Are you questioning Mirko Fucking Cro Cop Filipovic ´s High Kicks???
really dude?
In this thread, we learn who actually watched Cro Cop's fights in Pride.
I laugh at the folks who say Cro Cop didn't setup his head kicks, in the UFC, sure, in Pride, whole different story. The reason that head kick landed all the time was because he set it up with vicious body kicks and low kicks, along with left straights to the face. Once he had his opponents hurt in the body or legs their arms would no longer be in position to guard the head, and that's when he'd go high and kick their heads off. Or if he was feeling mean he'd just kick them in the leg till the guy falls over and can't get back up.
Getting back on topic, TS is absolutely correct, Fedor had the answer more than 10 years ago and it's kinda sad that few if any fighters in MMA have figured it out yet. The high knee shield block that Fedor uses is done in traditional Muay Thai all the time to defend body kicks while still keeping the head protected in case the opponent goes high with the kick.
Also, it gets worse. If you're fighting Jon Jones and you don't know how to defend push kicks to the knee, you're gonna lose. It's his most infamous & effective technique other than eye pokes, it's sad that DC never learned how to deal with it between the first fight and the rematch. Not only that, he got hit with it more in the rematch. And it's not like no one has shown how to counter the kick, there's footage of Valentina doing it to Holly over a year ago.
