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Heavyweight MMA · 1990s

Tank Abbott

10–15 · 25 recorded bouts · 1995–2013

Tank Abbott finished 90% of 10 wins inside the distance — the 59th percentile for heavyweight MMA, where the median is 85%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height72″ (182.9 cm)
Stance
DivisionHeavyweight MMA
Peak era1990s
CountryUnited States

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Tank Abbott, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

2000 2010 loss vs Dan Severn (1995)loss vs Oleg Taktarov (1995)loss vs Don Frye (1996)loss vs Scott Ferrozzo (1996)win vs Yoji Anjo (1997)loss vs Maurice Smith (1997)loss vs Vitor Belfort (1997)loss vs Pedro Rizzo (1998)win vs Hugo Duarte (1998)loss vs Wesley Correira (2003)loss vs Kimo Leopoldo (2003)loss vs Frank Mir (2003)loss vs Hidehiko Yoshida (2005)win vs Wesley Correira (2005)loss vs Paul Buentello (2006)loss vs Gary Turner (2007)loss vs Kimbo Slice (2008)win vs Mike Bourke (2009)loss vs Ruben Villareal (2013)
winlossdraw / NC1995–2013

Record

MMA record

10–15

25 bouts on record

Finish rate

90%

of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight MMA median 85%, 59th percentile

KO/TKO: 7 (70%)Submission: 2 (20%)Decision: 1 (10%)
  • KO/TKO 70%
  • Submission 20%
  • Decision 10%

The career, bout by bout

25 recorded bouts from 1995 to 2013. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

19y

1995–2013

Longest unbeaten run

1

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1997

3 bouts

Recorded bouts

25

19 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
2013 L Ruben Villareal KO/TKO2
2009 W Mike Bourke KO/TKO1
2008 L Kimbo Slice KO/TKO1
2007 L Gary Turner KO/TKO1
2006 L Paul Buentello KO/TKO1
2005 L Hidehiko Yoshida Submission1
2005 W Wesley Correira KO/TKO1
2003 L Wesley Correira KO/TKO1
2003 L Kimo Leopoldo Submission1
2003 L Frank Mir Submission1
1998 L Pedro Rizzo KO/TKO1
1998 W Hugo Duarte KO/TKO1
1997 W Yoji Anjo Decision1
1997 L Maurice Smith KO/TKO1
1997 L Vitor Belfort KO/TKO1
1996 L Don Frye Submission1
1996 L Scott Ferrozzo Decision1
1995 L Dan Severn Decision1
1995 L Oleg Taktarov Submission1
W Steve Nelmark KO/TKO
W Cal Worsham Submission
W Sam Adkins Submission
W Steve Jennum Submission
W Paul Varelans KO/TKO
W John Matua KO/TKO

16 of these opponents have their own page here.

How this is worked out

  1. Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
  2. Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
  3. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 324 heavyweight MMA fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100

Full methodology →

Source: Tank Abbott on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-08-01. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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