So Cal Baseball said:
In fairness to Cro Cop, he wasn't expecting anything from Kevin on the feet...which was his mistake. Randleman is without question the most naturally gifted athlete MMA has ever seen. If he had a stronger all-around skillset, he would be ridiculously successful.
Barnett's downfall in this fight could be his ego: he chose to stand and trade with Pedro Rizzo. I also dislike his inactivity. The fights he's taken have not been with the upper echelon. Jimmy Ambritz and Semmy Schilt are not going to prepare you for the speed and power of Mirko.
It's hard to say. No one knew what Tank had left to give. Even on his worst day, he was still giving a lot of A-list fighters fits. Maurice Smith said he had never been hit as hard as Tank tagged him, even though Abbott had literally slid off a barstool to take that fight on a week's notice. There's that old chestnut about "power being the last thing to go." I think both Tank and Tyson have proved that power is worthless if you move like a turtle and have the cardio of a drowning victim.
To this day, I think Zuffa could squeeze mileage out of Tank with Abbott/Shamrock and Abbott/Sims. The former would be an easy sell due to their longstanding history and you're guaranteeing one old timer the win. They're also the two best talkers in the business. The latter could be a win for Abbott. Sims is that bad.
Unfortunately, Tank is not hurting for cash and isn't going to take a pay cut. Likewise, Zuffa isn't going to give the worst name fighter on the circuit yet another six-figure payday. I doubt he'll be back.
