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Don't get me wrong, I'd would love to see that fight (Then). What I mean is, it was probably not in the UFC best interest to overspend in that trip only to risk his champ to be destroyed by CroCop.Arlovski vs Mirko would be something I'd love to see, actually. Well, at the time. Certainly not now.
CroCop was on a tear at the time. After his mental fart resulting in Roidelman knocking his living daylights, he fought Alecks, Barnet, the Randelman rematch and Coleman in a span of six months, al first round finishes. By the time the Andrei fight should happen, he fought Magomedov, a good fighter from Fedor's Red Devils camp that was trying to test Fedor's strategy, and tko him with a liver kick in the first too.
Hungry/Avenging CroCop was a mythical figure that dwarfed Chuck Liddell with that look in his eyes, Motivated B.J. Penn, Sea Level Cain and Shogun with Good Knees etc.