Bas Rutten is an MMA Legend and highly sought after trainer. He currently trains top prospects Kimbo Slice and Chris Horodecki among many others. Rutten recently sat down with our friends over at PunchDrunkGamer.com to discuss Kimbo's upcoming fight vs. Tank Abbott, Chris Horodecki's first MMA loss and a variety of other issues. Here are some of the highlights:

Bas On A Possible comeback:

No, I am not going to come back. My knees just can't take it anymore and I want to concentrate on getting Kimbo ready for his fight next month and the fights that will follow that one.

Bas On Kimbo's Training:

He's doing great, he is really moving along and like I said before, he really hits hard. I think once he starts connecting with those punches his opponent is going to start thinking “oh crap, what did I get myself into?”. He is also not afraid to get hit hard which is really good. He listens really well to the instructions that he is given and that is going to help him.

Bas On Kimbo vs. Tank:

Well his first fight only lasted a little over a minute and then his second fight against Bo Cantrell wasn't really a fight because it only lasted 19 seconds. So we really didn't learn very much from those two fights and I want him to fight a tough guy. Tank is definitely a tough guy and maybe he's going to want people to know that he is still around and he will train hard for this fight. If he doesn't train hard he's going to be in a lot of trouble. I want Kimbo’s opponent to make this fight longer than the previous two. I shouldn't say it but I want him to get hit but not too hard [laughs].

Bas On Kimbo's Ability As An MMA Fighter:

If he sticks with the game plan then we will get a better idea of where he is at. We need to get him some opponents that are going to put up resistance. We will take it from there and then build him up to better opponents. Some people want to rush it and have him fight Fedor but there is too big of a difference in experience. I mean Fedor has something like 24 fights and then all of his Sambo matches. Right now I just need to get him used to fighting in the cage. Kimbo has four fights this year and if he stays injury free and keeps progressing, then I have no problem putting him up against a top 10 fighter.

Bas On Fedor And His Standing In The World Rankings: