10 Biggest Freakshow Fighters in MMA History

Kimo was honorable mention simply for carrying a giant Cross entering the cage, the Jesus tatoo, the steroids, and the manager (Joe Son)

your right Winston UFC was a freak show people went wondering if they would see someone die

Hackney vs Yarborough was UFC 3 though

your thinking of the Tulie fight where he got kickied in the face, 1st UFC fight ever

Birdofthad wrote:

Kimo was honorable mention simply for carrying a giant Cross entering the cage, the Jesus tatoo, the steroids, and the manager (Joe Son)

your right Winston UFC was a freak show people went wondering if they would see someone die

Hackney vs Yarborough was UFC 3 though

your thinking of the Tulie fight where he got kickied in the face, 1st UFC fight ever

My bad.I knew it was a Sumo-type fighter.

your right, it was funny he was like what the fuck just happened

the ref didnt know waht to do either

James Toney is a freak show to me because he cant make a pay check in the sport of Boxing no more and hasnt been rellavent for years in his sport then trys jumping into MMA and calling out guys like Brock and Chuck and randy guys that will destroy him just so he can get paid! I used to love James but like it or not he is gonna be a freak show very soon.

we'll see

the fact that James is going to have the greatest boxing in MMA history whipes out his freakshow status IMO

I see ur point but his Boxing means nothing on his back.

Damn good list

thanks Combat

Ninja\Rua/Fan wrote:

Brilliance

I would definitely argue for Minawoman to be on here. There is no way in fuck his last fight wasn't fixed

Birdofthad wrote:

your right, it was funny he was like what the fuck just happened

the ref didnt know waht to do either

Gerard Gordeau was the guy who kicked Tuli's tooth out.

Feel free to take the av down whenever you want, Bobbitt.

that video is great ninja hahah

LudoCain wrote:

Feel free to take the av down whenever you want, Bobbitt.

I kinda like it lol. Makes me laugh

Paul Varelans who would next go on to make it to the finals of the UU, and former UFC tournament champion Steve Jennum were pretty legit wins back in those days.

How can you dispute the spectacle Tank became? I don't argue that he didn't become a freakshow, but I think the point should be made that in the beginning of his career he was a legit mixed martial artist and a threat to many fighters out there.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Paul Varelans who would next go on to make it to the finals of the UU, and former UFC tournament champion Steve Jennum were pretty legit wins back in those days.

How can you dispute the spectacle Tank became? I don't argue that he didn't become a freakshow, but I think the point should be made that in the beginning of his career he was a legit mixed martial artist and a threat to many fighters out there.

Wrong

Varelans went to the UFC 7 finals, 0-2 in Ultimate Ultimates


Steve Jennum was a last 2nd sub replacement vs Harold Howard

lets not act like they were good fighters by any stretch

Tank was a total freakshow and was the reason why a bunch of people watched

UFC 7, my mistake. Paul Verelans was good.

I don't buy into the whole "oh well this guy and this guy weren't really that good afterall" stuff selectively used to discredit specific fighters. If Tank sucks than the King of the Streets sucks too.

hahahaha wow WOlf look in the mirror and say Tank Abbott was a legitimate fighter and see how that goes over

Tank thrived in the UFC 1-10 days when there were alot of people in UFC that didnt belong

by UFC 11-20 he was getting his ass smashed every other event either from maurice Smith, Vitor Belfort or Scott Ferrozzo

You are gonna be alone on a island if you try convincing people Cal Worsham and Steve Jennum were worth a flying flip

Ya Paul Varelans was great............................if your comparing his 9-9 record to Abbotts

can one be a legit mixed martial artist and still be a freak?

And I'm also against the notion that a street brawler is not worthy of the MMA cage, which may or may not be relevant to this thread.

I dont think Wolf gets my point

he keeps arguieng that Tnak was a legit fighter

Im saying Tank was a freak show because people watched him like people watch a car wreck

yes to answer your question you can be good and a freak show fighter IMO we jsut havent had one yet Sapp was the closest thing

Birdofthad wrote:

I dont think Wolf gets my point

he keeps arguieng that Tnak was a legit fighter

Im saying Tank was a freak show because people watched him like people watch a car wreck

yes to answer your question you can be good and a freak show fighter IMO we jsut havent had one yet Sapp was the closest thing

I think for a time Tank was a pretty legit bad ass dude in side that cage. But the sport was progressing quickly, while he did not progress at all. I don't think anyone watched Tank for any other reason then the hope of seeing a slugfest. Even as he fell off the map the hope was still there. Not sure if that is freak show the way a Zulu or Jose is a freak show.

If Tank Abbott wasnt the first freakshow of MMA then who the hell was

(not mad just asking)

Birdofthad wrote:

If Tank Abbott wasnt the first freakshow of MMA then who the hell was

(not mad just asking)

I just find the notion of a freakshow as being pretty vague, and i don't like to put one dimensional wild brawlers into the freak show category.

I guess the beer bellied, "i don't train" style of tank gives him Freakshow credentials, but he is still not near the Tuli, or Zulu categories.

see I dont either its jsut the fact that Tank was literally the first one of those of MMA as we know it that made him a freakshow IMO