‘Tank’ plans demolition job

How was Ultimate Fighting converted from ‘human cockfighting’ to a multi-million dollar brand? The only way to find out was by getting into the famed Octagon, suggested a brave Adrian Russell.

WHEN Tom ‘The Tank’ Egan from Newbridge, Co Kildare steps into a 6ft-steel cage in the new O2 arena tonight, he’ll clock in for his first day’s work on an unfamiliar shop floor.

But, as many school-goers this month ponder career paths and job options, surely none will, like the 20-year-old gaelgeoir, put the school of hardest knocks — the Ultimate Fighting Championship — top of their CAO form.