Mirko Cro Cop - for all those new mma fans that s*** on him

[Hrvman]

For those who said he tested positive. This is false. Tests came negative.

And Mirko started to fight at high level in K1 from 1996, mileage does count, can't blame the man if he wants to heal his body after 80 freakin fights.

We're not talking about a Velasquez-ish record here. Mirko even today is still more active.

 

[illegalnature]

Literally everyone likes Crocop lol

 

[mirko>anyone]

Have you seen the UFC's HW division?!

Yeah, the division is terrible. Still, he's better off where he is. He was getting pieced up by a fat dude in his last fight until the doctor stopped it.

 

[Ghostoftheville]

Well wasn't everyone that was once the greatest viewed that way until they weren't.

Anderson Silva went from the most dominant champion in UFC history on a 16 fight win streak, to winless in 5 consecutive fights.

Look at Pettis. Look at Barao. Look at Fedor. Look at Ronda.

It seems that often in MMA when a dominant fighter finally suffers a brutal loss after enjoying a long streak of success, they never quite recover their previous form.

In Mirko's case it was probably part mental, and a big part physical as the guy had countless surgeries and something like 80 pro fights when you combine his kickboxing matches. Then you had different rules, cage vs ring, etc etc.

So ya, anyone that doesn't consider all those factors and just says "ya, well he was exposed in the UFC", is a plain and simple idiot who either doesn't know enough to comment on the issue, or is just a bitter jerkoff who gets off on hating what is pretty much unanimously loved and appreciated.

Yes the excuse of switching from ring to cage can be made, but then you have countless others that made the transition with ease.

Pettis had already shown a weakness to pressure.
Renan Barao always had the asterisk of who had he faced.
Ronda faced the ideal opponent to beat her as did Silva.
Fedor still found success initially and you could still argue he showed a significant change in style.

With mirko it was practically overnight how he went from the top dog that deserved a rematch with Fedor to struggling with Eddie Sanchez to suddenly a deer in the headlights with gonzaga.

But yeah, probably had more to do with the nerves of fighting in front of a smaller crowd than what he was used to, or the realization that it was his second cage fight that made him freeze.

 

[Mike K.O]

Anyone who doesn’t like Crocop can get a LHK to the dome...

Sorry Igor

Igor had a great chin. It only shows how much power Mirko had/has. He moved Hunto with that kick.

 

[DayV]

It's not shitting on someone to point out that they were never the best HW in the world, nor even #2. He could never make it to the top, and repeatedly lost nearly all of his biggest fights except to Josh Barnett, and is most famous for a fight he lost.

He's basically the Gustaffson of HW, except ya'll hate Gustaffson and love Cro Cop.

He was #2 at 3 different times, in 2003, 2005, and 2006.

Also he never got his chance to rematch Fedor, that he earned in 2006.

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

Anyone who talks down CC, fite me irl

 

[mikesparrow]

Watch this you assholes this is Mirko Cro Cop



Source: Elite Fight Club

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WAR CRO COP

Nobody with a brain can shit on Crocop. He was and still is a fantastic fighter.

 

[crofighter]

He will always be the greatest for me

 

[Your Account]

 

[Discjockeyshtud]

He was incredible

 

[HUGHPHUG]

Watch this you assholes this is Mirko Cro Cop



Source: Elite Fight Club

Right leg hospital Left Leg cemetary

WAR CRO COP

Fun to watch, thanks.

I was off work for a weeks recently and started watching UFC from the beginning once again.
I'm enjoying it more this time round than ever before.
Thought about making a thread for the odd event with some fun notes from each event (like the appearance of David Hasslehof etc) but then I realized unless it is about Conor or Khabib or Floyd it will go unappreciated.

We need an Old School forum, been saying it for years

 

[The Schmoop]

OWGP Cro Cop is the greatest HW to ever compete.

 

[IloveTHIS]

I'd like to see him back in the UFC for one last run.
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Same with Cheick Kongo
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Book it, Dana!

Bro I know the winstreak is pretty and feelsgoodman as an oldschool fan, but if CroCop comes back to the UFC that wiki page will go from mostly green to mostly red in a hot fucking second

unpopular reality: CroCop and winning do not go together under USADA testing these days

 

[Koro_11]

Mirko never was the greatest or even best in the world though. He didn't fall off the top because he was never on it.

He just started losing big fights more frequently, which was an issue throughout his entire career.

We’re you even following MMA back then?

When Mirko won the GP he was absolutely considered by most to be the very best fighter on the planet.

 

[wh4tttt]

forgot how bad that axe wound he put on gonzaga was in their 2nd fight ...

 

[The Penetrator]

With mirko it was practically overnight how he went from the top dog that deserved a rematch with Fedor to struggling with Eddie Sanchez to suddenly a deer in the headlights with gonzaga.

Wait wait hold up... struggling with Eddie Sanchez? Eddie literally ran away for dear life for 4 minutes, and then when Mirko finally ran up to him, he KOed him, round 1 TKO without a single punch revieved. How is that a struggle?

As for Mirkos adaptation to the cage, well, his game was tailor made for the ring... 55 boxing matches, 30 kickboxing, k-1, Pride... Mirkos style just worked in a ring, and for a cage he had to completely reinvent his game, wich he eventually did and found some success by becoming mostly a clinch fighter, elbows becoming his main weapons.

Fact that he had 7 knee surgeries after being welcomed to the cage by a hungry young Gonzaga didnt help either...

 

[The Penetrator]

5 years of success off fight fixing in a pro-steroid unssnctioned organization... Then 10 years of failure in sanctioned MMA with testing..

Mirko is actually 1-0 under USADA, only fight being Gonzaga 2... Although, that fight was in Koln Germany so i dont know if USADA holds any ground there...

As for pre usada UFC having any tests, you must be joking, since most of biggest roid monsters were fighting in UFC ( Ubereem vs Lesnar being the biggest roid fight in history of fights, TRT Viror, Randy "The Natural" Couture, Palhares, Lombard, Sherk, the list goes on and on... )

 

[DayV]

Failed in the UFC on 3 separate occasions...including admitting to using HGH.

Cro Croid

Manager also admitted that he benefitted greatly from Fight Fixing in Japan since he brought in a lot of betting money for the Yakuza.

The fact that he has more losses than wins in the UFC proves it.
Yet... Some how, he would keep going back to Japan after failing in the UFC... Then he would win in Japan.

5 years of success off fight fixing in a pro-steroid unssnctioned organization... Then 10 years of failure in sanctioned MMA with testing..

It`s almost impossible to kick opponent who constantly moves and circles away from power in big, round space without corners, uses reach advantage and distance. Add to that wire fence, clinching and rules tailor made for wrestlers and clinchers and you have a totally different ball game.

MMA in the ring is a lot more like straight, plain classic kickboxing, especialy if you learn how to sprawl.

 

[frederick]

Cro cop never even gets mentioned. Not sure what you're on about TS.