Kimo talked about his upcoming fight with Tank Abbott on Tuesday's MMAWeekly Radio Show. Kimo made the bold statement that he thinks he will submit Tank in about 40 seconds. Kimo said that Tank is just a puncher, and that while other fighters have learned about many different kinds of fighting styles as the years have gone by, Tank hasn't really changed his game since the early days of the UFC.

Kimo said that Tank is very stubborn in this regard, and that Tank had some potential at some point to make something of himself as a fighter. Kimo said that his cardio is not where he would like it to be right now, but he said it would be for his June 6 fight with Tank Abbott. Kimo also said that he is back in MMA full-time: His job is to fight regularly and to train every day. On the other hand, Kimo's former training partner, Joe Son, is out of MMA and is now "in Hollywood focusing on his movie career."

When asked about a potential rematch with Royce Gracie, Kimo said, "Royce knows better than to take a rematch with me." When asked about a potential rematch with Ken Shamrock, Kimo said that from what he understands, the winner of Kimo vs. Tank will be fighting Ken Shamrock (if Shamrock can get past Ian Freeman).

Kimo said that when he fought Shamrock the first time, he came into the fight at 270 pounds with very poor conditioning. Kimo also said that he didn't know anything about submissions back then; whereas now, he doesn't think anyone can submit him with anything.

Kimo is clearly not thinking about his UFC return as a short-term thing, as he said he wants to be in the UFC for a long time to come. He said that after Tank and Shamrock, he would like to get a shot at Tim Sylvia, assuming that Sylvia is still the Heavyweight Champion at that time.

Kimo said that he didn't want to take anything away from Sylvia's abilities, but he referenced Sylvia's title reign by saying, "It's a nice belt, he gets to wear it for a little while." Kimo said that the most difficult fighter for him to face would be someone like Vitor Belfort used to be: 210 pounds, extremely fast, and able to hit you with a lot of punches. Kimo said that Sylvia's larger size would actually benefit Kimo, because Sylvia would throw big haymakers and be too predictable

I hope they both have heartattacks in the middle of the match

Originally posted by Christopher Chaos
I hope they both have heartattacks in the middle of the match


hahahhahahah

i'm hoping any statement in this thread is precise.

now i want tank to smash his head in

Why??? You don't think Tank isn't going to talk smack about him on Thursday?

addict of what?

Kimo does have a couple submission wins, among them, the famous mata leao against the highly regarded professional wrestler and former bounty hunter Bam Bam Bigelow...blah, blah.

Nobody is taking his prediction seriously. My guess is that Tank will knock him out before it even gets to the ground.

I hope tank dies on camera of alchohol poisoning, and Kimo necro-rapes him in the mouth.

Originally posted by Magic Man
I hope tank dies on camera of alchohol poisoning, and Kimo necro-rapes him in the mouth.

Yeah if that happened i would have to start beaintg it right there at the UFC party i always go to. That is definite Circle Jerk Time

I need to see Tank score some heavy leather to Kimos Dome. I am tired of watching all my favorite fighters lose

Last time I saw Kimo fight it was in the Pride 1 abortion against Severn.

I have little interst in this fight, I don't think either fighter is a real heavyweight threat to the top guys anymore and are basically there as a marketing ploy.

Good luck to them and I hope they = ratings and bums on seats

Tank's as polished as Inque's record. Nuff said.
-Peace *****es