XxFutureLegend112xX Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 A Short Tribute of MMA Legend Mirko Cro Cop Filipović Set to Numb By Linkin Park. Not my best work, but i was just fooling around with some Cro Cop footage and i think this came out pretty decent. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKQXnBfHOgQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brashleyholland Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Good stuff mate. One of the most physically gifted yet mentally weak guys in the sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesterx7769 Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 I've always thought he was one of the top men you would not want to meet in a street fight as he is one of those action speaks louder than words guys. A lot of people forget about him being an elite unit officer back in Croatia Still think its crazy how he cant fight in a cage as he has said its the idea of fighting in a cage that has messed with his mind but I guess when you're so used to a ring and he's not a wrestler which cages benefit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brashleyholland Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 I've always thought he was one of the top men you would not want to meet in a street fight as he is one of those action speaks louder than words guys. A lot of people forget about him being an elite unit officer back in Croatia Still think its crazy how he cant fight in a cage as he has said its the idea of fighting in a cage that has messed with his mind but I guess when you're so used to a ring and he's not a wrestler which cages benefit Pro soccer player in Croatia and a member of Parliment at one point as well, the man has certainly done alot. I think he hit a wall in MMA after the Fedor fight, the same wall he hit with Hoost in K-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigpapa42 Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Pro soccer player in Croatia and a member of Parliment at one point as well, the man has certainly done alot. I think he hit a wall in MMA after the Fedor fight, the same wall he hit with Hoost in K-1. I used to think it was that point, too. But when you watch him in the 2006 Pride Openweight Grand Prix, he looks good. Very good. Focused and determined. So I do think he "recovered" from whatever emotional damage the Fedor loss caused. Something happened after that Grand Prix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brashleyholland Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 I used to think it was that point, too. But when you watch him in the 2006 Pride Openweight Grand Prix, he looks good. Very good. Focused and determined. So I do think he "recovered" from whatever emotional damage the Fedor loss caused. Something happened after that Grand Prix. Against Minowa, a 185lb journeyman? Yoshida, who could barely move going into the fight? 205lb Silva? Or Barnett, who he'd beaten before and who tapped out to an eye injury? For me it all started with the Randleman KO, he seemed alot more hesitant after that. Then after Fedor completely shut him out, he realised that he'd never have the belt he'd spent years obsessing over. Same with K-1, he knew that he'd never beat Hoost. He couldn't finnish a massivly out of shape Barnett and lost to Mark Hunt, a guy you really shouldn't be losing to if you're an 'elite' heavyweight. His GP run was one of the weakest in Pride's history, only surpassed by Coleman's gift in the 2000 OWGP. It was no secret that Pride wanted to do Fedor/Cro Cop 2; when Fedor decided not to enter the 2006 OWGP, it was announced that he'd fight the winner...thats why Mirko didn't have to go through the Hunts or Nogueira's in the early rounds. It's easy to look good when you're matched up in winnable fights to get you into the finals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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