CroCop all-time status

[EliteLurker]

Velasquez, Dos Santos are not in the top 5 yet.

JDS and Cain already have more tops wins then Werdum and CC. They are 100% more accomplished than CC. It's just the truth.

 

[MiroHa]

IMO Mirko is arguably all-time top 5 HW and top 25 P4P.

As an athlete Mirko peaked in early 2005, around the time he fought Fedor. Almost immediately after, though, started to see a physical decline in his speed and abilities. The Cro Cop that won the GP, was not a peak form Cro Cop, but a declining one. His bewilderment when he fought in the cage for the first time was evident from his first fight in it, he didn't know how to cut angles or really anything else within it. When he fought Gonzaga, this was obvious, and a little less so when he fought Kongo. But by the time he figured it out, his body was willing, but his head wasn't. He never truly got over the Gonzaga KO, imo, he was always gunshy after that fight, and wouldn't take the big risks that he used to. His biggest strength was his speed, and once that diminished, there wasn't much else Mirko had. He was always a one-shot KO type fighter, and when that ability was gone, so was his elite status.

As for his all-time status at the Heavies, I'd say that he has a strong legacy throughout the early parts of his career, and that he'll be remembered when we talk about the greats. But, his career never involved a true championship, in MMA, though he did win the Grand PRIX. He was the king without a crown for a while, and then he wasn't.

His story will always be of what could have been, sadly enough.

I'd place him in the top 10 for now. But people like Fedor, Big Nog, Barnett, Cain, Couture, Sylvia and the like will always be above him for me, simply because he never did capture a belt. Sadly.

He was the fighter that truly got me into MMA in '03, but his time has passed, and his legacy will never be of someone who was the best.

Huh? His athletic prime was like in 2003 and little before that.

 

[Melas Chasma]

Top10 hw GOAT.

 

[benki11]

Legend!

 

[the ambush]

bump

 

[godsedd]

Top 5 for now, but I think he'll be bumped soon. For now: Fedor, Nog, Cain, JDS, Crocop.

I think he could get bumped by Barnett if he goes on a hot streak.

Barnett lost to Cro Cop 3 times, doesn't derserve to be put ahead of him unless he beats Cain or JDS.

 

[Will Samuelson]

Bump