View Full Version : Classic PRIDE Video: Mirko Crocop Filipovic Challenging Fedor Emelianenko
chuffy
07-31-2009, 10:36 AM
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I saw this great video on another forum, unfortunately, i'm about 4 years too late! :lol:
elixirvtec
07-31-2009, 10:41 AM
Yup, i remember that. Crocop was a beast back then.
Weber
07-31-2009, 10:53 AM
Man, I miss Pride.
MrMagic
07-31-2009, 10:54 AM
Classic! Good find Chuffy :smoke
LocoRoco
07-31-2009, 11:25 AM
did they fight?
yup Fedor won UD in 05
chuffy
07-31-2009, 11:39 AM
yup Fedor won UD in 05
Damn, beat me to it! :D
scurlaruntings
07-31-2009, 12:03 PM
Man, I miss Pride.Me and you both. The UFC cant hold a candle to PRIDE and they know it. The camarade was sooo much stronger in PRIDE.
chuffy
07-31-2009, 02:05 PM
Classic! Good find Chuffy :smoke
:good
liger05
07-31-2009, 03:11 PM
Those were the days. Mirko was DSE's boy. They wanted him to beat Fedor and make Mirko the 'Ace' of the company.
Pride was one dodgy company but they did really put on a show. Nobody can do it like they did it.
zarman
07-31-2009, 03:14 PM
why doesn't the ufc do this
scurlaruntings
07-31-2009, 03:51 PM
why doesn't the ufc do thisBecause the UFC has greater appeal for rednecks who love nothing more than to "wrastle" and drink beer. There two entirely diffrent products with very little in common.
liger05
07-31-2009, 04:41 PM
why doesn't the ufc do this
Pride was born out Pro-wrestling (UWFI). Pride was more than just 2 fighters in the ring. It was a spectacle with no expense spared to produce the greatest show.
yup Fedor won UD in 05
Damn, beat me to it! :D
forgive my laziness,
so how was it, was it a beating? domination?
i remember crocop everytime he fights, someone's head is going to fly, hahaha. i remember noguera and crocop dominating that time (i haven't watched fedor that time)
crocop's fight against wanderlei, if i remember it right, ended up with a draw (strange rules by pride, but extremely good). but the one thing that sitcked to my mind was when crocop finally connected with a shot to the thorax. the area, and i mean a big area turned balck and blue
chuffy
08-01-2009, 07:38 AM
forgive my laziness,
so how was it, was it a beating? domination?
No problem, just sent you the fight .. :good
Scorpion
08-01-2009, 09:04 AM
forgive my laziness,
so how was it, was it a beating? domination?
i remember crocop everytime he fights, someone's head is going to fly, hahaha. i remember noguera and crocop dominating that time (i haven't watched fedor that time)
crocop's fight against wanderlei, if i remember it right, ended up with a draw (strange rules by pride, but extremely good). but the one thing that sitcked to my mind was when crocop finally connected with a shot to the thorax. the area, and i mean a big area turned balck and blue
It was a close fight, Fedor won a clear decision but in his own words, it was the biggest challenge for him.
I am sure you can find the vid anywhere, I think I saw it at dailymotion.
Bill Butcher
08-01-2009, 09:20 AM
I loved how Fedor took Cro-cop by suprise & walked him down, he was actually pressurizing Cro-cop, making him make his moves earlier than he would have, he definitely had an effect on the mind of Mirko, everyone feared the stand-up of Cro-cop back then & it took Mirko by complete suprise to see Fedor coming forward not intimidated in the slightest.
Great fight tho.
Grievesy
08-01-2009, 10:37 AM
That was such a nice way to challenge someone. But I prefer something like this:
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superfly98
08-01-2009, 11:38 AM
That was such a nice way to challenge someone. But I prefer something like this:
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That was a great build up. I think that will go down in MMA history
scurlaruntings
08-01-2009, 11:51 AM
That was such a nice way to challenge someone. But I prefer something like this:
GdU7a2i2Z24There was genuine hatred between them two. Rampage is a guy who fears no man. Alot of Silva's reputation was built on his ferocity and fear. Rampage never succumbed to that. Those were some beatings though. The kind that would normally end a guys career. Im still dumbfounded to think all that Rampage went on to achieve in the UFC despite those bad beatings.
Grievesy
08-01-2009, 11:59 AM
There was genuine hatred between them two. Rampage is a guy who fears no man. Alot of Silva's reputation was built on his ferocity and fear. Rampage never succumbed to that. Those were some beatings though. The kind that would normally end a guys career. Im still dumbfounded to think all that Rampage went on to achieve in the UFC despite those bad beatings.
Yeah Rampage is a genuinely hard bloke. Great chin as well. Took a fair few flush knees to the face from Wanderlei to knock him out. Can't wait for him to KO Rashad Evans.
liger05
08-01-2009, 12:29 PM
There was genuine hatred between them two. Rampage is a guy who fears no man. Alot of Silva's reputation was built on his ferocity and fear. Rampage never succumbed to that. Those were some beatings though. The kind that would normally end a guys career. Im still dumbfounded to think all that Rampage went on to achieve in the UFC despite those bad beatings.
That was great but man in that 2nd fight Quinton got killed. Was so brutal.
jimmie
08-01-2009, 03:39 PM
That was great but man in that 2nd fight Quinton got killed. Was so brutal.
IMO thats the best fight ever.
No problem, just sent you the fight .. :good
wow, Just WOW. now that's the definition of "the best fighting the best", "the beast vs the other beast".
1st round, crocop looked like the veteran of the two. he gave fedor little opportunity to explode, and taking advantage of fedor's mistakes. he landed some serious bombs there, i was surprised fedor wasn't bothered. close but clearly crocop round
2nd round, it looked like fedor figured out crocop. dominance. fedor round
3rd round is pretty much a repeat of the 2nd round.
i can't believed i idolized the don frye, the mark coleman, the dan severn, the ken shamrock, the tito ortiz, the maurice smith of the UFC. hell, crocop's defense alone will TKO mark coleman in the very first round.
another thing, does fedor always fight like that. He was like "just another day at the office, whew". he's like "i don't care if my nose is broken, or if my face hurts, i'm gonna do my job. even when the bullshit breaks by the ref in the third round when fedor was starting to "bombs away", he didn't look like he was bothered.
scurlaruntings
08-01-2009, 03:42 PM
wow, Just WOW. now that's the definition of "the best fighting the best", "the beast vs the other beast".
1st round, crocop looked like the veteran of the two. he gave fedor little opportunity to explode, and taking advantage of fedor's mistakes. he landed some serious bombs there, i was surprised fedor wasn't bothered. close but clearly crocop round
2nd round, it looked like fedor figured out crocop. dominance. fedor round
3rd round is pretty much a repeat of the 2nd round.
i can't believed i idolized the don frye, the mark coleman, the dan severn, the ken shamrock, the tito ortiz, the maurice smith of the UFC. hell, crocop's defense alone will TKO mark coleman in the very first round.
another thing, does fedor always fight like that. He was like "just another day at the office, whew". he's like "i don't care if my nose is broken, or if my face hurts, i'm gonna do my job. even when the bullshit breaks by the ref in the third round when fedor was starting to "bombs away", he didn't look like he was bothered.It did. CC stuffed every one of Colemans takedown as though they were attempts from a crude amatuer. Not shortly after stuffing another one CC KO'ed him and completely humiliated Coleman.
It did. CC stuffed every one of Colemans takedown as though they were attempts from a crude amatuer. Not shortly after stuffing another one CC KO'ed him and completely humiliated Coleman.
what?!?!?!:lol:
i just watched the wanderlei-rampage I. wanderlei's monicker "the axe murderer" serves him right. brutal knees!!
i'm gonna watch the second fight
i just watched the 2nd fight. and i have one thing to say, "Oh motha fucka"
seeing rampage lying head first unconscious and bleeding badly made me feel frightened.
The AXE MURDERER!!!
PS: i'm just watching but i got intimidated by wanderlei's stare during the referree instruction
scurlaruntings
08-01-2009, 04:18 PM
what?!?!?!:lol:Watch their fight in PRIDE. They fought about 4 or so years ago.
liger05
08-01-2009, 05:08 PM
It did. CC stuffed every one of Colemans takedown as though they were attempts from a crude amatuer. Not shortly after stuffing another one CC KO'ed him and completely humiliated Coleman.
Mirko's sprawl was/is amazing. It didnt take him long to master the art of the sprawl at all.
i just watched the 2nd fight. and i have one thing to say, "Oh motha fucka"
seeing rampage lying head first unconscious and bleeding badly made me feel frightened.
The AXE MURDERER!!!
PS: i'm just watching but i got intimidated by wanderlei's stare during the referree instruction This is why I dont like watching Wanderlei anymore. He was great and an absolute beast. Now his just a shot fighter who goes in swinging wide looping punches. Not to mention he cant take a shot like he used to.
scurlaruntings
08-01-2009, 05:10 PM
Mirko's sprawl was/is amazing. It didnt take him long to master the art of the sprawl at all.Many seem to forget how much of a stud he was. His takedown defense was one of the best in the business. Even Fedor struggled to get him to the mat numerous times.
Mirko's sprawl was/is amazing. It didnt take him long to master the art of the sprawl at all.
This is why I dont like watching Wanderlei anymore. He was great and an absolute beast. Now his just a shot fighter who goes in swinging wide looping punches. Not to mention he cant take a shot like he used to.
sadly:-(
andyZOR
08-01-2009, 08:37 PM
What happened to pride?
scurlaruntings
08-01-2009, 08:38 PM
What happened to pride?Links to organised crime and corruption (Yakuza) which became a public scandal in Japan. They were then bought by the UFC.
radab
08-02-2009, 05:51 AM
What happened to pride?
Pride comes before a fall
:hat
196osh
08-02-2009, 07:26 AM
I miss prime Wanderlei...
Would be good to see him in against Silva, at his best.
andyZOR
08-02-2009, 01:59 PM
Links to organised crime and corruption (Yakuza) which became a public scandal in Japan. They were then bought by the UFC.
So who does Fedor fight for?
Some "Affliction" thing right?
scurlaruntings
08-02-2009, 04:11 PM
So who does Fedor fight for?
Some "Affliction" thing right?He's signed to M-1 Global. But is a free agent of sorts.
andyZOR
08-02-2009, 06:17 PM
He's signed to M-1 Global. But is a free agent of sorts.
You know what KSW is?
Pudzianowski is going there, yo.
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