Was cro cop the perfect heavyweight?

[3sumrock]

*Perfect physique for hw
*extremely fast for hw
*good boxing with ko power in both hand
*great striking defense * footwork
*got some of the kicks in mma history + hardest kicker
*best Tdd in mma history,literally no one can take him down.
*and good chin
Prime Cro cop would beat any hw in mma not name fedor

 

[pick999]

Overeem

 

[Sapp]

 

[Senzo Tanaka]

If not for the injuries and willing to fight injured at his determent, he's the prefect HW on paper. Especially later in his career when he developed a ground game. Shame it came later in his career.

 

[3sumrock]

Overeem

Glasschin

 

[ShreddinMMA]

He loses to Cain and any other wrestler.

One of the pioneers of sprawl and brawl loses to every wrestler...

lol.

 

[justbetter]

look at cro cops head, it bounces off the canvas one... two... and the gif stops

 

[TidWell]

He is the perfect fighter for MMA, if his chin wasnt glass he would be the Goat, he is a striker who is very hard to submit, has amazing sprawl and takedown defense he learned it without a wrestling background.

His weakness is his chin,

 

[andy9432]

 

[Typrune Goatley]

He loses to Cain and any other wrestler.

Cro Cop actually never lost by being outwrestled

He beat Coleman and Waterman and Aliakbari. Some giant roided up wrestlers. Much higher level wrestlers than Cain and much bigger.

 

[Bumblebeef]

*Perfect physique for hw
*extremely fast for hw
*good boxing with ko power in both hand
*great striking defense * footwork
*got some of the kicks in mma history + hardest kicker
*best Tdd in mma history,literally no one can take him down.
*and good chin
Prime Cro cop would beat any hw in mma not name fedor

cro cops physique is based on steroids. he would much end like overeem or hunt under USADA rules.

he wasnt the best striker

 

[3sumrock]

cro cops physique is based on steroids. he would much end like overeem or hunt under USADA rules.

What make you think he was on steroid?

 

[Bumblebeef]

What make you think he was on steroid?

every fighter in the past was on steroids wich competed in the K-1 times, they doesnt had another choice, but hes still roiding. its ok when he doesnt compete for the UFC.



but i agree hes a scary dude. would like to see him against ngannou.

 

[Typrune Goatley]

Fedor's game plan versus Mirko makes him the perfect fighter

 

[mst-dot]

What make you think he was on steroid?

everbody knows

 

[Congo66]

In addition to that, he was around 220lbs in his prime, which is a LOT smaller than the "ideal" Heavyweight.

That's quite a recent thing though isn't it.
Pre Brock 220-230 was thought of as ideal for HWs but post Brock everyone got bigger.

My problem with Cro Cop being the perfect HW is not really his size but the large holes in his game, he was 'just' a striker with some TDD and you'd want your perfect HW to be a lot more well rounded than that. Overeem with a chin, Cain with a body that worked....

 

[Kung Fu bb]

Timestamped at the armbar.

 

[Typrune Goatley]

cro cops physique is based on steroids. he would much end like overeem or hunt under USADA rules.

he wasnt the best striker

He would end up top 5 like Reem and Hunt?

Wasn't the best striker so you show a video of him going the distance with the GOAT kickboxer?

 

[Rocky Balboa]

Cro cop was a scary scary scary man back in the day. Easy to poke fun of him now but back then everyone was afraid to fight him. Fact.

 

[Haliacmon]

he had some problems in the grappling department when he was put down by good wrestlers or BJJ guys (in his prime)
in his UFC days he was too old and lacked experience in a cage