Mirko Cro Cop vs Ray Sefo kickboxing match set for March 10 in Croatia
One more for the road.
Former PRIDE and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) superstar Mirko Filipovic may just have some fight left in him after all.
"Cro Cop" is apparently all healed up from a torn bicep injury he suffered last year, and is ready to give his hometown fans one last treat in what is expected to be his swan song. He is lined up to take on former K-1 kickboxing standout Ray Sefo on March 10, 2012, in a K-1 rules bout in Mirko's hometown of Zagreb, Croatia.
The two kickboxers competed for K-1 in their younger years, but never crossed paths and a fight between the two dangerous strikers never came too light.
However, they will finally have the chance to go toe-to-toe before retirement comes knocking at the door.
Check out Sefo's tweets via his official Twitter account after the jump:
Some news for you all my fight with Mirko Cro-Cop has been confirmed for March 10th!!!
The fight will be a K-1 rule fight, it's held in Zagreb Croatia I'm told it'll be in front of 25,000 people
The promotion is called Fight Channel Promotions it's a TV Network in Croatia, the fight will be K-1 rules....
It's important to note that even though the rules will be under the K-1 striking format, the fight is NOT being put on by K-1, but rather a Croatian TV network.
After running wild in Japan during his five-year stint with PRIDE, capturing the 2006 open-weight Grand Prix in the process, "Cro Cop" joined the big boys of the UFC heavyweight division. He could never recapture the glory days the enjoyed "Far East," though.
The Croation also enjoyed a successful kickboxing career in K-1, defeating greats such as Remy Bonjasky, Peter Aerts and Mike Bernardo.
Sefo, on the other hand, tried his hand at MMA, amassing a 2-1 record, splitting two fights under the Strikeforce banner.
"Suger's" true passion, however, lay in kickboxing as he spent most of his days competing under the K-1 banner, facing the best strikers in the world such as Jerome le Banner, Tyron Spong and Melvin Manhoef just to name a few, and has more the 60 kickboxing matches under his belt.
The official announcement is expected to be made in the coming days.
Anyone think "Cro Cop" can follow in the footsteps of Chris Lytle before him and end his combat career with a win? Or will Sefo play spoiler and send the crowd home disappointed?
Opinions, please.
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Cro Cop , why bro , why ?
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by randallhumpfreeze on Jan 22, 2012 3:11 PM EST reply actions
this is better then getting beat down in the UFC. Let him go out his way man.
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by DetroitDrew1980 on Jan 22, 2012 3:15 PM EST up reply actions
It's his choice but a tragedy none the less
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by randallhumpfreeze on Jan 22, 2012 3:20 PM EST up reply actions
what is the tragedy? I like it when legends fight. i still have hope for fedor/randy. I would watch tito/chuck again.
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by DetroitDrew1980 on Jan 22, 2012 3:24 PM EST up reply actions
WOW
We have different opinions on this
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by randallhumpfreeze on Jan 22, 2012 3:26 PM EST up reply actions
i contradict myself openly when it comes to legends,
I don’t want them fighting too long, but i love it when they are matched up against eachother, I didn’t like coleman/randy, but would love to see the fights i mentioned.
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by DetroitDrew1980 on Jan 22, 2012 3:29 PM EST up reply actions
Fedor vs Randy would have been sexy at HW before Hendo serve Fedor his lunch
I’m clinging on to the hope that Fedor will fight for the UFC, retire in the UFC and get inducted into the Hall of Fame…let’s face it, he made HW the division that it is today
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by Starr788 on Jan 22, 2012 4:07 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Fedor will never fight in the UFC and he will damn sure never make it to the hall of fame.
Oh and Fedor kills Randy inside of 3 minutes.
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by EdSoares'Contribution on Jan 22, 2012 4:09 PM EST up reply actions
the hall of fame is meaningless
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by randallhumpfreeze on Jan 22, 2012 4:10 PM EST up reply actions
You mean the Pride HW division
Fedor, Nog, and Crocop AKA the Holy Trinity made the Pride HW division.
That said, Fedor has had nothing to do with the growth of the HW division since Pride.
by War Forrest on Jan 22, 2012 5:51 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
He is fighting Ray Sefo,
they are about the same at this point in their careers. I would say it was about even although Cro Cop being gun shy might be his downfall in this one. Ray used to be one of my favorites and he has put on some great performances, his knockout of Le Banner http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJuQTQberkY remains one of my all time favorites, but when I saw the match where he punched Marvin Eastman when he went to touch gloves, I stopped rooting for him, and lost all respect that I had for him.
Do you think rey will be the favorite?
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by DetroitDrew1980 on Jan 22, 2012 3:30 PM EST up reply actions
He should be.
The amount of times Cro Cop has been knocked out over the last few years you would have thought so, but the fight is in Croatia. Ray not being what he once was and hardly competing, this is pretty even, but as I mentioned Cro Cop really seems to hold back with the punches, Ray will not be doing that, and that is why I see him winning it.
A shame he didn't retire after the Barry fight, it would have been the perfect way for him to go.
But I’ll always root for Cro Cop because he’s the man.
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by EdSoares'Contribution on Jan 22, 2012 3:20 PM EST reply actions
come on son!?
You just had to didn’t you? Smh
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by Fat Daddy Doobs on Jan 22, 2012 3:22 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Psssh he was just playing possum in all 3 of those matches.
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by Cyclonejoker on Jan 22, 2012 3:22 PM EST up reply actions
No, this is playing possum.

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by EdSoares'Contribution on Jan 22, 2012 3:24 PM EST up reply actions
No, that's Fedor's getting KTFO.
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by Cyclonejoker on Jan 22, 2012 3:25 PM EST up reply actions
Nope, he was just pretending to take a nap, waiting to make his move.
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by EdSoares'Contribution on Jan 22, 2012 3:27 PM EST up reply actions
Haha oh I got you mixed up and thought you said Dan was playing possum.
That’s a lot of pretending in one fight.
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by Cyclonejoker on Jan 22, 2012 3:28 PM EST up reply actions
Henderson said that
that move is something that he practices all the time. Fedor had no chance, nobody apart from Henderson’s camp saw that one coming. Amazing.
Some awesome power to KO a guy with such a little opening.
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by Cyclonejoker on Jan 22, 2012 3:30 PM EST up reply actions
I'll never understand the swift decline in Cro cops talent
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by randallhumpfreeze on Jan 22, 2012 3:24 PM EST reply actions
Getting knocked the fuck out with one of your own signature strikes will do that to you.
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by EdSoares'Contribution on Jan 22, 2012 3:28 PM EST up reply actions
almost man , almost
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by randallhumpfreeze on Jan 22, 2012 4:02 PM EST up reply actions
Any suggestions
I felt it had potential. If Ray Sefo was a south paw it might work better. As in the Gonzaga kick made him irrelevant and if Sefo knocks him out with a left high kick he will be retired. Idk i tried my best. :(

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by EdSoares'Contribution on Jan 22, 2012 4:06 PM EST reply actions
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funny cuz aleks got ktfo
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