FREE THE MMA ENCYCLOPEDIA PDF Jonathan Snowden,Kendall Shields | 340 pages | 16 Dec 2010 | ECW Press,Canada | 9781550229233 | English | Montreal, Canada Category:Mixed martial arts organizations - Wikipedia Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want The MMA Encyclopedia Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Kendall Shields. Whether a casual fan or a longtime mixed martial arts MMA enthusiast, all MMA spectators will benefit from the information in this detailed reference. 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He was The MMA Encyclopedia anti—martial artist, a welcoming and familiar figure for fans who still weren't sure what to make of Gracie Jiu- jitsu and the ground game. This was a fighter they could feel comfortable with: a bar fighter with a bald head, barrel chest, and long beard. This was what a fighter was supposed to look like. His background gave UFC promoters reason to worry. But Abbott had a solid case for his inclusion in the event. And they said, 'Yeah, but you've got to have some kind of a black belt or something. I'm about fighting in the streets. It was a brilliant marketing ploy, not just by Semaphore Entertainment Group, but by Abbott himself. The Tank may have looked like an ignorant thug, but that was for show. He was a legitimately tough guy, but he was also a college graduate and a junior college wrestling star. This wasn't part of the UFC's pitch, though. Fans preferred to think of Abbott as a menacing street fighter and that was what SEG gave them. Unfortunately for Abbott, the martial artists he professed to hate so The MMA Encyclopedia were more than a match for him. Abbott's career is filled with devastating knockouts of journeymen and tomato cans, but every time he stood in the cage with a legitimate martial artist, he lost and lost convincingly. Even in defeat, Tank was still able to convince fans he was the tougher guy. He was famous for heading to the bar while his conqueror headed to the hospital. It was an act that seemed to age poorly. If tapping out to a sneering Frank Mir 's toe hold didn't kill the Abbott myth, a first round knockout in just 43 seconds at the hands of street fighter Kimbo Slice surely did. Despite these convincing losses, Abbott will continue to fight on. As long as there are promoters who are willing to pay big bucks for the nostalgia of having Tank Abbott on their cards, the Tank will be there, lacing up his gloves and ready to fall down for old time's sake. Like the gangs in West Side Story, the two crews seemed destined to rumble. Instead, the fireworks were all verbal, especially after Shamrock left fighting for professional wrestling. Abbott mocked him mercilessly, but as the UFC paychecks got smaller, Abbott's opposition to pro wrestling shrank as well. He joined the promotion in a tumultuous time. They were desperate for the next big thing and were tossing ideas against the wall with reckless abandon. In this creative chasm, Abbott's wrestling persona changed by the day. He was a tough guy with one-punch-knockout power during a "Colors on a Pole" match with Big Al at one pay-per-view and the goofy dancing bodyguard for the boy-band knockoff "3 Count" at another show. They just came up with new ideas and things for me to do. I think they were hoping it wouldn't go well for me," Abbott said. What the hell — let's go have some fun.