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[Kimuras"R"Us]

You all make valid points about who you think should get inducted next into the hall. I still don't like the popularity argument though. If the UFC wants their hall of fame to be a joke and have no relevance, they can allow Tank in. No matter how popular he was he didn't have an above .500 record and wasn't a great fighter. You can't induct people like that in if you want your Hall of Fame to be legitamate.

[Matt Boone]

Hey easy NinjaShogunRua, I wouldn't say Bas doesn't deserve in. It's hard to induct someone who only had two fights for the company, but he won them both along with the title beating two very good fighters. And he himself set a standard, as he was pretty much the first Heavyweight to do everything good - striking, submission, etc. He wasn't just average at either he was good and he displayed those skills against other pretty decently rounded fighters - especially TK.

[killerinstinct]

Originally Posted by Kimuras"R"Us

You all make valid points about who you think should get inducted next into the hall. I still don't like the popularity argument though. If the UFC wants their hall of fame to be a joke and have no relevance, they can allow Tank in. No matter how popular he was he didn't have an above .500 record and wasn't a great fighter. You can't induct people like that in if you want your Hall of Fame to be legitamate.

tank may not of had the best record ,but tank couldn't give a flying fuck about his record all he cared about was getting in there and scrapping.he'd take fights on a days notice and fight several times a night.he'd lose fights b/c he'd gas not b/c the other fighter was better.imo tank is well deserving he helped put mma on the map he was an exciting fighter and leaves us with some of the most brutal KOes in UFC history.That IMO is hof worthy.

[kickass32]

Was Tank exciting? Sure, he was mean and could throw with the best of them, but HOF worthy....no way...HOF means the fighter was great over a lengthy period.....Tank was mediocre at best.

[sabean_13]

Originally Posted by Alvin

BJ Penn was LW & WW & I've a feeling Tito has been MW & LHW champ.

I forgot about Penn. Tito was MW champ when it turned into the LHW championship I think so technically he didn't win 2 weight classes IMHO. But yeah with Penn you're right I think, but Randy did do it first, and that should be grounds for HOF induction.

[pimpslappd]

anyone wanna post who Tank beat and lost to...thanks

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by Luis Cruz

pat militech, carlos newton, frank shamrock, mark coleman, oleg taktarov for now, obviously there's more that are still fighting.

no nos- tank and kimo. it should be by success not being popular, this aint wrestling. you dont see boxers that were ok fighters but very popular get into hof and in football theres people that get bumped that were great. so like someone else said, to keep it meaniful put the best fighters in.

So by that theory are they gonna remove Ken Shamrock & Dan Severn???

Sorry Bud, but I was never his biggest fan, but Tank has as much rights to be in as Shamrock or Severn.

Hey, let's agree to disagree.

[Afro]

Originally Posted by Alvin

So by that theory are they gonna remove Ken Shamrock & Dan Severn???

Sorry Bud, but I was never his biggest fan, but Tank has as much rights to be in as Shamrock or Severn.

Hey, let's agree to disagree.

!!!!

Why???

Ken won a lot of his fights, Tank didnt... Ken brought as many if not more to the UFC then Tank did, same goes with Dan Severn.. people liked Tank because he was a bad ass who just fought and he knocked people out.. hes the Mike Tyson of the UFC. While I said because of his name he should get into the Hall, I thought about it.. anyone could bench 800 Lbs, walk into the UFC, lose a bunch of fights but at the same time knock people out and build a bad ass persona about them and get into the HOF if we allow Tank to get in.. but I think I heard Dana call Tank a future HOFer before so maybe our worst nightmare is going to come true..

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by pimpslappd

anyone wanna post who Tank beat and lost to...thanks

Tank never really beat anyone good in the UFC, but he lost to a few good fighters (mostly because he fatigued quickly after throwing bombs for the first few minutes!)

Wins: Steve Nelmark, John Matua, Cal Worsham, Steve Jennum (ex-ufc champ, ahem!), Paul Varelans plus a few others who names escape me)

Lost: Mo Smith, Pedro Rizzo, Frank Mir, Dan Severn, Don Frye, Vitor Belfort, Oleg Taktarov & er...Kimo & Cabbage (but only by a pussy little cut)!

As said, he was an exciting fighter to watch, for the first 2/3 minutes, then he gassed. A bit like Homer Simpsons opponents in the episode Moe became his boxing trainer!!!

[NinjaShogunRua]

what gives Tank as much of right as Severn and Shamrock, did Tank ever win a UFC title or beat anyone worth mentioning? Like I said before, the guy is a legend, but definitely doesn't have accomplishments even close to guys like Shamrock and Severn.