
The executive said he put the fight back on the roster on Tuesday, but the commission employee assigned to supervise the event was on vacation and
couldn’t accept the request.
“We shot an email in to let them know the fight was back on, but I don’t think the right person received it,” he said. “Obviously, there’s a
miscommunication there. We didn’t know we had to get approval on it again. When [the fighters] showed up, [the commission] didn’t have their file and
that’s why they couldn’t approve it.”
The Wargods rep also contends that all of Abbott’s paperwork, including his medical tests, was submitted and approved in time.
“That fight was approved as of a month ago, but they didn’t have the paperwork with them [on Thursday at the weigh-ins.] I guarantee you by 10 o’clock
tomorrow morning, this will all be sorted out and Tank will be back on the card.”
When contacted Thursday evening, Abbott told Sherdog.com that the fight was off and that he was en route back to his Huntington Beach home, some 260
miles away from Fresno.
The promotion rep said Wargods still plans to match UFC contemporaries Shamrock and Abbott up at a later date, although their efforts are still
focused on Friday’s event.
Of the 13 original matchups submitted, Friday’s roster has dwindled down to eight bouts, four of which have been medically cleared as of Thursday
night, said Douglas. The main event between UFC legend Ken Shamrock and Ross Clifton has been approved. Ken Shamrock Productions is also a listed
co-promoter for the event.
Douglas said he anticipated the final four bouts in question to make their requirements in time to keep the event afloat. A ninth bout, featuring
EliteXC veteran Tonya Evinger, was proposed on Thursday but is awaiting commission approval.
“Massacre” will be streamed live on Sherdog.com beginning at 6:30 p.m. PST.
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BDx13
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you know i don't know much about mma, but why the fuck can't these people get their acts together? it seems like shit is never organized.
If I fail math, there goes my chance at a good job and a happy life full of hard work.
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