QUESTION: Kimbo, any expectations in how long you think this is going to go?

KIMBO: No, I don't have any either.

QUESTION: Is there any possibility, has it entered your mind, that Abbott has simply too much experience for you?

KIMBO: I kind of look at it like a chick that does porn. Just because she did 100 porn scenes, that doesn't mean I'm going to be afraid to [be with] her. I'm going to still get that [girl]. That's how I look at it.

QUESTION: Tank, you fought twice in 2007, once in 2006 and twice in 2005: When you're not fighting, what do you do?

TANK: My hobby is drinking. I like to have as much fun as I can. When I'm training, I train. But I like to have fun also. I like to hang out at the bars and write the book that I'm doing.

QUESTION: You're doing a book right now?

TANK: I've already got it written. It's about 676 pages. I'm pecking away on it, putting it on a computer. It's got some good stuff in it. It's about my days when I was stomping in the streets about 12, 13, 14 years ago when the whole MMA scene came about.

QUESTION: Tank, was your era on the streets so much tougher than Kimbo’s?

TANK: Because there was no referee and there were no people walking around watching it. When you entered into a fight you assumed the risk to die. You didn't have to worry about somebody as a referee stepping in and saving it. Like I said, I've got well over 200 street fights under my belt.

QUESTION: Your response to that, Kimbo?

KIMBO: I was smelling chicken and looking at the food. I wasn't paying Tank any attention.

QUESTION: Gary, Gina Carano was originally supposed to be on the card. She dropped off. Can you tell us what happened as far as her participation in this show?

SHAW: Sure, we wanted her to be on the show. She was training for American Gladiators, and at this point she wasn't ready to compete on this date.

QUESTION: Is there any concern on your end as far as her other activities interfering with her fight career? Is that something you've talked to her about?

SHAW: No, we have a long?term contract with Gina. It was a great opportunity for her to be on “American Gladiators’’ and be “Crush,’’ and I think it will help her career. As soon as they're done with all the meetings they have to do, all the PR appearances -- she was just on "The Today Show" two days ago -- she'll be ready to fight.