Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-02-16, disappointing fight between Mirko Filipovic and Roy Nelson 2: it gets two stars.
The black belt in tae-kwon-do, former K-1 and Pride champion Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic entered this fight with a professional record of 37-11-2 (92% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.18 heavyweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced Alexey Oleinik in 2013 (Filipovic vs Oleinik), since then he has won nine consecutive bouts winning the 2016 Rizin Open-Weight Grand Prix tournament beating Amir Aliakbari in the final (Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic vs Amir Aliakbari) and defeating Tsuyoshi Kohsaka and Roque Martinez in 2017 and 2018 (Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic vs Roque Martinez).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and Tuf Hw tournament winner Roy Nelson, has a mma record of 23-16-0 (83% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.24 in the same weight class but he won just one out of his last three fights, against Javy Ayala (Roy Nelson vs Javy Ayala); after this bout he lost to Matt Mitrione (Roy Nelson vs Matt Mitrione 2) and Sergei Kharitonov (Roy Nelson vs Sergei Kharitonov). In their first fight Filipovic had lost to ‘Big Country’ Nelson via tko (October 29, 2011 – Roy Nelson vs Cro Cop Filipovic I); Cro Cop vs Nelson 2 is on the undercard of Michael Page vs Paul Daley – Bellator 216. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-09-30, fight not particularly good between Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic and Roque Martinez: it gets two stars.
The black belt in tae-kwon-do and former K-1 and Pride champion Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic entered this fight with a pro record of 36-11-2 (92% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.19 heavyweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced Alexey Oleinik in 2013 (Filipovic vs Oleinik), since then he has won eight consecutive bouts winning the 2016 Rizin Open-Weight Grand Prix tournament beating Amir Aliakbari in the final (Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic vs Amir Aliakbari) and, in 2017, he defeated Tsuyoshi Kohsaka.
His opponent, Roque Martinez, has an official mma record of 13-4-2 (69% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.90 in the same weight class. He lost to Kelvin Fitial in 2011 but since then he has collected eight victories and one draw defeating Jerome Le Banner (Jerome Le Banner vs Roque Martinez) and Kiyoshi Kuwabara in his last two. Cro Cop Filipovic vs Martinez is on the undercard of Tenshin Nasukawa vs Kyoji Horiguchi – Rizin 13. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-12-31, fight not so exciting between Mirko Filipovic and Tsuyoshi Kohsaka: it gets two stars.
The black belt in tae-kwon-do, former K-1, Pride and 2016 Rizin Hw champion Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic entered this fight with a professional mma record of 35-11-2 (91% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.11 heavyweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced Alexey Oleinik in 2013 (=Filipovic vs Oleinik), since then he has won seven bouts beating Muhammed King Mo Lawal (=Cro Cop vs Lawal), Baruto Kaito (=Filipovic vs Baruto) and Amir Aliakbari (=Filipovic vs Aliakbari).
His opponent, the black belt in judo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu Tsuyoshi Kosaka, has an official record of 27-19-2 (52% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since December 29, 2016 when he was defeated by Baruto Kaito (=Baruto vs Kosaka). Cro Cop Filipovic vs Kosaka is the main event of “Rizin World Grand Prix 2017: Final Round”. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-31, pretty good finish between Mirko Filipovic and Amir Aliakbari but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic entered this fight with a professional mma record of 34-11-2 (91% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.31 heavyweight in the world while his opponent the undefeated 2010 Greco-Roman wrestler world champion Amir Aliakbari, has a record of 5-0-0 (60% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission). Cro Cop Filipovic vs Aliakbari is the final of the Rizin openweight Grand-Prix tournament, in the semifinals Cro Cop has beat Baruto Kaito (=Filipovic vs Baruto) while Aliakbari has defeated Valentin Moldavsky (=Moldavsky vs Aliakbari); undercard of Tatsuya Kawajiri vs Kron Gracie – Rizin 4 2016 Final Round. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-31, fight not particularly good between Mirko Filipovic and Baruto Kaito: it gets two stars.
Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic entered this fight with a professional mma record of 33-11-2 (91% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.31 heavyweight in the world while his opponent, the undefeated former professional sumo wrestler Baruto Kaito (Kaido Hoovelson), entered this fight with a pro mma record of 3-0-0 (0 knockouts). Cro Cop Filipovic vs Baruto is the semifinal of the Rizin openweight Grand-Prix tournament, in the quarter-finals Cro Cop has beat Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal (=Filipovic vs Lawal) while Baruto has won over Tsuyoshi Kosaka (=Baruto vs Kosaka); undercard of Tatsuya Kawajiri vs Kron Gracie – Rizin 4 2016 Final Round. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-29, pretty good finish between Mirko Filipovic and King Mo Lawal but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
The black belt in tae-kwon-do and former K-1 and Pride champion Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic entered this fight with a professional mma record of 32-11-2 (91% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.31 heavyweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced Alexey Oleinik in 2013 (=Filipovic vs Oleinik), since then he has won four bouts beating Gabriel Gonzaga (=Gonzaga vs Filipovic 2) and Hyun Man Myung (=Cro Cop vs Myung).
His opponent, Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal (who replaces Wanderlei Silva), has an official record of 20-5-0 (65% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.13 in the same weight class. He has fought twice in 2016 losing to Phil Davis (=Davis vs Lawal) and winning over Satoshi Ishii (=Lawal vs Ishii). Cro Cop vs Lawal, main event of Rizin 3 2016 2nd Round, is the quarter-final of the Rizin openweight Grand-Prix tournament. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-09-25, pretty good finish between Mirko Filipovic and Hyun Man Myung: it gets three stars.
The black belt in tae-kwon-do and former K-1 and Pride champion Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic entered this fight with a mma record of 31-11-2 (90% finishing rate) while his opponent, Hyun Man Myung, has an official record of 3-2-0 (100% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission). Filipovic is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since April 11, 2015 when he defeated Gabriel Gonzaga (=Gonzaga vs Filipovic 2). Cro Cop vs Myung is the eighth-final of the Rizin openweight tournament; undercard of Kron Gracie vs Hideo Tokoro – Rizin FF 2016 1st Round. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-11, pretty good fight between Gabriel Gonzaga and Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic: it gets three stars (UFC Fight of the Night).
The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Gabriel Gonzaga entered this fight with a professional mma record of 16-9-0 (100% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.23 heavyweight in the world having lost his last two fights, against Stipe Miocic (=Gonzaga vs Miocic) and Matt Mitrione (=Gonzaga vs Mitrione).
His opponent, the 40-year-old black belt in tae-kwon-do and former K-1 and Pride FC champion Mirko Filipovic (five years older than Gonzaga), has an official record of 30-11-2 (90% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.27 in the same weight class. He suffered three consecutive defeats in the Ufc between 2010 and 2011 (the last one against Roy Nelson, Nelson vs Filipovic) and then he fought for other mma promotions collecting three victories and one loss, against Alexey Oleinik (=Cro Cop vs Oleinik), while he beat Satoshi Ishii in his last bout (=Filipovic vs Ishii 2). In their first bout ‘Napao’ Gonzaga beat Filipovic by ko in the first round (April 21, 2007); this second bout is the main event of “UFC Fight Night 64: Gonzaga vs Cro Cop 2”. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-12-31, pretty good finish but the rest of the fight was boring: the second fight between Mirko Filipovic and Satoshi Ishii gets two stars. The black belt in tae-kwon-do and former K-1 and Pride champion Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic entered this fight with a professional mma record of 29-11-2 (90% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.38 heavyweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat in his only fight of 2013, against Alexey Oleinik (=Filipovic vs Oleinik); after this bout he has fought just once beating Satoshi Ishii in their first fight (tko – doctor stoppage, Ishii vs Filipovic).
His opponent, the 2008 judo Olympic heavyweight gold medalist Satoshi Ishii, has an official record of 12-3-1 (42% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.45. Filipovic vs Ishii 2, main event of “IGF – Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2014”, is valid for the IGF heavyweight title (Filipovic’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-08-23, fight not particularly good between Satoshi Ishii and Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic: it gets two stars. The 2008 Olympic judo gold medalist (+100 kg) Satoshi Ishii entered this fight with a professional mma record of 12-2-1 (42% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.27 heavyweight in the world, he suffered his last defeat in 2011 when he faced Fedor Emelianenko (=Fedor vs Ishii), since then he has collected eight consecutive victories winning at the ned of 2013 the IGF Hw title defeating Kazuyuki Fujita (=Ishii vs Fujita).
His opponent, the black belt in tae-kwon-do and former K-1 and Pride world champion Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic, has an official record of 28-11-2 (89% finishing rate) but he lost four out of his last five mma fights. Cro Cop vs Ishii, main event of Inoki Genome Fight 2, is valid for the IGF heavyweight title (Ishii’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-02-16, disappointing fight between Mirko Filipovic and Roy Nelson 2: it gets two stars.
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