K-1 Grand PrixK-1 is a combat sport that combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Savate, San shou, Kickboxing and traditional Boxing to determine the single best stand-up fighter in the world (the "1").
this show is named cro cop final fight, but mirko himself said that he could very well continue with K1.. of course it all depends on the outcome of this fight..
bottom line is, dont get fooled by the name of this event.. hes still not thinking of retirement as a fighter.. but, first things first..
after 12 years, mirko is fighting on his home soil again.. incredible info for me..
heres the press conference with some subs..
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This is interesting to me. Crocops big weakness got exposed when he went to the UFC (mma wise anyhow). He doesnt handle pressure very well, he gets really uncomfortable when someone stays in his face and doesnt let him breath. I wonder if Sefo (or anyone else Crocop faces in a kickboxing match) will be able to make that translate to a kickboxing match.
This was interesting to me. He didnt look terrible and K1 just made a deal that will keep them alive (I think they signed some kind of deal with Its Showtime!). I wouldnt mind seeing ole crocop back in the GP.
I expected more from this fight and Mirko, there was too much clinch, and he used hes high kick only 1 or 2 times. But he was better than Sefo, that is for sure.
Goes to show he's a lot more fluid in the ring and in K-1 albeit against an out of shape Ray Sefo...haha. Still looked better compared to all his UFC fights combined. I'll never know why he couldn't get his groove in the Octagon. Put in the younger Crocop and he wouldn't have given a rats ass about getting taken down and he'd go for broke trying to take peoples' heads off!
Sincerely hope he retires with this win. Long live the Croatian Sensation!
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