here comes the retirement party

God please don’t announce he’s fighting Lesnar. Thats a terrible match-up for CroCop.

God please don’t announce he’s fighting Lesnar. Thats a terrible match-up for CroCop.

oh man I didnt even think about that. I bet it is. That kinda sucks.

i dont think its retirement. at least i hope its not. people around him continue to talk about how hard he is still training

God please don’t announce he’s fighting Lesnar. Thats a terrible match-up for CroCop.

i think even cro cop could submitt lesnar

God please don’t announce he’s fighting Lesnar. Thats a terrible match-up for CroCop.
i think even cro cop could submitt lesnar

That’s one of the most ridiculous things I’ve ever heard. Lesnar would fly through Cro Cop… I wanted to see Lesnar become a joke in the UFC, but after watching him against Mir it’s obvious that Lesnar has some overwhelming potential. Now he just needs to sharpen his BJJ.

I know that it is no point in speculating. But are there any other unannounced events that forces his statement to wait. (like the lineup for something (“or other known unknown”)). Else judging by this it seems like he is rearranging his contract with the ufc and not just continuing on to the next fight. Else he could have spoken freely about his plans if it did not involve serious contract matters with the ufc.
I’m also surprised that the real reasons have not leaked out yet as far as I know, I my mind that also hints that it is something negative that he has kept for himself.

MC vs TS

I will make it real clear and simple for all of you!

If Cro Cop is on his way out of the UFC, then he faces Lesner who would take him down within the 1st 3 seconds of the fight, and pound on him till the ref pulls him off of him.

If Cro Cop is here to stay and is serious about getting his career on track then he has to fight Brandon Verra. They are 2 of the most undersized Heavyweights out there and there styles would clash to make a really exciting fight. Beating Brandon Verra would mean something and is a positive step in climbing the heavyweight ladder.

If the UFC wants him to fight a can, and build his confidence back up, then they will throw him in there against Hardonk, in what would be a glorified KickBoxing match. However, I dont that the UFC would waste him in a match against a c-level opponent like Hardonk. Even though cro cop has clearly been a bust thus far, he is contracted to fight at $250,000 so I cant see the UFC paying that kind of money for him to fight Hardonk.

If he is on his way out, I guarentee he fights Lesner. If they are gonna pay cro cop that much, they will put him in a BIG PUBLICITY fight against Lesner.

Lets hope we see Cro Cop vs. Verra!

That’s one of the most ridiculous things I’ve ever heard. Lesnar would fly through Cro Cop… I wanted to see Lesnar become a joke in the UFC, but after watching him against Mir it’s obvious that Lesnar has some overwhelming potential. Now he just needs to sharpen his BJJ.

fly through cro cop he could not last more than 90 seconds with mir who is so so at best, lesnars ground game was nothing a take down crazy swings not up to mma standards.cro cop has fought the best ground fighters ever nog and fedor he has beaten great mma wrestlers like barnett and who knows if lesnar can even take a punch yet and i know he can’t take one of cro cops.you probally thought houston alexander was the next l.h.w. champ to.wait till lesnar actually wins a fight against some one decent than talk to me.

I will make it real clear and simple for all of you!

If Cro Cop is on his way out of the UFC, then he faces Lesner who would take him down within the 1st 3 seconds of the fight, and pound on him till the ref pulls him off of him.

If Cro Cop is here to stay and is serious about getting his career on track then he has to fight Brandon Verra. They are 2 of the most undersized Heavyweights out there and there styles would clash to make a really exciting fight. Beating Brandon Verra would mean something and is a positive step in climbing the heavyweight ladder.

If the UFC wants him to fight a can, and build his confidence back up, then they will throw him in there against Hardonk, in what would be a glorified KickBoxing match. However, I dont that the UFC would waste him in a match against a c-level opponent like Hardonk. Even though cro cop has clearly been a bust thus far, he is contracted to fight at $250,000 so I cant see the UFC paying that kind of money for him to fight Hardonk.

If he is on his way out, I guarentee he fights Lesner. If they are gonna pay cro cop that much, they will put him in a BIG PUBLICITY fight against Lesner.

Lets hope we see Cro Cop vs. Verra!

I agree the cro cop vs vera fight makes the most sense and could easily be the main event of a future card but if its a co-main event like I think it will be, even better.

Hey mania,

I sent you an email this past weekend with what I thought might be good news material. I was just wondering if you got it. Thanks

Cro Cop vs. Arlovski. UFC 82.5 “Loser Leaves”.
Cro Cop vs. Lesnar. UFC 82.5 “No Matter What Happens,Brock
                                 Stays”.

Does anyone think Cro Cop could cut weight to make 205?
Cro Cop vs. Liddell?

I was so excited after hearing that Mirko was coming to the UFC but for whatever reasons he has not been able to establish himself at all other than the Sanchez fight. The Gonzaga fight was a true loss and the Kongo fight makes me sick to watch.

If he comes back I want him fully commited and thus the Brandon Vera fight would be ideal, if J.S. dosen’t feel good about Mirko’s head I would put him against Tim Sylvia and see what he’s made of. We all know that fight wouldn’t be going to the ground and it would test both fighters will.

God I hope he has regained his composure!

Id like to see the Lesner fight. If CroCop isnt going to be back at the top of his game (or retires after 1 more fight) the UFC might as well use his star power to build Lesner.

I don’t see how it cannot be retirement. Seems like they wouldn’t be doing this if he was staying.

if he leaves i will be mad because months ago he said that he will be fighing for a while like atleast 5 or 6 fights then this crap happens. Dana said also around december that crocop will be back and is training hard again. SO what the hell is going on here? Again this better not be a retirement. God i hope not. As a fan i hate being jerked around like this.

Cmom CC lets go and get a fight going.

If it was retirement I think he would have just announced it. Not sure what 1 day would matter in that case…..

I hope he is gona stay in UFC because for me Crocop is the only fighter that keeps me nervous and excited when watching the him fight.

If it was retirement I think he would have just announced it. Not sure what 1 day would matter in that case…..

I hope you’re right.

I see CroCop fighting Sylvia or Mir next for sure. He needs a high profile figher and these two look like the perfect candidates. Easy to market and would generate a lot of interest.

Either that or a re-match with Gonzaga to get back on his winnning ways and begin his redemption.

I agree. It’s either Vera or Lesnar. Either way, huzzah!

Retirement by Submission…

…And KO..But it was cool to have a guy kicked heads for a couple of years…

ntvman I didn’t understand you’re last comment. Could you say it again?

That’s one of the most ridiculous things I’ve ever heard. Lesnar would fly through Cro Cop… I wanted to see Lesnar become a joke in the UFC, but after watching him against Mir it’s obvious that Lesnar has some overwhelming potential. Now he just needs to sharpen his BJJ.

lesnar could not last more than 90 seconds with a so-so fighter in mir he has take downs and wild punches cro cop has fought the best ground fighters in nog and fedor and beaten great mma wrestlers like barnett lesnar has not even proven he can take a punch and i know he can’t take one of cro cops you probally thought houston alexander was the next l.h.w. champ too. call me when lesnar wins a decent fight.

He is moving down to 205, his next fight is against Jardine!!!

No source for this at all just wishful thinking.

But A few other sites are saying that he is trying to buy out of his UFC contract to get back to K-1??? Who knows

Maybe I’m alone on this….but i just completly hate the look of crocop, he’s got this tiny little head with this hairless ridged square body. and whenever he’s talking he’s got this stupid cocky-ass smirk on his face. im not hating on the guy….just they way he looks, it fucked up! am i right?

his site had an interview where he said he wasn’t retiring.so I doubt it’s retirement.if it was he probably would have just come out with it already.

BigDaddy – That 205 would be great. However, I doubt if he could loose that much with legs that size :)

Please oh please retire Mirko Cro Flop…he had a great career but this isn’t pride…I am not sure he has woke up from getting kicked by Gonzaga yet…

God please don’t announce he’s fighting Lesnar. Thats a terrible match-up for CroCop.

According to my buddy “Minnesotafats”…Jeff Monson has expressed interest in fighting Cro Cop. He is supposed to post more tonight b/c he is calling Jeff about those parts for that 89 Bronco he is restoring in St Paul

he loses two fights in a row and all of you junp off the bandwagon he still is a top fighter i don’t see him losing a third in a row to nobody
you people sure like to jump on a fighters back when their hot and jump off immediately when a fighter loses

I have a bad feeling in my gut about this one. Hope I’m wrong. I think he could be parting ways with the UFC. He’s going to do whatever is best for him and he’s dead right. In retrospect maybe he should have called it a day after the 2006 Pride openweight grand prix. Hindsight is always 20/20 huh.

Please let me be wrong on this one.

If Cro Cop fights with great vengeance and furious anger and actually cuts his opponent off instead of just walking into their attack in the manner of the Kongo fight, he will destroy all. I’ve never doubted Mirko, and I never will. All these people saying he’s done or whatever are probably the same people who got on Gonzaga’s bandwagon after watching one fight, saying he would crush Couture and even Fedor, and got right off after he lost. I have no respect for that type of fan.

Please oh please retire Mirko Cro Flop…he had a great career but this isn’t pride…I am not sure he has woke up from getting kicked by Gonzaga yet…

What? One of the most exciting and dynamic fighters EVER has a two fight skid (first ever in his career) and you want him gone? How bout “I hope this guy gets back on track an energizes a heavyweight division that is all over the place.” Here’s your other option: CC fades away and Nog is left to fight who?? Randy? No. He obviously doesnt’ want any because that is a nightmare matchup for him: a big strong BJJ master that absorb anything he can dish out and then tap him out—which would require a rematch that he would/could lose and take a total of two fights out of his aging body before he gets his ass handed to him by Fedor. Nog v Fedor? Woops. Wouldn’t it be great to see CC get back to throwing those hands again to set up those vicous kicks and make things interesting??

i hope that he is in better fighting shape cause he hasent showed me crap since joining the ufc,i like cro-cop would like to see a good comeback for him.

Can we make it mandatory that if you post, you have to use a period “.” at the end of the sentence?

Lord!

The best career move for him and the UFC is if Cro cop fights at 205.
Liddell vs Cro cop could be the fight of the year.
Dana White got Henderson to move down in weight. He would be a genius if he got Cro cop to 205.
The match ups are endless.
And while you are at it, get Vera to move to 205 as well

yep…he need to be 205…some of these dudes have never cut weight…he needs to desperately! Go down to 205 damn you…go!!!

I’m sorry but I haven’t really seen anything from Lesner. He pounded out a guy who was looking to take all the punishment in the world just to grab a small vulnerable joint. Even big guys have those. Mir did exactly what he needed to. Wait till someone is going to stand with him and rock him with something other then a steel chair. Let’s see CroCop/Lesner and let MMA do it’s thing. The best man will win and move up.

World Combat League (With chuck norris)
Theres a place for Cro-cop…

Hey did anyone hear that Randy’s wife is fighting on the next hdnet ’’smokers’’ event, i didn’t even know she was a fighter.

why is everyone talking about him moving down to 205. after the kongo fight, he has been sayin he wants to put on more weight to compete with the bigger HW’s. Last pictures i saw of him in Japan he was a little over 240

ITS ALREADY UP ON HIS WEBSITE. HES COMING BACK.

Cro Cop vs. Arlovski. UFC 82.5 “Loser Leaves”.
Cro Cop vs. Lesnar.

UFC 82.5 “No Matter What Happens,Brock
Stays”.

Does anyone think Cro Cop could cut weight to make 205?
Cro Cop vs. Liddell?

Why does everybody keep talking about Crocop cutting weight? . He has openly said on more than one occasion that he is not and will never drop down to 205.

If it was retirement I think he would have just announced it. Not sure what 1 day would matter in that case…..

Ask Dana.

Maybe I’m alone on this….but i just completly hate the look of crocop, he’s got this tiny little head with this hairless ridged square body. and whenever he’s talking he’s got this stupid cocky-ass smirk on his face. im not hating on the guy….just they way he looks, it fucked up! am i right?

If you want to judge the body of a man I think you are in the wrong place.

The best career move for him and the UFC is if Cro cop fights at 205.
Liddell vs Cro cop could be the fight of the year.
Dana White got Henderson to move down in weight. He would be a genius if he got Cro cop to 205.
The match ups are endless.
And while you are at it, get Vera to move to 205 as well

Are you joking me? Why not call it “Battle of the Has Beens” it can be UFC 87 “Washed Up”. Maybe Ken Shamrock would like to come fight that night too! Cro Cop and over-rated Liddell would be a BOREFEST..but it would be characteristic of over-rated chucky…fight some hand-picked guy that he has watched everyone else beat up on then then pick that guy to fight…don’t forget what that got Chucky last time…He gotten taken to pain school by the Dean of Mean!

Either that or a re-match with Gonzaga to get back on his winnning ways and begin his redemption.

GG would eat him alive again. That wasn’t luck, he was dominating everywhere the fight went.

hey jus got bak from helping jeff monson work on his 89bronco and if cro cop wants it thats the fight monson has signed the contract its all up to cro cop

Hey, don’t forget that He Is one of the most exciting and representative legend on mma, I can see that he couldn’t reach the happiness on UFC, Pride was his better moment . he can back, he has a great heart and skills . .
Come on Mirko . . !! this Is your mexican Support . .

Sounds like Cro-Cop is talking with another organization.

Are you joking me? Why not call it “Battle of the Has Beens” it can be UFC 87 “Washed Up”. Maybe Ken Shamrock would like to come fight that night too! Cro Cop and over-rated Liddell would be a BOREFEST..but it would be characteristic of over-rated chucky…fight some hand-picked guy that he has watched everyone else beat up on then then pick that guy to fight…don’t forget what that got Chucky last time…He gotten taken to pain school by the Dean of Mean!

You think that Cro Cop and Chuck Liddell are has-beens and a fight between them would be a borefest? Your post proves that you know nothing about mma. I bet a fight between Andy Wang and Gabe Ruediger would be more up your alley.

You think that Cro Cop and Chuck Liddell are has-beens and a fight between them would be a borefest? Your post proves that you know nothing about mma. I bet a fight between Andy Wang and Gabe Ruediger would be more up your alley.

Thats funny!!
I’ve always thought CC should cut to 205 in the UFC. I think Chuck could take him. It would be a great fight though! Chuck made a big mistake by under estimating Kieth, and paid for it. He took WS seriously, and look what happened. Wait till after the Rua fight to call him a has been. You might change your mind. BTW I am a Jardine fan, and was happy to see Chuck insist on trying to “knock him out”.

Cro Cop and sanchez 2………..fight of your life LOL

Sounds like Cro-Cop is talking with another organization.

He should if he is considering becoming a heavy weight champion again, because it won’t be in the UFC.

GG would eat him alive again. That wasn’t luck, he was dominating everywhere the fight went.

I agree. Cro Cop is still a very good pro, but I don’t think he’s A-level anymore. Guys like Gonzaga, Werdum, and AA can all beat each other on any given fight, but I have them all beating Cro.

Can we make it mandatory that if you post, you have to use a period “.” at the end of the sentence?

Lord!

Dude, GTFO if you are so obsessed with people’s grammar on a mma blog site. Who the hell cares!

Vera would be a good match up.

Dude, GTFO if you are so obsessed with people’s grammar on a mma blog site. Who the hell cares!

Vera would be a good match up.

Not “grammar”, but “punctuation”. Not that had for little dots at the end of sentences….

Cro Cop vs. Arlovski. UFC 82.5 “Loser Leaves”.
Cro Cop vs. Lesnar.

UFC 82.5 “No Matter What Happens,Brock
Stays”.

Does anyone think Cro Cop could cut weight to make 205?
Cro Cop vs. Liddell?

It doesnt matter what we think about if he can cut or not because he has made it clear that he will never cut to 205…He seems to think that there is no room in his body to move down in weight.

hey jus got bak from helping jeff monson work on his 89bronco and if cro cop wants it thats the fight monson has signed the contract its all up to cro cop

Go away with all this Monson BS! U come up with a new story about him everday. Is he your Life Partner or something? Tell your Pale, Bald, Boy toy to stick to Abu Dhabi submission wrestling.

Hey did anyone hear that Randy’s wife is fighting on the next hdnet ’’smokers’’ event, i didn’t even know she was a fighter.

I hope that greedy gold digger gets her teeth kicked in!

You think that Cro Cop and Chuck Liddell are has-beens and a fight between them would be a borefest? Your post proves that you know nothing about mma. I bet a fight between Andy Wang and Gabe Ruediger would be more up your alley.

Go away with all this Monson BS! U come up with a new story about him everday. Is he your Life Partner or something? Tell your Pale, Bald, Boy toy to stick to Abu Dhabi submission wrestling.

BS? He lives in St Paul and knows the man! He knows what is going on foo

So in one week, he said monson was offered a fight for the number 1 contender spot in the UFC against Chuck Liddell…u want to sit here and tell me that isnt complete BS? Come on man. Then he was supposed to fight Fedor in Russia. Now he has been offered a fight with Cro Cop? Sorry but I find this hard to believe that Monson is being offered fights against all the BIG Name fighters in the world….Sorry, but I aint buying it!

I read a rumor somewher that Cro Cop might be returning to K-1 to fight in Japan? I am not sure that I believe this either. He is signed as a UFC fighter, and knowing Dana I doubt he would let him out of his contract. Then again, Cro Cop is making the big bucks in the UFC and he hasnt really been worth what he is making. Maybe Dana does want to eliminate his contract and wash his hands of him.

I really dont care what happens with cro cops future, however I really would like to see him face off against Verra before he moves on. That would be a really good, exciting and even match up. Please add this fight to UFC 85

You think that Cro Cop and Chuck Liddell are has-beens and a fight between them would be a borefest? Your post proves that you know nothing about mma. I bet a fight between Andy Wang and Gabe Ruediger would be more up your alley.

I LOVE IT! Andy “the Weeping Warrior” Wang Vs. Gabe “Cookie Monster” Ruediger….now thats a classic!

All of my comments sound retarted because they have been moderated so heavily. I did not even say anything worth moderating.

I think its stupid that mmanews.com listed gonzaga in the top 10 heavyweights above cro cop! sure he may have knocked CC out but the CC he was fighting was out of shape and out of focus and then look at what happened after that fight. Gonzaga got owned by Randy and then lost again to Werdum.
CC probably is on the way out. after all the talk about wanting to come back and prove nay sayers wrong he probably just gave up and couldn’t be bothered. I for one would like to forget about his rubbish ufc run and think about his pride glory days. afterall everyone knows he should have retired after hitting the apex of his career at the 2006 grand prix.

GO BACK TO JAPAN WHERE THE COMPETITION IS EASIER!!!

All of my comments sound retarted because they have been moderated so heavily. I did not even say anything worth moderating.

Thats why i rarely post here. The posting here “sukcs”.

FU*K YOU MMAMANIA!!!!!!

He’s updated his blog:

http://www.mma-id.com/CROCOP/?mod=blog&uid=35&blid=163

cro cop vs sylvia two big guys who love to stand up

Cro Cop will KO Lesnar. If that’s the announcement good for Cro Cop. Lesnar looked good against Mir but lost, he outstruck Mir. If you think he will out strike Cro Cop then you have no clue about what Mirko Filipovic can do. Lesnar might have a chance if he can take him down. That’s if Cro Cop doesn’t hit him first. Cro Cop by KO early, one punch will stun Lesnar then a brutal KO will be then end of the fight.