After his loss to Gonzaga Cro Cop built a cage in his basement.
Also Wanderlei has apparently been training with Randy Couture to get used to the cage.
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After his loss to Gonzaga Cro Cop built a cage in his basement.
Also Wanderlei has apparently been training with Randy Couture to get used to the cage.
Congo's last few fight have shown a very poor ground game anyway. It should be great to see where this one goes. Sometimes two fighters who both have dominant stand-up have exciting fights, sometimes it just turns into a turtle-fest. I like both fighters but hope Cro-cop capitalizes on this bone they are throwing him. ;)
sorry i don't scour the internet just to prove people wrong. if you know so much why not contribute to the thread instead of only chiming in to take a jab at someone mister mature mod?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kano on the Phone
I'm a huge Cro Cop fan because he's exciting to watch, but I fail to see how building a cage in his basement is helping when he got knocked out by a kick to the head in the middle of the cage.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saint of Killers
I think he needs to build a kicking machine and learn how to fucking duck.
...after being taken down, shoved into the side of the cage and blasted in the head repeatedly with elbows. Pay attention.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buzzatronic
Yeah, Gonzaga would never have tried to trade with Cro Cop if he hadn't spent most of the first round elbowing the snot out of him. There's a reason he took him down and pounded on him for awhile first. If Cro Cop had managed to remain standing early Gonzaga would've likely been the one eating the head kick.
You say that as if people who train in the cage don't get the same type of treatment in a fight. Tito Ortiz does that to most of his opponents. Being jammed in the fence with elbows raining down isn't what lost Cro Cop the fight, the kick to the head lost him the fight. Maybe you should pay attention.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dolemite
I'm not saying that Cro Cop shouldn't be training in a cage, I'm just saying that in regards to losing the Gonzaga fight ... lack of cage training is not the reason he got knocked the fuck out.
If you don't think getting taken down and having the shit knocked out of him for 3 or 4 minutes massively affected his stand up game when he finally got to his feet, well, then you're an idiot. The head kick did not take place in a vacuum like you seem to think.
I think Mirko training in a cage is pretty important, and more than just for the preparation and comfort. In his first two fights, Mirko didn't look like the same Mirko we'd seen demolishing guys in Pride. He was slow and fairly unaggressive compared to the explosive and very active Mirko of yore. Him not training in a cage was evidence that he wasn't really into fighting UFC. Either he thought he could easily steamroll everyone or he was just out of it.
I think getting KOd was a nice wake-up call. His interviews now make it evident that Mirko is way more into fighting now than he was the past two fights. Him finally taking UFC seriously enough that he's training in a cage is another good sign.
so on the hype up show last night they showed Rampage training and he was rather laid back and worry free about it. every time i have seen them focus on training like this the fighter loses. (from recent memory Arlovski and GSP spring to mind for their fights when they losts their belts and Penn when he got beat by Hughes)
i'm more excited for the Bisping/Hammil fight myself.