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Main Card (3pm EST, FightPass)- Heavyweight: Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic Light Heavyweight: Jimi Manuwa vs. Jan Blachowicz Welterweight: Pawel Pawlak vs. Sheldon Westcott Women's Strawweight: Joanne "JoJo" Calderwood vs. Maryna Moroz Prelims (11:45am EST, FightPass)- Welterweight: Seth Baczynski vs. Leon Edwards Middleweight: Bartosz Fabinski vs. Garreth McLellan Welterweight: Sérgio Moraes vs. Mickael Lebout Featherweight: Damian Stasiak vs. Yaotzin Meza Heavyweight: Daniel Omielanczuk vs. Anthony Hamilton Women's Strawweight: Izabela Badurek vs. Aleksandra Albu Lightweight: Marcin Bandel vs. Steven Ray Featherweight: Taylor Lapilus vs. Rocky Lee Fighters you might actually know: -Gabriel Gonzaga, known for knocking out CroCop about twenty years ago -CroCop, known for PRIDE NEVER DIE and being hilariously knocked out by scrubs in the UFC -Jimi Manuwa, the only person Gustafsson has beaten since 2012* -JoJo, one of only two actual human beings on her season of TUF -Moraes, jiu-jitsu expert who is cool as hell and Snack rating: Pierogies. Not from scratch. Like, a bag that has been sitting in the freezer and expired in 1998. Ditch fucked around with this message at 22:13 on Apr 10, 2015 |
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# ? Mar 28, 2024 15:38 |
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So the best thing about this card is that at least we can invoke the name of Magny in reference to one fighter.
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# ? Apr 10, 2015 18:39 |
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I fear that I have taken Magny's name in vain to use it to promote this card.
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# ? Apr 10, 2015 18:43 |
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You snaked my thread man, not cool.
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# ? Apr 10, 2015 18:45 |
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I'll leave this here. The UFC has finally arrived, This event marks the organizations first appearance in the heartland of European MMA, Poland. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDZ5tg98Ak8
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# ? Apr 10, 2015 18:46 |
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Seltzer posted:You snaked my thread man, not cool.
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# ? Apr 10, 2015 18:49 |
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Come for the fighters you've never heard of, stay for Cro Cop suffering yet another embarrassing defeat.
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# ? Apr 10, 2015 18:58 |
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hosed up that they'd try to run on ksw's turf with a main event like this. no strongmen? no obese boxers? it's so sutpid game
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# ? Apr 10, 2015 19:07 |
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Triticum Guzzler posted:hosed up that they'd try to run on ksw's turf with a main event like this. no strongmen? no obese boxers? it's so sutpid game I hope they at least bring in the anthem singer from the Butterbean fight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9EO6HTYmZ4
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# ? Apr 10, 2015 19:16 |
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Jojo's going to cracks some skulls and then offer them carrot cake.
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# ? Apr 10, 2015 19:19 |
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Snack rating is fermented potato water and the tears of Slavs
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# ? Apr 10, 2015 19:21 |
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Bushmeister posted:Snack rating is fermented potato water and the tears of Slavs
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# ? Apr 10, 2015 19:26 |
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Ditch posted:But it already says pierogies I really don't think anyone should watch this card sober. For their own benefit.
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# ? Apr 10, 2015 19:32 |
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Seltzer posted:I'll leave this here. Just looking at this card bums me out.
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# ? Apr 10, 2015 19:33 |
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unless he has early onset alzheimers crocop won't be driving to the ring in an apc. additionally, the main event isn't mamed khalidov guillotining like, phil baroni or something. second rate stuff.
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# ? Apr 10, 2015 19:43 |
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Bacynzski beat Magny after Moraes did, IIRC
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# ? Apr 10, 2015 22:05 |
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Ironic Twist posted:Bacynzski beat Magny after Moraes did, IIRC edit: Fun fact: Over the last three years, including TUF, we've had Sarafian finish Moraes, Moraes finish Magny, Magny finish Kunimoto, and Kunimoto finish Sarafian. Ditch fucked around with this message at 22:17 on Apr 10, 2015 |
# ? Apr 10, 2015 22:13 |
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the first crocop fight i saw was the one where he poked mostapha al turk in the eye. he has always been garbage to me, and gonzaga (who has been cool & good) will defeat him.
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# ? Apr 10, 2015 22:52 |
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My first live UFC was 70, the event that featured the first Crocop/Gonzaga spectacle. It was an amazing night that I have very fond memories of. Am I right in thinking that I should definitely not spoil it by watching these two old, poo poo men try to recreate that glory?
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# ? Apr 10, 2015 22:58 |
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What is the deal with Cro Cop? All I know him from is when he killed Dos Caras Jr. in PRIDE and he's Croatian
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Luigi Thirty posted:What is the deal with Cro Cop? All I know him from is when he killed Dos Caras Jr. in PRIDE and he's Croatian Greetings, wrestlehut poster.
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# ? Apr 10, 2015 23:13 |
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Luigi Thirty posted:What is the deal with Cro Cop? All I know him from is when he killed Dos Caras Jr. in PRIDE and he's Croatian After that he lost his next fight against Cheick Kongo, left the UFC for a bit, came back in 2009 and had a really depressing run of lovely fights where he also got KO'd a bunch, then left the UFC again. Now he's back for a third time and they're doing a rematch of the Gonzaga fight. For his part, Gonzaga lost the title fight to Randy Couture after beating Crocop and has had a real up-and-down run since then as well (including being cut from the UFC at one point before coming back). Neither guy is anywhere near contention so they're mostly banking on their name recognition and the nostalgia factor I guess.
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# ? Apr 10, 2015 23:35 |
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I've followed Crocop, and these threads, since Pride. When Gonzaga kicked him in the head I went out and took a solemn walk around the neighborhood.
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# ? Apr 10, 2015 23:39 |
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Luigi Thirty posted:What is the deal with Cro Cop? All I know him from is when he killed Dos Caras Jr. in PRIDE and he's Croatian the first elite kickboxer to have sustained success in mma, highlight reel of spectacular finishes, once upon a time was the second or third best heavyweight in the world when the division was competitive in PRIDE, generally seems like an affable and cool dude who once made noted weird idiot mauro ranallo poo poo his pants and threatened a croatian talk show host who talked poo poo about big nog, roughed up fedor before it was cool. this is all second-hand, because as i said, he was a piece of garbage when i started watching mma and i cherished every time he lost embarrassingly.
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# ? Apr 10, 2015 23:40 |
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The hype video for Fedor/Crocop is still the best. Terminator music, Crocop's dead dad, gratuitous war footage, the works. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N78SuVHM9CM
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# ? Apr 10, 2015 23:45 |
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I remember the sight of Gonzaga hitting a right high kick on Cro Cop snapping me out of my drunken stupor and making me freak out for a while. Definitely one of my most shocking MMA memories. Still not watching this.
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# ? Apr 11, 2015 00:05 |
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colonel_korn posted:Basically he was one of PRIDE's biggest stars from about 2002-2006, after a fairly successful career in K-1 before that. He was mostly infamous for some spectacular head kick KOs (over a few good fighters in addition to Dos Caras Jr.) He had a hugely hyped fight with Fedor in 2005 that he lost by decision. He signed with the UFC in late 2006 shortly before they bought out PRIDE, which a lot of people were excited about since it was around the time that the UFC's HW division was really dreadful and being ruled by Tim Sylvia. He won his first fight against some schlub and then fought Gonzaga in a title eliminator, where this happened: This is a pretty great summary e: The only thing I think you could've thrown in would be crocop's numerous ball traumas
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# ? Apr 11, 2015 00:13 |
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Fedor vs Crocop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLHe1vuaYBM In hindsight, Crocop training with Werdum and Fedor diving in with a punch into open guard...
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# ? Apr 11, 2015 00:23 |
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Triticum Guzzler posted:hosed up that they'd try to run on ksw's turf with a main event like this. no strongmen? no obese boxers? it's so sutpid game
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# ? Apr 11, 2015 00:43 |
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DumbWhiteGuy posted:This is a pretty great summary its so weird to think about cro cop now because of how pathetically he petered out, and for no real reason, either. Gonzaga just straight up beat the poo poo out of him and really made him look like what most high level strikers who move to mma look like (helpless babies). I really think Cro Cop had a harder fall off from pride than anyone. Therefore, roids
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# ? Apr 11, 2015 00:47 |
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Jack slack has a cool article where his main thesis is that cro cop was good when he moved his feet, and bad when he didnt
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# ? Apr 11, 2015 01:37 |
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Is there still the huge manlove for Cro Cop after the losses? I remember certain places gushing over him like he was the second coming when he was going to go into the UFC and we all know how that ended.. I love me some cropologist meltdowns is what I'm saying.
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# ? Apr 11, 2015 01:54 |
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The Cosby Mysteries posted:Is there still the huge manlove for Cro Cop after the losses? I remember certain places gushing over him like he was the second coming when he was going to go into the UFC and we all know how that ended.. I love me some cropologist meltdowns is what I'm saying. I still like him, but wanted to see him retire with a win, not another sad Gonzaga fight. Basically he should have gone out after that sub a few years ago where he said he deserved SOTN and told Dana "don't be stingy"
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# ? Apr 11, 2015 02:08 |
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Watch Less MMA, starting here
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# ? Apr 11, 2015 02:18 |
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The Cosby Mysteries posted:Is there still the huge manlove for Cro Cop after the losses? I remember certain places gushing over him like he was the second coming when he was going to go into the UFC and we all know how that ended.. I love me some cropologist meltdowns is what I'm saying. Well, pretty much no one still thinks he's actually any good, if that's what you're asking. I think most people think he's an alright guy and don't wish him any particular ill will though. Also lol, the CroCop article from ages ago still exists on SAS Wiki: http://www.sportsargumentwiki.com/index.php?title=CroCop And this Bob Sapp smilie:
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# ? Apr 11, 2015 02:36 |
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The Cosby Mysteries posted:Is there still the huge manlove for Cro Cop after the losses? I remember certain places gushing over him like he was the second coming when he was going to go into the UFC and we all know how that ended.. I love me some cropologist meltdowns is what I'm saying. Cro Cop owns but you're eight years too late to find anyone who thinks he's good at fighting
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# ? Apr 11, 2015 02:43 |
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Make sure you get your goonweight picks in: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3702701&pagenumber=2#post443770902
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# ? Apr 11, 2015 03:10 |
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I can't believe in all this Cro-Cop summary chat, not one mention of shoving.
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# ? Apr 11, 2015 03:34 |
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the saddest thing about this fight is they both have been out struck by Brendan Schaub
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# ? Apr 11, 2015 07:38 |
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colonel_korn posted:
holy gently caress i didn't know SAS Wiki is back
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