Mirko CroCop News & Quotes From Conference Call - Fight Forum - MMA - UFC - Boxing - K1

Drexal · 04-18-2007, 04:28 AM

The following info is from MMANEWS.COM | Tons Of Mirko CroCop News & Quotes From Conference Call

-Mirko CroCop will be returning to the special police after he's done in Parliment. That is expected around November.

-CroCop is very excited to fight in the UK for the UFC this Saturday. He claims he is in perfect condition for this fight.

-CroCop's goal is to win the UFC Heavyweight title right now. He's not thinking about Fedor at the moment.

-CroCop thinks he adapted to the cage and rules well.

-CroCop said he wants to continue using the original PRIDE theme song as his ring-walk music in the UFC. He won't be Saturday though, he's returning to his old PRIDE ring-walk music, "Wild Boyz."

-Dana White puts Mirko CroCop over as one of, if not the best striker in MMA today.

-CroCop said he has liked kicking since he was a kid. He has been training kick-strikes on a sand bag since he was 11 or 12 years old.

-He isn't looking to fight anyone specifically in the UFC. Welcomes all challenges.

-He feels comfortable on the ground, but still prefers to fight standing up.

-Feels he has no space to move down the Light Heavyweight division. He said he would like to fight Chuck Liddell, but would prefer Liddell moving up to Heavyweight, as opposed to him moving down to 205 lbs.

-CroCop isn't getting caught up in the hype he's gotten coming to the U.S. and the UFC. His focus right now is simply on beating Gabriel Gonzaga and he doesn't want to look past this fight.

-CroCop said his key to beating Gonzaga will be trying his best and bringing his best game.

It's great to get some more info on Cro Cop. I'd love to see a Cro Cop vs Liddell fight, even it is at HW. I just wonder if the extra weight would be an advantage or a disadvantage to Liddell?

Also it's hardly surprising his kicks are so fast and powerful if he has been training them since the age of 11.

T-Bone · 04-18-2007, 09:08 AM

Thanks for the info, Drexal.

I'd really like to see Liddell face Cro Cop but, for some reason, I just don't see it happening. Chuck will probably stay in the same weight class and fight Babalu or Tito again.

SeikanJudanski · 04-18-2007, 09:24 AM

Chuck has said he wants to fight CroCop AND FEDOR. I don´t know what demons were riding him...but let´s see it.

Gygax · 04-18-2007, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by SeikanJudanski

Chuck has said he wants to fight CroCop AND FEDOR. I don´t know what demons were riding him...but let´s see it.

I guess its the same demons that have ridden Wanderlei Silva and Matt Lindland, who have both stated the same exact things.

When you're at that high a level of fighter, you have to have the supreme confidence that you can beat anyone. That's not to say they think they are unbeatable, they are just extremely confident.

Back on topic, I knew that Mirko was now part of the Croatian Parliament, but its interesting that he's planning on leaving there and going back to the Spec Ops.

Mirko is simply that stoic monster of a fighter, just like Fedor.

Bomber · 04-18-2007, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Gygax

Back on topic, I knew that Mirko was now part of the Croatian Parliament, but its interesting that he's planning on leaving there and going back to the Spec Ops.

That's a relief. Cro-Par just doesn't have that same ring.

Drexal · 04-18-2007, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Bomber

That's a relief. Cro-Par just doesn't have that same ring.

LMAO

Cro-Par!!!

Sounds a bit like Crowbar which wouldn't be that bad a nick name.