CroCop all-time status

[IceAndFire**]

Still, I will give Cro Cop credit. At least he had the balls to fight in the UFC, unlike Fedor.

 

[Reaperman]

There is no way Cro Cop is anywhere near the top iof the heap n p4p, and he is not even a top ten heavyweight. He had a couple of high points, a lot of lows, and a truckload of excuses. He didn't have what it takes mentally in my opinion.

 

[eXtv]

Kicks

Boxing

Movement

Just such a powerful and dynamic guy on the feet with cat-like reflexes and an amazing ability to be in a time zone ahead of his opponents. Watching Mirko fight was like watching an artist at work, painting his masterpiece on the skulls and livers of his opponents.

 

[Paul Kersey]

There is no way Cro Cop is anywhere near the top iof the heap n p4p, and he is not even a top ten heavyweight. He had a couple of high points, a lot of lows, and a truckload of excuses. He didn't have what it takes mentally in my opinion.

Top 10 HW of all time definitely and one of the most feared strikers in his prime.

 

[wlu29]

If you ever competed in anything you'd know how it's possible.

what do you compete in?

 

[eddymotto]

as an aside, I think what newer fans (e.g. people who never watched him in Pride) will perhaps never appreciate fully is how feared CC was in his day. that leg kick was probably the scariest single weapon in MMA for a period of several years

 

[IceAndFire**]

True fact: Crocop never KO'd a single opponent with a head kick during his entire tenure with the UFC.

 

[Reaperman]

Top 10 HW of all time definitely and one of the most feared strikers in his prime.

Dude lost to Kongo, Gonzaga, JDS, Mir, Nelson, Schaub, Hunt, Nog, and Fedor. He beat Barnett, and Fedor's brother. Haha Cro Cop is no where near an all time great. He wound up being a mediocre fighter at best. Flame away, but his statistics speak for themselves.......

 

[SharkBoy]

i'd pay to watch crocop vs ice and fire or reaperman

 

[PRIDEWASBETTER]

LOL comparing him to me? I don't remember claiming to be an MMA fighter much less an all time great in the sport.

Sorry but I'm not buying the "Out of prime" argument.

He was a great HW fighter in Pride but as far as the UFC goes, he wasn't even at the gatekeeper level.

Well, it's the "use it or lose it" principle. We don't know how Mirko approached his training, but, all indications pointed to the suggestion that he didn't train as hard for whatever reason. He was prepared to retire had he not won the OWGP. Winning the GP near his father's birthday may have been an emotional overload and may have given him the ultimate emotional hangover. Kind of like how a team has a big win and inexplicably loses the next game to a team they should've beat.

None of this is concrete. Just a possible explanation.

 

[SharkBoy]

Well, it's the "use it or lose it" principle. We don't know how Mirko approached his training, but, all indications pointed to the suggestion that he didn't train as hard for whatever reason. He was prepared to retire had he not won the OWGP. Winning the GP near his father's birthday may have been an emotional overload and may have given him the ultimate emotional hangover. Kind of like how a team has a big win and inexplicably loses the next game to a team they should've beat.

None of this is concrete. Just a possible explanation.

good points

 

[PRIDEWASBETTER]

good points

I liked your post before the edit. lol

 

[tappedtostrikes**]

True fact: Crocop never KO'd a single opponent with a head kick during his entire tenure with the UFC.

More fun facts:

Cro Cop is 4-6 in the UFC, with 4 knock out losses and 1 submission to strikes.

He has more KO losses (4) than KO wins (3) in the UFC.

The only opponents Cro Cop beat during that stretch still in the UFC are Pat Berry and Anthony Perosh (lol), both of whom should've been cut by now.

 

[SharkBoy]

More fun facts:

Cro Cop is 4-6 in the UFC, with 4 knock out losses and 1 submission to strikes.

He has more KO losses (4) than KO wins (3) in the UFC.

The only opponent Cro Cop beat during that stretch still in the UFC is Pat Berry, who holds an illustrious 5-6 UFC record himself (against terrible competition).

so what? all time great who had a skid at the end of his career
....point is...?

 

[TheComebackKid]

More fun facts:

Cro Cop is 4-6 in the UFC, with 4 knock out losses and 1 submission to strikes.

He has more KO losses (4) than KO wins (3) in the UFC.

The only opponents Cro Cop beat during that stretch still in the UFC are Pat Berry and Anthony Perosh (lol)

Everyone accepts that CC got destroyed in the UFC. Its what he did in Pride and K1 thats makes him considered a great.

 

[SharkBoy]

I liked your post before the edit. lol

:icon_lol:

 

[tappedtostrikes**]

so what? all time great who had a skid at the end of his career
....point is...?

His "skid" started all the way back in 2007, right after his supposed greatest accomplishment, and it was only 7 months later he couldn't beat anybody worth talking about. He couldn't even beat the UFC gatekeepers.

Shows you how overrated Pride and Cro Cop are. Yeah, and Fedor too.

 

[BORCAT]

Realistically, top 50.

His UFC record validates this.

 

[Reaperman]

His "skid" started all the way back in 2007, right after his supposed greatest accomplishment, and it was only 7 months later he couldn't beat anybody worth talking about. He couldn't even beat the UFC gatekeepers.

Shows you how overrated Pride and Cro Cop are. Yeah, and Fedor too.

Well there's even more. Honestly look at the tournament he won. Minowa, Yoshida, Wandy, and Barnett. The Barnett win was marred by the fact that Barnett got poked in his eyed and couldn't see. He had a couple of highlight reel knock outs, and a nice kickboxing career, but overall - as an MMA fighter he was mediocre.

 

[HSMike2]

A legend.