Cro Cop talks about the time he choked out Fabricio Werdum

From late January 2015, Cro Cop tells a story about submitting Fabricio Werdum in training.

[@bokicar4358]

Mirko is such a modest guy. He was reiterating so many times so there is not even glimmer of doubt that he was lucky to catch Werdum out

[@sonny--]

👍

[@paleo704]

Yep

[@FoxWest-tb1oj]

Damn love the respect he's giving for Werdum. Humble dude.

[@ilikelampshades6]

Imagine breaking into the flat to be confronted with CroCop and Werdum. RIP

[@ekLuca]

LOL

[@sefilm1111]

CroCop is a real MAN. Humble warrior, that never needs to exagerate or make himself bigger on the backs of others. My respect to this man.

[@Godzilla52]

I can imagine it was probably extremely beneficial for them to train together since Fabrico could help Mirko polish his ground game and Mirko could make Fabrico a better striker.

[@DarkFoX750]

Exactly, and look at the result: Mirko developed one of the best takedown defense ever and Werdum is out there knocking guys out :)

[@George32027]

Gotta love Mirko. He's so humble.

[@xart23x]

Cro Cop, a man's man. True martial artist.

[@Sup3rShann0n]

& a real hero. A real human bean

[@perfectfit3076]

+Sup3rShann0n lol human bean

[@isaiahvilla6908]

Maybe Master Fabricio left after that incident because he felt Mirko's ground game was good enough for him not to be there anymore. Unlikely but possible.

[@feverxxxxx]

Isaiah Villa Yeah, I think so

[@marinerovrataric4979]

+Isaiah Villa best answer . fabrizio still have bjj school in croatia. probably Mirko teach him for stand up

[@isaiahvilla6908]

Marinero Vrataric He definitely taught Fabricio standup, it's one of the main reasons why they were friends

[@marinerovrataric4979]

Isaiah Villa they both christian. brasilianm and croatian are similar in some segments. like people. big christian, big warrior. and Mirko realy like Fabricio Wrrdum like person. because is good groundet man. and other rthings we newer know. just know from our national TV station in Croatia

[@DarkFoX750]

It's not unlikely, that's the reason he left.

[@hadesthegod9181]

What an unreal story. Werdum literally left. That’s insane! This is one of the coolest MMA legends stories I’ve ever heard, and I love the way Cro Cop tells it.

[@ZombieRommel]

Mirko is awesome and Werdum sounds like a great guy too.

[@marinerovrataric4979]

+conrad artchannel Werdum look like nice simple guy. great champ. now stipe miocic. both are train with cro-cop. for all 3 of them it's a big big martial school.

[@Pabloosiro]

Werdum kept his words, that tells a lot about him.

[@kittycatcat6962]

cro cop ....the definition of class

[@MrMMAHouse]

Haha great story You translated this? if so, thank you very fuckin much And would love to see more Cro Cops translated videos.

[@tcity6334]

MMA House I did. But I'm also lazy. If I see something interesting I'll translate it.

[@MrMMAHouse]

Luca Toni Haha alright, thanks again anyway.

[@michael2305]

What a respectful guy mirco is, credit to him.

[@Bravilor]

He goes to great lengths to not appear cocky. Almost to the level of the absurd :)

[@NippleOfOdin]

Yeah, he must have said that he got lucky about 300 times.

[@zlajoooooo]

he had a lot of bad experience with journalists, they would twist his words, and make it look like he said something he didn't, so he is trying not to leave possibilities for stories like 'mirko is better grappler than werdum' or 'mirko used to destroy werdum in grappling'..he obviously had respect for werdum, since he used to help him prepare for fights a lot...

[@sozueira9266]

Em pé ele é indestrutível mas no chão quem sabe é o werdum

[@baibarsalfatih8325]

'Best move to have in the world is physical strength'

[@td6644]

Love that 💪

[@Gyros4me]

Mirko is such a clear person and a true performer.What a great guy.I think every top fighter he fought with has had respect and my impression he's one of the hardest guy to defeat for every opponent

[@demitrisolvinski]

I love this mans humility, especially given his level of talent.

[@GrantMitchell123]

Mirko in his prime had very underrated Jui Jitsu. Watch his fight with Kevin Randleman, he put him to sleep with a standing guillotine choke.

[@Jerry-ne8bz]

Randleman also choked blood when Mirko got him in the choke. R.I.P Randleman, guy was a beast and a warrior.

[@Chopper51138]

That’s what happens when your main sparring partner is one of the best submission grapplers ever.

[@marcomachado8724]

Werdum knew that what Cro Cop needed to add to his game was an impenetrable defence against a top grappler like himself, because the rest was already there. Once he was tapped Werdum knew his work was done.

[@ivanpudic6072]

true

[@harleyheavner5597]

Marco Machado Like the Machado brothers?

[@thefullstop23]

Wow. First time seeing this. What a humble warrior Mirko is. Funny thing is that days ago, I watched a tiny bit of Werdum & Wanderlei on a Portuguese podcast (with English subs). Fabricio was saying how badly he got beat up by Mirko on the feet every day during training. Can't wait to finish that podcast. Thank you for this post!

[@zGJungle]

What a great man, humble,honest and hard as fuck.

[@rasmusquavangsfar9447]

This was EXACTLY what happened to me tonight. My teammate/coach and friend who always has been slaughtering me in sparring, both kickboxing and grappling, always getting me in either an armbar or a rear naked choke for 3 years, today I finally got him in that choke! And he just ran out. He just took off. I hope i'll see him again lol.

[@Yusufsanad]

😆 I can relate in the game of pool I have a nephew who I trained for a couple of years and I stopped it when he beat me one time. It's been years since that happened now I treat him like a fair rival when we play because I taught him everything I knew

[@sendnudes7976]

You a beast man ? Did he ever come back

[@jsimo1431]

2 legends. Imagine being the first guy to beat Fedor. Damn!

[@SomoshiphopRadio]

Faith in Humanity Restored!

[@plyingod]

Werdum has talked about these training sessions said there would be wars. Said mirko sent him to hospital with leg kick and could barely walk for weeks.

[@brad7566]

This dude has the best guard defense I've ever seen

[@maelhazuki]

this guy have a humility !

[@asforemita]

The literal translation for FRUTA is "fruit"... Quite simple. But here in Brazil the meaning for that word when you say to someone who is afraid of doing something is "pussy" or something like that with an homossexual meaning.

[@jerryvelasco1474]

asforemita Yeah because fruits are sweet and delicate.

[@asforemita]

Jerry Velasco Exactly.

[@GaeasBlessing]

asforemita I used to play video games online with a Brazilian dude who called noobs "biba" and he said it meant faggot. But I've never heard any other Brazilian use it. Is that a real word?

[@asforemita]

GaeasBlessing Yes, this word can also be used for that meaning, it is a real word yes but is not as prejorative as the other ones. The story behind that is because in the 70´s there was a famous woman`s fashion store in London called "BIBA", the store became so famous that some guys started to like it and then people here started to use the term to rotulate men with homossexual behavior (in their minds fashion stuff is for homossexual men). A funny thing about that hehehe... When you speak "Justin Bieber" in portuguese it sounds a lot like "Justin Biba"... Poor kid hahah.

[@GaeasBlessing]

Wow, thanks for the explanation. And yeah, Justin is fucked. xD

[@Palthewall]

Crocop so humble. By fruit he meant you were gay.

[@ivanpudic6072]

fabricio knew that if he loses from mirko he must go back with the best and train with them and he underestemated guz who could fight him 5min bl me its a lot in ju jitsu. great story

[@ivanpudic6072]

and if he was saying gay to him he probably rly motivated him ,D

[@maisumthiago8615]

It's more like "don't be a pussy"

[@reeldirtiestudios]

he is so humble... true warrior

[@raykhamis933]

There’s an interview with Werdume talking about Mirkro and how strong he is the two have such a mutual respect.

[@m3hdim3hdi]

I still can't forgive him for getting KO by fucking Brendan Schaub

[@joezadro1156]

Werdum actually left because Mirko choked him out one time meanwhile Werdum made Mirko tap 500 times

[@dariomarkovic7091]

Werdum says that Cro Cop didnt treat him verry well in Croatiq,i feel sorry for that

[@Oscar61985]

Mirko "Humble pie" Cro Cop

[@Oscar61985]

We can do this Jimmy Timmy power hour bullshit again and settle this on your turf of dimmsdale, blood. I'll tornado kick you back to Fairy world ya buck toothed ingrate

[@annarose2738]

Guile Wheezer is this the current mma heavy champ werdum?

[@Oscar61985]

Anna Rose Yup! He's actually training partners with Cro Cop

[@steverutledge495]

At the time Mirko is talking about Mirko would have destroyed Werdum in an MMA match. Mirko was number 3 at his height.

[@juricacelic4232]

Humble.

[@btt9972]

its the most baki story ive ever heard, what a badass

[@AlexColberg]

I don't understand why Werdum had to go back to Brazil immediately just because Crocop submitted him, I mean, why he would say he was going to do that in the first place, and then why he would actually do it.

[@warcraft-px5zq]

because his work was a done there.

[@chrisbary]

Humble

[@nicolo9093]

I think the "my work here is done" version is very poetic, but I believe there's a different explanation. If you go to Werdum's Wikipedia page it says that he "...started training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu after being choked unconscious with a triangle choke by the ex-boyfriend of his girlfriend." It's obvious that this experience was sufficiently traumatic for him that it started his obsession with jiu-jitsu and grappling, eventually resulting in Fabricio becoming probably the greatest heavyweight grappler of his time. He did, after all, submit Fedor. Whatever his motivation was, possibly revenge, very likely the will never to get choked again, it was very important in how this incident played out. I also believe that, had Mirko just tapped him, Fabricio wouldn't have left for Brazil. But this was for him a first person flashback of the very accident that generated his deep seated, driving trauma, possibly even fear, with the added insult that he had brought it on himself by teaching Cro Cop everything he knew. I think that, there and then, Fabricio just couldn't take it and had to go back home. It probably closed some sort of circle for him as well, as he later found out, I'm sure, that he could get choked, so many years after the fact, by somebody much more dangerous than whoever that first guy was, and nothing bad would come of it, except, of course, a few seconds of amnesia.

[@tcity6334]

If people are interested in more videos, subscribe. I'll translate some more. I do have some other Cro Cop videos on the channel, check them out.

[@NewFriiiikan]

I think that was Werdums way of saying: "My work here is done." Indeed Werdum is a master of the craft and to be submited by a tired from training Mirko meant that a fully prepared Mirko for a grappling match would be a difficult beast to control.

[@TheDemorae]

god croatian man

[@lskyrocker1]

That's so hilarious hahahah. The ONE person who unliked this video? Fabricio Werdum haha

[@maisumthiago8615]

Rorry Templeton Fabrício Just talked about his time in Croatia with mirko in a Brazilian podcast but it is in Portuguese, he is just as humble as Mirko.

[@TheErolking]

Much respect to Mirko from Austria

[@NPI-iz7bg]

He was tired of Mirko after 2,5 years and he let him choke 🤣🤣🤣

[@niglord127]

wow fabrico is crazy man.... no wonder hes the champ

[@sprideschamrock4706]

Svaka cast Mirkane. Ali i Werdum je trenutno jedan od najvecih,mozda i u istoriji MMA sporta..napredovao je mnogo,stari je snimak vidi se da ga Mirko mnogo postuje.Zao mi je samo sto je Werdum bodovno izgubio zadnji mec protiv Overeema,jer je definitvno pokraden u toj borbi.On i Mirko dve zive legende.

[@localcelebrity5204]

Thats a real man right there

[@jonathanvieira2239]

Crocop is a Legend

[@pedagogiadacultura4699]

Cro Cop é foda demais cara! porra! o cara da porrada finíssima, destrói adversário. grande mestre da porrada!

[@asforemita]

Fabricio said in a brazilian podcast this story is a lie, he said Mirko got him by surprise off training session in a RNC and he tapped before going to sleep... I belive Mirko tho.

[@ant4613]

Well clearly the story isn't a lie if they both said it happened lol, just some details perhaps... Mirko still caught him and submitted him, only Werdum says he tapped but he didn't go to sleep... I mean if you get choked out, you normally don't realize what happened. Cleary something of the sort happened so it's safe to say perhaps he was out for a second. Mirko said he was out for "5 to 6 seconds" so it was clearly a very brief timespan, maybe the tap went unnoticed as well. Who knows but still a funny story. I like how Mirko is reiterating multiple times that he's nowhere near as good as Werdum on the ground and it was a fluke pretty much lol.

[@asforemita]

@@ant4613 No, you dont speak portuguese so you dont know. Mirko said he did it on training and submited him. Fabricio said Mirko got him by surprise out of training and he tapped before going to sleep, very different versions.

[@ant4613]

@@asforemita How do you know what languages I speak? Do you know me?

[@asforemita]

@@ant4613 It's funny that you ignore that my argument destroyed yours and launch into personal accusations. That's a woman thing btw.

[@ant4613]

@@asforemita We're not having an argument. It's a pretty stupid statement to say "you don't speak Portuguese" to someone you don't even know. You said "got him by surprise off training session in a RNC" which is poor English and not clear so it didn't make it sound like they were saying two completely different things. Just a misunderstanding.

[@antonioalbares]

Gotta love crocop keeping it real! great guy... and Werdum too.. thanks for the translate.. only not cool part of it all is the "fruta" meaning Fruit.. it is also called "frutinha" and he was basically calling him gay, it is all in good spirits but definitely today a derogatory term.. but those were different times I don't think Werdum would talk like that today

[@kadijaish]

+Antonio Alvarez Lol, he would. They are friends. You can tell if you are good with someone by telling him gay jokes

[@Kazak999]

Haha, what a story Mark.

[@markusfus1672]

how is your sex life?

[@watchmanonthewall14]

I love this story.

[@BB-mt2xb]

Werdum i CRO COP legende za sva vremena

[@praveenchandrajoshi4286]

the ratio of likes to dislikes say it all that how much people live cro cop

[@peerrucke2599]

wow didnt know it was 2,5 years...is that a translation error? I cant imagine Werdun spend 2 1/2 years in Croatia. Guy fas family, camp in Brazil etc.

[@tcity6334]

This was 18-20 years ago. He likely did not have a family at that time. Cro Cop distinctly says 2.5 years. Werdum also has a BJJ Academy in Zagreb, Croatia. He does not teach there personally. But, he comes and does seminars, he opened it and it carries his name. At least, it used to.

[@scooterss2112]

Mirko tapped WErdum! Hes a beast. I knew he could do it if he wanted to. Nobody can take Mirko!! Im just joking, i get it!

[@beargrylls7399]

Friendship... friendship

[@user-zi4le6tm6s]

형님 저한테는 최고의 베팅경기였습니다

[@mirkokraovac9068]

Maybe he just really wanted to go back to Brazil

[@Horvat04]

he lived in mirkos apartment for 2 and a half years, wow, why so long?

[@samuricexful]

MrUndadoggPtownCity When Mirko brought Werdum to come train him in BJJ, Werdum was a nobody in MMA. He got Werdum signed to Pride after he became his BJJ coach, I'm sure Werdum was pretty poor before that.

[@Horvat04]

i see

[@TheBruno3377]

samuricexful Werdum came from a middle class family.

[@TheBruno3377]

samuricexful not poor.

[@chico_zombye]

He wasn't poor, he wasn't rich but he was a normal dude. He was already a coach in Spain and a bjj world champion before this story. He lived in Spain for a couple of years (his mom lives in Madrid, that's why he speaks spanish too).

[@Sim0n98]

Little bit of a diva move to literally leave the country after getting submitted in practice

[@markusfus1672]

No he just kept his word

[@gdarippa69]

Cro Cop is one of the GOATs but Werdum is the GOAT

[@sassythesasquatch1814]

classy fighter

[@cfapn4571]

Fun fact "fruta" means "Pu**y" in Brazilian slang

[@stevanusmilala7794]

My superhero 😁

[@michaeljohnsson7630]

Why did werdum leave brazil to go live in an appartment in croatia with crocop? Sounds kind of wierd!

[@matijabarac8645]

it was when Mirko was on top of his game in Pride...he was trying to become better in BJJ and someone recomended him Werdum, at that time unknown globaly JJ master to teach him, so he literally paid Werdum to come live with him to teach him....so he stayed there more than 2 years and trained Cro Cop

[@elliptical29]

Haha, that's a awesome story.

[@TheErolking]

DAM what Would i give for a Summer Training with Mirko

[@CrniBudi]

Hahaha 👍👍👍👍 nise Story

[@samuelperes1516]

Vim pelo flow kkk

[@AchillesMMA01]

Funny story lol

[@stefanbremo844]

Jedi kogvna sta lazez ti si klitschko i werdum su za tebe King brate

[@igzu1]

Kužim da ganjaš aliene brate, ali probaj sa ljudskim jezikom pisat, da te i mi zemljani razumijemo.