“I will change something in training methods … There are many people who doubt me, but I am motivated to show them that they are wrong. I want to [get bigger]. In fights against Gonzaga and Kongo I saw that this is necessary because against heavier fighters I am losing a lot power in clinch. We will do it step by step so I will not lose on my speed. I would like to fight against Minotauro. Because of the septum deviation I was losing power in the middle and at the end of fights, but now I will not have that problem and I will prepare with pleasure for my future fights.”
– Mirko Cro Cop talks about his desire to return to the Octagon with Vecernji.com despite uncharacteristic back-to-back losses in his most recent fights. The Croatian recently underwent surgery to repair a badly deviated septum, which apparently affected his cardio in recent bouts. There’s a European card that is penciled in for sometime in January 2008 that could be a possible event in which he competes.
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CroCop.. is the biggest disappointment from Pride. And he made more money than Randy.
I hope CroCop comes back with a can of whoop-ass.
I LOVE CRO COP! always will, i have faith in him
This sounds pretty similar to what he said after losing to Gonzaga. And all that did was lead to a loss to Kongo.
He should not get bigger, he should get smaller and fight at 205
He did beat kongo the first round before getting a broke rib and kneed in the nuts about 4 times..
And he sounds nothing like he did lastime … Lastime he changed what he trained in , this time hes talking about getting bigger and better in the clinch .. He also called out Big Nog , he sounds serious too me … Not too mention lastweek there were reports that he wouldnt even return UFC phone calls… Im really really glad hes not gonna retire..
Also it could also set him up too be #1 contender with a win over Nog .. Which is exactly where Dana would love too have him. Even if its 2 fights late.
Id love too see some more Cro-Cop knock outs.
[quote comment=”175318″]This sounds pretty similar to what he said after losing to Gonzaga. And all that did was lead to a loss to Kongo.[/quote]
Yeah, you’re right, but man Kongo kneed him in the groin like 3 times! Who can take that?
I have no confidence that this guy can beat any top or middle tier heavyweight. All he has is the kick. If you make him fight at angles, back him up, or put him on the ground, he has nothing. I also hope he doesn’t fight Nog cause I want to see if these guys can beat ufc fighters. maybe he should do the opposite and drop down.
[quote comment=”175291″]CroCop.. is the biggest disappointment from Pride. And he made more money than Randy.[/quote]
not including Randy’s PPV cut….
He is still a good ppv draw and there are so many heavyweights now at least they can throw one of the up and comers at him.
Sanchez/Cro Cop II anybody?
Can someone PLEASE tell me what the hell “WAR” means? It’s not in this thread but I have seen numerous people say “War xxx” or whatever and I just wanted some clarification on what it means.. Thanks.
I miss the old “Punch your face into orange pulp” cro cop…
Wonder if he left his skills in hollywood…
He’ll make his comeback. Don’t worry ‘fair weather friends’.
How can anyone not hope that he comes back as strong as he was in Pride? When he was at his best, all of his fights were exciting; except for maybe the Fedor one. I want to see CroCop kicking people’s head in again.
This guy has more excuses than GSP.
[quote comment=”175373″]He’ll make his comeback. Don’t worry ‘fair weather friends’.[/quote]
There are more “fair-weather-freinds” in this sport than any other in the world. I think it has something to do with the sport being fairly new. Once the sport and the fans mature, I think people will start becoming more loyal to certain camps and/or certain fighters. The biggest example of this is the Houston bandwagon that I see falling apart as soon as he loses.
[quote comment=”175365″]Can someone PLEASE tell me what the hell “WAR” means? It’s not in this thread but I have seen numerous people say “War xxx” or whatever and I just wanted some clarification on what it means.. Thanks.[/quote]
I think it’s from that loser Jim Rome’s radio show. Every time someone calls in, right before they hang up they say ‘war Red Sox’ or whatever.
i would really like to see him have some success in the octagon, he was sooo good when he fought for pride and he’s been such a different fighter in the ufc that he’s losing a lot of respect as one of the best fighters, he needs to end his career on a big run like randy did, he has three fights left right? i hope he fights more times than that, but i’m pretty sure thats whats left on his contract…if he could fight big nog, arlovski and win both and then fight for the belt and win it then he would gain a lot of respect back…with the belt being vacant now it might be easier for him to get to that title shot after those two straight losses than it would have before, two big wins over top guys might slip in in there for a shot, plus he gets paid main event money for every fight anyway, it would make sense financially for the ufc to get him a shot if they could…
Yeah i read that CroCop acutally got him self the original size octagon to train in and got rid off his small one in the basement that he got after the gonzaga fight.
Oh man this is the news i was waiting for. CC is still my fav fighter and i do believe he can do something in UFC and it shows that he is determined. CROCOP all the way.MIRKO MIRKO MIRKO MIRKO MIRKO MIRKO.
Ok i would pay to see CC fight anytime but i’am really sick of him having fights in Europe. Twice is enough, bring him over to Vegas or something.
Cro Cop has the tools as far as talent, but is far to reliant on his kicks to win fights. If he was willing to take the fight to the ground he has the capability of beating 95% of his opponents. He has beat elite fighters in Silva, Barnett, alexsander Emilianenko, and take big brother to decision. It would be fantastic to see him at the top of the pecking order again, but the decision is up to him if he is willing to adapt
i agree with him about the size difference being a problem for him, i’d love to see him fight at 205, i know he could make it, but i’m sure he has too much “pride”(no pun intended) to move down in weight after two losses…
[quote comment=”175391″]i would really like to see him have some success in the octagon, he was sooo good when he fought for pride and he’s been such a different fighter in the ufc that he’s losing a lot of respect as one of the best fighters, he needs to end his career on a big run like randy did, he has three fights left right? i hope he fights more times than that, but i’m pretty sure thats whats left on his contract…if he could fight big nog, arlovski and win both and then fight for the belt and win it then he would gain a lot of respect back…with the belt being vacant now it might be easier for him to get to that title shot after those two straight losses than it would have before, two big wins over top guys might slip in in there for a shot, plus he gets paid main event money for every fight anyway, it would make sense financially for the ufc to get him a shot if they could…[/quote]
i agree. up till now i think he has been the biggest bust, but i would love to see him come back to his old self. hes not that old. i just think he needs to refocus. C.C vs A.A sounds awfully good right now
[quote comment=”175319″]He should not get bigger, he should get smaller and fight at 205[/quote]
I completely agree he comes into his fights as a smaller heavy weight, it would be easy for him to cut down to 205. A Cro Cop at 205 would be really dangerous and formidable to any 205 opponent. His legs are huge and to be on the receiving end of a Cro Cop leg kick anywhere on your body could potentially stop you in their tracks. Look what happened to Liddell when he received a few Jardine leg kicks, he got slower, imagine a few CroCop leg kicks, ouch!
Of course we already know that if you get him on the ground he is out of his element, but he did look significantly better on the ground against Kongo.
[quote comment=”175365″]Can someone PLEASE tell me what the hell “WAR” means? It’s not in this thread but I have seen numerous people say “War xxx” or whatever and I just wanted some clarification on what it means.. Thanks.[/quote]
I second this question. Sombebody please fill us in!
I too would love to see Cro Cop return to the form that was so great to watch in Pride. He was exciting, the HW division needs exciting fighters now more than ever.
[quote comment=”175438″][quote comment=”175365″]Can someone PLEASE tell me what the hell “WAR” means? It’s not in this thread but I have seen numerous people say “War xxx” or whatever and I just wanted some clarification on what it means.. Thanks.[/quote]
I second this question. Sombebody please fill us in![/quote]
Not a Jim Rome listener i see…
i dont know if he could make 205. hows he going to do it chop off a leg. his legs weigh 205. just kidding, but seriuosly he looks pretty lean at 225 so i dont know if dieting and sweating off 20lbs is going to make him a better fighter. he would also lose alot of his speed advantage at 205. randy was only 228 and seemed much better than at 205
[quote comment=”175438″][quote comment=”175365″]Can someone PLEASE tell me what the hell “WAR” means? It’s not in this thread but I have seen numerous people say “War xxx” or whatever and I just wanted some clarification on what it means.. Thanks.[/quote]
I second this question. Sombebody please fill us in![/quote]
‘War’ basically means a really aggressive fight back and forth from both combatants. ‘War’ is what Rich Franklin says it’s gonna’ be, when he plans on ‘not’ getting demolished again in the first minute of a championship bout(it won’t be a war by the way).
So as soon as Randy calls it quits this poser suddenly grows his nuts back? Coincidence? I think not. He knew he didn’t have a chance against Randy
[quote comment=”175446″][quote comment=”175438″][quote comment=”175365″]Can someone PLEASE tell me what the hell “WAR” means? It’s not in this thread but I have seen numerous people say “War xxx” or whatever and I just wanted some clarification on what it means.. Thanks.[/quote]
I second this question. Sombebody please fill us in![/quote]
‘War’ basically means a really aggressive fight back and forth from both combatants. ‘War’ is what Rich Franklin says it’s gonna’ be, when he plans on ‘not’ getting demolished again in the first minute of a championship bout(it won’t be a war by the way).[/quote]
Nice one… But here’s a lil explanatiion and history..
n the late 1990’s, syndicated radio talk host Jim Rome and his producer, Travis Rodgers, stayed in a hotel that was populated by Auburn alumni and other faithful. Rome mentioned on the air how he saw people greeting each other with “War Eagle”. Within minutes, callers to Rome’s show began signing off their calls with “War Eagle”, presumably because it sounded iconoclastic in the parts of the country that are unfamiliar with SEC football.
Since then, callers have taken to substituting the “Eagle” in the phrase with whatever contemporary topic happens to be at hand, e.g. “War A-Rod”, “War the fat twins on mopeds from the Guinness book”, “War Bethany Hamilton’s surfboard”, etc.
“WAR COUTURE”…
[quote comment=”175452″]So as soon as Randy calls it quits this poser suddenly grows his nuts back? Coincidence? I think not. He knew he didn’t have a chance against Randy[/quote]
Actually CC was saying this on monday October 8, 2007. Just the news didn’t come out on ufcmania till today.
This has nothing to do with Randy; he wasn’t even in the title picture. He would have had to win at least two fights to think of challenging Randy. (but yes, I do think he would have been crushed like Britany Spears comeback had he challenged Captain Hero)
[quote comment=”175456″][quote comment=”175446″][quote comment=”175438″][quote comment=”175365″]Can someone PLEASE tell me what the hell “WAR” means? It’s not in this thread but I have seen numerous people say “War xxx” or whatever and I just wanted some clarification on what it means.. Thanks.[/quote]
I second this question. Sombebody please fill us in![/quote]
‘War’ basically means a really aggressive fight back and forth from both combatants. ‘War’ is what Rich Franklin says it’s gonna’ be, when he plans on ‘not’ getting demolished again in the first minute of a championship bout(it won’t be a war by the way).[/quote]
Nice one… But here’s a lil explanatiion and history..
n the late 1990’s, syndicated radio talk host Jim Rome and his producer, Travis Rodgers, stayed in a hotel that was populated by Auburn alumni and other faithful. Rome mentioned on the air how he saw people greeting each other with “War Eagle”. Within minutes, callers to Rome’s show began signing off their calls with “War Eagle”, presumably because it sounded iconoclastic in the parts of the country that are unfamiliar with SEC football.
Since then, callers have taken to substituting the “Eagle” in the phrase with whatever contemporary topic happens to be at hand, e.g. “War A-Rod”, “War the fat twins on mopeds from the Guinness book”, “War Bethany Hamilton’s surfboard”, etc.
“WAR COUTURE”…[/quote]
Thanks man I have been trying to get a legitimate answer for a while on this and I really appreciate it. Obviously I was thinking some Instant messaging lingo but couldnt figure out what in the hell WAR could stand for that made any sense. Thanks again .
Cro-Cop is in the same boat as Chuck. Both have styles that everyone has figured out now. Nobody is intimidated by either anymore. And they both talk as their trying to convince themselves that they can win fights against top competition.
[quote comment=”175444″]i dont know if he could make 205. hows he going to do it chop off a leg. his legs weigh 205. just kidding, but seriuosly he looks pretty lean at 225 so i dont know if dieting and sweating off 20lbs is going to make him a better fighter. he would also lose alot of his speed advantage at 205. randy was only 228 and seemed much better than at 205[/quote]
He probably could. But it would be a tough cut and would affect him severely I reckon. Plus he’s not exactly young and isn’t used to cutting. He looked ripped to pieces at 75 and he’d have another 15-16 lbs to go. Water I know and yes doable. Still though it’s not like is Vera small and soft.
He might have to lose some size off those tree trunk legs.
I am sorry to say this because I am and always have been a huge Crocop fan, but I honestly don’t think he has what it takes to compete in the ufc. He is hands down one of the best strikers/kickboxers in the world, but with all of the competition in the UFC that is just not enough. More and more I am thinking the pride fighter scouts did’t have the same eye for a great fighter that Dana White does.
Cro Cop is one of those fighter that everyone wants to see wether you like or dislike him and most people are big fans
Everyone is ganna be pulling for Mirko to have a successful come back in the UFC and hopefully win the UfC HW belt someday.
[quote comment=”175500″][quote comment=”175444″]i dont know if he could make 205. hows he going to do it chop off a leg. his legs weigh 205. just kidding, but seriuosly he looks pretty lean at 225 so i dont know if dieting and sweating off 20lbs is going to make him a better fighter. he would also lose alot of his speed advantage at 205. randy was only 228 and seemed much better than at 205[/quote]
He probably could. But it would be a tough cut and would affect him severely I reckon. Plus he’s not exactly young and isn’t used to cutting. He looked ripped to pieces at 75 and he’d have another 15-16 lbs to go. Water I know and yes doable. Still though it’s not like is Vera small and soft.
He might have to lose some size off those tree trunk legs.[/quote]
It’s not that he will be a better fighter at 205…it’s that he will be fighting guys that are smaller and not as strong as some of these 240 pound guys who walk around at 250, 260…if mma guys can take anything from boxing, it’s that size matters. Get as small as you can without losing power or leaving it in the gym for maximum results…
say what you want about cro cop, but with fedor being the biggest dump alive and randy gone we need more good heavies in the division in a bad way. i hope he comes back with a vengeance. if he does, who knows. maybe there would be one last fight in couture after all.
i am glad cro cop is coming back, he is exciting to watch, so what if he lost two back to back so did penn, lidell, ortiz, sanchez, silva, he needs to stay in the ufc with randy’s departure now
Retirement home sunglasses, HAHA!
Violent Mike! Can you or anyone else explain to me what the hell was the point in spending all that money to purchase PRIDE, when many Pride fighters are not joining the UFC. How is Fedor allowed to sign with another company? I thought that the reason for the Pride purchase was to set up dream matches. Now we got guys like Gomi, Fedor, Soukoudjou all signing with other companies. Weren’t the Pride fighters assets of the Pride Company. When you purchase a company you get all it’s assets. Can any one please explain to me how fighters like Fedor and Gomi can just go sign with other companies.
I would like to see Cro cop fight the looser of Sylvia and Verra!!!! thats because he is in no position to fight the winner comming off of two consecutive losses!
[quote comment=”175538″][quote comment=”175500″][quote comment=”175444″]i dont know if he could make 205. hows he going to do it chop off a leg. his legs weigh 205. just kidding, but seriuosly he looks pretty lean at 225 so i dont know if dieting and sweating off 20lbs is going to make him a better fighter. he would also lose alot of his speed advantage at 205. randy was only 228 and seemed much better than at 205[/quote]
He probably could. But it would be a tough cut and would affect him severely I reckon. Plus he’s not exactly young and isn’t used to cutting. He looked ripped to pieces at 75 and he’d have another 15-16 lbs to go. Water I know and yes doable. Still though it’s not like is Vera small and soft.
He might have to lose some size off those tree trunk legs.[/quote]
It’s not that he will be a better fighter at 205…it’s that he will be fighting guys that are smaller and not as strong as some of these 240 pound guys who walk around at 250, 260…if mma guys can take anything from boxing, it’s that size matters. Get as small as you can without losing power or leaving it in the gym for maximum results…[/quote]
Yeah that is true. It’s just he has always gassed (I think so anyway) so cutting the weight would only accentuate that. Even in the Silva openweight fight he was blowing really hard when they stopped it to treat Silva’s cut. Just my take.
Please I hope the PRIDE Cro Cop does come back…Even an 90% ol Cro Cop is better then what we have seen….OH well Love him or hate him he still is the Ultimate MMA Highlight Reel, incuding his very own welcome to the UFC.
[quote comment=”175387″]This guy has more excuses than GSP.[/quote]
Hey someguy, GSP had like 1 excuse, shut up already
This guy is awesome, give him a chance! He’s going to come around I am sure of it!!!
good luck CC
[quote comment=”175456″][quote comment=”175446″][quote comment=”175438″][quote comment=”175365″]Can someone PLEASE tell me what the hell “WAR” means? It’s not in this thread but I have seen numerous people say “War xxx” or whatever and I just wanted some clarification on what it means.. Thanks.[/quote]
I second this question. Sombebody please fill us in![/quote]
‘War’ basically means a really aggressive fight back and forth from both combatants. ‘War’ is what Rich Franklin says it’s gonna’ be, when he plans on ‘not’ getting demolished again in the first minute of a championship bout(it won’t be a war by the way).[/quote]
Nice one… But here’s a lil explanatiion and history..
n the late 1990’s, syndicated radio talk host Jim Rome and his producer, Travis Rodgers, stayed in a hotel that was populated by Auburn alumni and other faithful. Rome mentioned on the air how he saw people greeting each other with “War Eagle”. Within minutes, callers to Rome’s show began signing off their calls with “War Eagle”, presumably because it sounded iconoclastic in the parts of the country that are unfamiliar with SEC football.
Since then, callers have taken to substituting the “Eagle” in the phrase with whatever contemporary topic happens to be at hand, e.g. “War A-Rod”, “War the fat twins on mopeds from the Guinness book”, “War Bethany Hamilton’s surfboard”, etc.
“WAR COUTURE”…[/quote]
if you just made that up.. it was a hell of an answer.. if you’re right… you know your stuff methinks.
[quote post=”3574″]So as soon as Randy calls it quits this poser suddenly grows his nuts back? Coincidence? I think not. He knew he didn’t have a chance against Randy [/quote]
You noticed that to eh.
[quote comment=”175753″][quote comment=”175456″][quote comment=”175446″][quote comment=”175438″][quote comment=”175365″]Can someone PLEASE tell me what the hell “WAR” means? It’s not in this thread but I have seen numerous people say “War xxx” or whatever and I just wanted some clarification on what it means.. Thanks.[/quote]
I second this question. Sombebody please fill us in![/quote]
‘War’ basically means a really aggressive fight back and forth from both combatants. ‘War’ is what Rich Franklin says it’s gonna’ be, when he plans on ‘not’ getting demolished again in the first minute of a championship bout(it won’t be a war by the way).[/quote]
Nice one… But here’s a lil explanatiion and history..
n the late 1990’s, syndicated radio talk host Jim Rome and his producer, Travis Rodgers, stayed in a hotel that was populated by Auburn alumni and other faithful. Rome mentioned on the air how he saw people greeting each other with “War Eagle”. Within minutes, callers to Rome’s show began signing off their calls with “War Eagle”, presumably because it sounded iconoclastic in the parts of the country that are unfamiliar with SEC football.
Since then, callers have taken to substituting the “Eagle” in the phrase with whatever contemporary topic happens to be at hand, e.g. “War A-Rod”, “War the fat twins on mopeds from the Guinness book”, “War Bethany Hamilton’s surfboard”, etc.
“WAR COUTURE”…[/quote]
if you just made that up.. it was a hell of an answer.. if you’re right… you know your stuff methinks.[/quote]
i know where it originated.. im a fan of talk radio, sports radio(Jim Rome show) and now message boards… UFCmania is the best forum for mma.. WAR UFCmania, WAR COUTURE, WAR M1 , WAR MARK CUBAN..
[quote comment=”175319″]He should not get bigger, he should get smaller and fight at 205[/quote]
You’re right, I like him at 205… while working on wrestling, jujitsu and clinching.
[quote comment=”175388″][quote comment=”175373″]He’ll make his comeback. Don’t worry ‘fair weather friends’.[/quote]
There are more “fair-weather-freinds” in this sport than any other in the world. I think it has something to do with the sport being fairly new. Once the sport and the fans mature, I think people will start becoming more loyal to certain camps and/or certain fighters. The biggest example of this is the Houston bandwagon that I see falling apart as soon as he loses.[/quote]
it’s amazing, MMA is so different in wins and loses and fighters improving or not improving than just about any other major sport I can think of… 1 fight a fighter is on top of the world, 2 loses later fans say he’s washed up!
If cro-cop is really training and working on those holes in his game, he could come back and be a dominate force, it’s about improvement… can he do it?… I hope so.
You’re only as good as your last fight. It’s a pretty popular term actually.
[quote comment=”175318″]This sounds pretty similar to what he said after losing to Gonzaga. And all that did was lead to a loss to Kongo.[/quote]
Yeah, but i still wouldn’t fight him, not even for Couture level money. Maybe I’d fight him for Fedor level cash, but not Couture. Good luck Randy! Hope to see you get what u asked for: respect, truth from promoters, cash and a Fedor fight.
I hope CC makes a big comeback, how can u call yourself an mma fan and not want to see the old CC fight again. I wanna see him fight Arlovski that should be a good fight. By the way whats the deal with AA does he still have contract with the ufc, i havnt heard anything about him for a while. Other than the Springer thing.
That’s good man CC. You’re a great fighter no matter what they say..CC can make a comeback..From what i’ve seen in the last while with all the Pride fighter stepping in the UFC. It can be a hard transition, and a long road to that..Cro Cop, if he want’s it, can make a nice comeback..
[quote comment=”175315″]I LOVE CRO COP! always will, i have faith in him[/quote]
Amen
Mirko Crocop will rise again!!!
[quote comment=”175319″]He should not get bigger, he should get smaller and fight at 205[/quote]
Yeah, think of all of the guys that would kick his ass at 205!
hee hee
Too bad so many people are saying garbage about CC. Hey compared to Randy Couture he has fought 53 times, randy only 26 times. Randy has also lost twice two times in a row. CC only once. Man CC will be the best you just watch, i just hope there wont be so many Crocop bandwagon jumpers coming on board when he starts too win.
Crop Cop is an excellent striker/fighter and has had two bad fights in a row which almost every fighter goes throgh. I just hope his pysche is aok.
He would be an interesting mix into the 205lb segment but I agree he would loose much of his speed, but what he looses in speed he gains in power. He would be arguabley the most powerful in the segment.
I am very happy to see he got this surgery done and I hope he comes back 100% because I would love to see a comeback to quite all the haters.
Rubin
All these pride guys who get chumps handed to em to ko in pride, are finding it out the hard way that the ufc roster is not even that good but it’s not set up!
but good luck to him and all these pride guys in ufc… except silva hope he KO’s the washed up Chuck.
No Randy No UFC
An article in FS magazine last month said that Cro Cops pride record was peppered with lambs lead to the slaughter. I reckon thats a true statement, i mean take a look at some of the cannon fodder he got in pride. Kanehara, Dos Caras, Ron Waterman. but the fact is that he totally annihilated all those bums. When he faced big Nog he gave him a proper ass whooping but got submitted cos he got too cocky. Against Fedor he became the only person to inflict significant damage on the russian cyborg, at the end of that fight Fedors face was a mess.
Cro Cop should concentrate and broadening his arsenal instead of relying on the torpedo kick, His 2nd fight with Silva was a great example of how dominant CC can be with has hands.
I would like to see a rematch with big Nog and hopefully a massive destruction of the catastrophic Tim Sylvia and then in his final fight I would like to see a rematch with Gonzaga instead of a title shot.
[quote comment=”175318″]This sounds pretty similar to what he said after losing to Gonzaga. And all that did was lead to a loss to Kongo.[/quote]
..Except for the fact he had surgery on his deviated septum. This takes out at least half of his stamina. This should be ‘The Real’ Mirko back in action.
[quote comment=”198698″][quote comment=”175318″]This sounds pretty similar to what he said after losing to Gonzaga. And all that did was lead to a loss to Kongo.[/quote]
..Except for the fact he had surgery on his deviated septum. This takes out at least half of his stamina. This should be ‘The Real’ Mirko back in action.[/quote]
Let’s also not forget the obvious: the Kongo match should have been a draw. But Mirko is kinda guity of turning into a liddell ‘one trick pony’ blah.
a lot of people say Cro Cop sucks. But those people are not educated about Cro Cop at all. They should see his fights in Pride FC, and then we’ll see who sucks.
[quote comment=”193246″]All these pride guys who get chumps handed to em to ko in pride, are finding it out the hard way that the ufc roster is not even that good but it’s not set up!
but good luck to him and all these pride guys in ufc… except silva hope he KO’s the washed up Chuck.
No Randy No UFC[/quote]
Thats a bold statement considering Crocop has wins over Randleman, Coleman, and Josh Barnett.
I think some of you are way too uninformed. CC submitted randleman after a devastating KO at randlemans hands months earlier he has also KO’d Coleman, Ron H2o Waterman, he beat barnett 3 times, A.Emenlianenko, Igor Vovchanchyn, Heath Herring(when he was good), Mark hunt, Bob “the beast” Sapp, Beat the hell out of Wanderlei silva, and oh yea the fight he had with fedor was billed as one of the best fights in mma history. Fedor “mirko was the biggest challenge that ive had yet”. You guys are way to quick to count a fighter out..when your favorite fooball team looses 2 in a row do you count them out as well. This is the fight game anyone can win at anytime, and if you have never fought before you have no reason to critisize. Either stand behind him or get in front of him which is it..bring us glory MIRKO.
I believe he has a bad septum, where im from ppl say that for exscuses, but comparing how fast and tuff he was in pride, in pride he fights like hes on pcp here he fights like hes stoned off his ass with lazy punches that I coulda seen him do, Fedor on the other hand though he will never dissapoint any1
[quote comment=”175291″]CroCop.. is the biggest disappointment from Pride. And he made more money than Randy.[/quote]
Mirko is no disapointment, any one can have 2 back to back losses look at Chuck, Diego,Gonzaga and too many others to list if anything its how he rebounds on his next fight that matters for all you know he can still make a come back and hold the title you just dont know in MMA, and if hes getting paid alot hes worth it look at his record hes fought the whos who of MMA and defeated alot of bad dudes, so in my opinion hes no disapointment theres alot of other cat you can say are disapointments.
I am a crocop fan and there is nothing physical that he needs to do I think he’s physically one of the top heavyweights but I think his mental game and his big ego was shattered big time after his loss to Gonzaga and now He’s hesitant in the ring and can no longer focus and stay calm. I know about sport psychology, and he has psychologically been effected by his loss to a point that he can’t perform to the best of his ability. Just like the movie Rocky 3 when he loses to Mr.T for the first time-how he lost it mentally. I would say that is exactly what has happend to Crocop. Man I really like him and I think if he flies down to US and train with the UFC guys and get comfortable with new territory then He can realize that he is in fact the best specially if he trains with brazilian guys on juijitsue