Cro Cop was already slowing down a bit in Pride.
Some guys get old overnight.
It also didn’t help that he went from a ring where he was every bit an elite ring-general, to a cage.
Fedor was still feared when he started in Strikeforce and he hadn’t lost. Doesn’t mean he was at his best.
Poll currently 72% Cro Cop to 28% Alex.
Styles make fights. It was the takedown threat that doomed him in both of those. That threat would not be there in the hypothetical Pereira matchup.
Keeping in mind, CC was 220 in the UFC fighting 250lb HWs. Pereira is naturally 6’4 230 fighting at 185 and 205.
I don’t understand the logic of taking the worst losses from the worst part of a guy’s career, as examples of why he would lose to whoever.
Yeah, let’s just forget about all the best moments and elite fighters a guy beat… lol.
It’s so much easier to pick apart older or retired fighters, because we’ve seen them come back to Earth and struggle later in their careers.
He both lost and beat Randleman. I think Randleman takes Poatan down easily and beats him.
Beat Josh Barnett on the ground, a guy who likely would dominate Poatan on the ground.
Beat Peter Aerts, Jerome LeBanner, Mark Hunt, and many more true elite heavyweight kickboxers. I dont think Aleks ever fought anyone of that size and caliber, correct me if Im wrong.
Im a huge Poatan fan, he’s my favorite UFC fighter ever at this point. But to see he beats a prime Crocop, we really would have to see.
I’m 50/50 on it tbh.
Not even a Hammer House steroid regimen could save Cro Cop from Poatan.
It wasn’t like he was being walled and stalled or taken down against the wall, he was getting KOed in the middle of the cage by B level strikers
Cro cop had a glass jaw. Tiny headed dudes don’t last long in mma. Facts
Mirko only had one UFC fight with usada.
Yes he was saucy at the end, but prime 2006 Cro Cop didn’t have any of the Ped user red flags.
His style did not transition well to the cage and he wasn’t training in a cage. And he was past his peak.
He was well past his prime his entire UFC run, which still ran from 2007 to 2015.
Cro was a monster in his prime and would be very dangerous. Alex hits hard and if he was 230 when they fought I think it could go either way
Lots of nostalgia in here.
75% of the OG thought Tyson would win so this makes sense.
Same thing happens to Alex if Randleman lands that.
Hey lets take a guy who had almost 90 professional fights, and use some of his losses as the reason he would lose this hypothetical matchup.
Brilliant!
How do you think Alex would do vs Cro Cop’s MMA and kickboxing opponents?
I posted the Randleman gif pretty playfully, but the truth is that Cro Cop has a lot of losses that came from standing strikes. Fedor out struck him. Randleman put him away. Gonzaga shut off his lights. Brandon Schaub. He was outstruck by JDS and quit while standing on his feet. He was KO’d by Frank Mir. Roy Nelson knocked him down in a striking exchange and then followed it up with ground n pound for the finish.
Poatan has only been outstruck by Israel who is a very elite striker. Poatan also TKOd Israel in their other fight. Poatan has a way cleaner track record than Cro Cop in MMA.
