KIMBO: Yeah, pretty much. I'm preparing for whatever. I've trained for Tank a long time, preparing for his style. I know just the type of fighter he is: aggressive, hitting hard and just coming at you. I've trained well for that. I'm pretty much prepared to take Tank out. I'm going to change my name from Kimbo to Blackhawk because only a Blackhawk chopper can destroy a Tank.

QUESTION: If you're looking past Tank, is Sean Gannon possibly one of the guys you're looking at?

KIMBO: Who? Sean Gannon? Is that even an option?

SHAW: Anything you want to do is an option.

KIMBO: I'm down for that. I want to do that bare knuckle. That fight's owed to me. I want that more than anything.

SHAW: Yes, it is a possibility. One thing that I like about this fight, it went from just an MMA fight to being personal. The reason this fight got made so quickly is Kimbo said that ‘I want Tank. I trained for a pay?per?view fight, I want that fight back.’ If Sean is the one that Kimbo wants and there is a score to be settled ?? then we'll go out as a company that represents Kimbo and we'll do everything in our power to make that fight. But you know my career in boxing. I think Kimbo knows this better than anybody, and I'm sure Tank knows this as an ultimate professional. You better take care of business on Feb. 16.

QUESTION: Is Tank signed beyond this fight?

SHAW: Yes, we have options on Tank.

QUESTION: Tank, didn't you call Kimbo out after his fight in Atlantic City?

TANK: I don't know if you'd call that a fight. But, yeah, that's what it's all about. Like I said, he's a street warrior, I'm a street warrior. It's a matter of time before we meet up. I was ready to meet up right then and there. But as it is, we're going to meet up with SHOWTIME and EliteXC in Miami on Feb. 16.

QUESTION: How much had you heard of Kimbo before the fight in Atlantic City with Ray Mercer?

TANK: Not that much. I think his name came up a couple of times. I checked him out on the internet for maybe something that lasted 20 seconds, and then I went to the bar.

QUESTION: Have you been impressed with anything you've seen from Kimbo in either of his two fights?

TANK: I haven't really seen his last fight. The fight with Mercer, I mean, not really.

QUESTION: You’ve both been in lots of street fights, some for money. How did you manage that? Who kept that under control for people to get paid after it was done?