Curly Howard
03-07-2004, 11:39 PM
MMAWeekly.com has learned that K-1 is trying to put together a Shannon Briggs vs Tank Abbott match up at the upcoming K-1 event in April at the Bellagio.
Abbott was planning on fighting in the UFC on April 2nd against Ken Shamrock, but K-1 has been coming hard at him and there is a possibility that K-1 will make a huge offer to sign Abbott to face the Heavyweight Boxer, Briggs.
If Briggs and Tank accept the fight, then there is some talk that maybe Kimo could be the guy to replace Tank against Shamrock in the UFC, but at this point it's just too early to tell. Bottom line is that K-1 is looking to spend a lot of money to pull off this deal and it's unknown right now if both fighters will accept the money and the fight.
The K-1 event, which will be headlined by the sport’s typical eight-man, single-elimination tournament as well as several single “Superfights”, will be staged inside Las Vegas, Nevada’s Bellagio Hotel and Casino, 6,000 crowd capacity arena.
The April 30th lineup has yet to be announced, but is expected to gradually take shape over the course of the next several weeks. Among the K-1 veterans who have already been listed as possible “Battle At The Bellagio II” participants are 2003 K-1 USA champion Carter Williams, two-time K-1 tournament champion Michael McDonald, two-time world kickboxing champion Dewey “The Black Kobra” Cooper, and Superfight veteran sensation Cung Le; as well as, former International Boxing Federation (IBF) world heavyweight champion, Francois Botha, have been named as candidates to make their North American K-1 debuts.
Abbott was planning on fighting in the UFC on April 2nd against Ken Shamrock, but K-1 has been coming hard at him and there is a possibility that K-1 will make a huge offer to sign Abbott to face the Heavyweight Boxer, Briggs.
If Briggs and Tank accept the fight, then there is some talk that maybe Kimo could be the guy to replace Tank against Shamrock in the UFC, but at this point it's just too early to tell. Bottom line is that K-1 is looking to spend a lot of money to pull off this deal and it's unknown right now if both fighters will accept the money and the fight.
The K-1 event, which will be headlined by the sport’s typical eight-man, single-elimination tournament as well as several single “Superfights”, will be staged inside Las Vegas, Nevada’s Bellagio Hotel and Casino, 6,000 crowd capacity arena.
The April 30th lineup has yet to be announced, but is expected to gradually take shape over the course of the next several weeks. Among the K-1 veterans who have already been listed as possible “Battle At The Bellagio II” participants are 2003 K-1 USA champion Carter Williams, two-time K-1 tournament champion Michael McDonald, two-time world kickboxing champion Dewey “The Black Kobra” Cooper, and Superfight veteran sensation Cung Le; as well as, former International Boxing Federation (IBF) world heavyweight champion, Francois Botha, have been named as candidates to make their North American K-1 debuts.