# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tank-abbott
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:45:40.322Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tank-abbott"
name: "Tank Abbott"
slug: "tank-abbott"
description: "David Lee \"Tank\" Abbott is an American retired mixed martial arts fighter, professional wrestler, and author. He currently hosts his own podcast series titled \"The Proving Ground with Tank Abbott.\" Abbott is perhaps best known for being an icon in the early stages of mixed martial arts and the UFC, but has also competed in the PRIDE Fighting Championships, Strikeforce, EliteXC, and Cage Rage, challenging for the UFC heavyweight Championship once in 1997. His fighting style, which he developed brawling in the bars and streets of Huntington Beach, California, was described by his future manager Dave Thomas as \"Pit Fighting\". He also authored the three novels of the Befor There Were Rules trilogy, Bar Brawler, Street Warrior, and Cage Fighter."
tagline: "American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/1DZdZkT8PT5MM5GTds4BB0VBx6k.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1965-04-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.32
  momentum:             3.912231559290384
  historical:           13.36994666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007957/"
    handle:    "nm0007957"
sources:
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    title: "Tank Abbott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تانك أبوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tank Abbott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tank Abbott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Abbott"
    title: "Tank Abbott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Abbott"
    title: "Tank Abbott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9_%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA"
    title: "تانک ابوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tank Abbott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Abbott"
    title: "Tank Abbott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Abbott"
    title: "Tank Abbott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "タンク・アボット"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Tank Abbott"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump