How special was Mirko Cro Cop?

[Koro_11]

Seems that nowadays anytime someone gets a headkick knockout it automatically becomes their number one highlight and knockout of the year contender.

From Joachim Buckley to Leon Edwards, to now Justin Gaethje, it seems if you can pull of a headkick knockout it becomes a career defining moment and one that most fighters are lucky to land just once in their career.

So how impressive is it when a guy’s highlight reel is filled with headkick knockouts? And not like he was surprising anyone, they all knew what to expect, not only did they know what was coming, they even knew which side it was coming from and they still fell victim to it anyway time and time again.

Hats off to the GOAT head kicker of all time, there will never be another Mirko Cro Cop.

 

[Shoguns Prodigy**]

 

[Get To Da Choppa]

Seems that nowadays anytime someone gets a headkick knockout it automatically becomes their number one highlight and knockout of the year contender.

From Joachim Buckley to Leon Edwards, to now Justin Gaethje, it seems if you can pull of a headkick knockout it becomes a career defining moment and one that most fighters are lucky to land just once in their career.

So how impressive is it when a guy’s highlight reel is filled with headkick knockouts? And not like he was surprising anyone, they all knew what to expect, not only did they know what was coming, they even knew which side it was coming from and they still fell victim to it anyway time and time again.

Hats off to the GOAT head kicker of all time, there will never be another Mirko Cro Cop.

He made "right kick hospital, left kick cemetery" a MMA household saying

 

[Joss]

Well I don't think there's anyone in MMA with so much knockdowns/knockouts from headkicks than him, so he was very special. Everybody knew it was coming but could not stop it.

 

[WHITEBELT JESUS]

He got a right kick cemetery in UFC once me thinks.

 

[witt1021]

he had some good fights in pride, but overall ive never been to impressed with him. he own the openweight tourney with no fedor....... not much after that or with fedor around......
in his prime id say he was the best gatekeeper to the top 3 in the world. id prob place him at the time in his prime top 5 in the world. he did beat roided out josh barnett 3 times tho and for that he gets some mad props.

 

[Lost_Cause]

Before him, the left kick wasn’t nearly as scary. He changed the game.

 

[HHJ]

For a long while,he and Wanderlei were the most feared fighters in MMA.

 

[sandokan83]

Pride Fc (and K1) created many legends. Especially because it was the early days of big events of MMA. However, Mirko, Wanderlei, and many others of that era would not survive nowadays, in my opinion. Especially without the secret juice.

 

[HHJ]

However, Mirko, Wanderlei, and many others of that era would not survive nowadays, in my opinion. Especially without the secret juice.

Who cares? if they were around now,they would adjust and fight differently,and do just fine.

 

[pv3Hpv3p]

For a long while,he and Wanderlei were the most feared fighters in MMA.

That staredown before their (second?) fight was fuckin intense

 

[HHJ]

That staredown before their (second?) fight was fuckin intense

It was the first one that was intense

 

[scottjoebob]

Live by the sword, die by the sword.

 

[TempleoftheDog]

Karens stay away if you don’t understand context.

 

[Van Daz]

Seems that nowadays anytime someone gets a headkick knockout it automatically becomes their number one highlight and knockout of the year contender.

From Joachim Buckley to Leon Edwards, to now Justin Gaethje, it seems if you can pull of a headkick knockout it becomes a career defining moment and one that most fighters are lucky to land just once in their career.

So how impressive is it when a guy’s highlight reel is filled with headkick knockouts? And not like he was surprising anyone, they all knew what to expect, not only did they know what was coming, they even knew which side it was coming from and they still fell victim to it anyway time and time again.

Hats off to the GOAT head kicker of all time, there will never be another Mirko Cro Cop.

He was great in K-1, but some doubts about take downs in MMA when he started. He proved a lot of people wrong and was a killing machine. Kicks were deadly and world class.

 

[idlePulse]

In all fairness, neither of those shots KO'd Hunt
Cro Cop is the GOAT head-kicker though imo. I'd like to know if anyone has more HK KO's than him.
Probably several guys in KB but can't be too many in MMA.

 

[TheTickG]

Mirko did ok in the Croatian Parliament.

 

[Iroh]

He was so special, dude needed to have his helmet on wherever he went.

 

[Brolypr]

How can you not like the guy. But he shouda stayed in the ring. The cage was damn near kryptonite for his fighting style

 

[BEATDOWNS]

Mirko Cro Cop did ok in UFC.