Junior Dos Santos vs Mirko Cro Cop Highlights (Heavyweight CLASH)

[@TheKickboxingCommunity]

What people fail to realize is that Cro Cop has been fighting on the highest level for over 15 years at this point. Milage matters more than age

[@Gas10020]

I agree. And let’s be honest, he’s a natural light heavyweight fighting true heavyweights.

[@patrickdowney2523]

No, Mirko's worst performance was when he got starched by Gonzaga, CroCop style!!

[@patrickdowney2523]

Mirko would never have made 205.....he was too thick for LHW!!

[@Gas10020]

@@patrickdowney2523 he was 225 when he fought Gonzaga. Most light heavyweights rehydrate to 220+ 48 hrs after weigh ins. Hes absolutely a LHW.

[@strikerj4810]

Not really. JDS beats the fuck out of Crocop prime for prime.

[@ryuhoshi-p9w]

This was probably the worst Cro Cop fight in the UFC, it was sad to see. He was nowhere near what he was in k1 and pride, it took him years to regain confidence and adapt to his age.

[@alpe6228]

He clearly let off the steroids a bit once he got into the ufc and paid the price.He was never a true top contender,he was good in Pride tho.

[@gypzino]

after gonzaga s kick ,crocop wasnt the same

[@Tko_Seven]

@@alpe6228u think ufc was clean?

[@ryuhoshi-p9w]

@@alpe6228 crocop wanted to retire after the 2006 gp but went to the ufc for the money. he went there overconfident, didn't train in the cage at all and paid the price for that. somewhere after the mizuno fight he had his first knee surgery, after that he wasnt the same. you can clearly see the lack of confidence after that.

[@CFH1962]

​@@Tko_Sevenjust want to give a 'special thanks' to steroids 🤣

[@eddiediesel9035]

Back when the heavyweight division was exciting. Now the heavyweight champ is Jon 'Joke' Jones. 1 fight in 4 years.I hate the UFC right now.

[@damir9743]

Joke😂

[@Hehe-jo1zc]

The UFC is trash. Dana white is a 🐈 and a 🤡

[@billj4525]

It's not entirely his fault either, but he's an annoying champion and never fights. They have no one good really. The last fight is Jon vs Aspinall, if it happens. There are almost no interesting fights or good fighters right now. It's a weak division with very few good guys.

[@Hehe-jo1zc]

@billj4525 ufc in general is weak, man. Only a few good products, like DPP, Aspinall, etc

[@JonnySublime]

It is sad

[@MrStolle80]

Mirko still punching like a horse for his age. One of greatest warriors ever

[@dangun605]

Cigano soca como um monstro.

[@wiegehts3063]

Why? Because He is from Croatia Stele? 😆

[@rocket5557]

Mirko was done when he got to the UFC. His heyday was in Pride.

[@Bugaga650]

Не гони ему было 35 когда он дрался с Джуниором ,в своем пике карьеры

[@fedoremelianenkoarchive]

He was still good but was never the same after the Gonzaga KO. Still brutally avenged that loss though.

[@DC-cy6uj]

Not true at all. Crocop had just won the pride gp before coming to the ufc. There’s levels to mma and crocop learned that coming to the ufc.

[@teoc7790]

​@Bugaga650 yes, Mirko was 35, same age as Fedor when he lost by KO from Antonio Silva and Dan Henderson, at the peak of his career

[@Schapiuza777]

​​@@Bugaga65035 это не пик карьеры, а закат. Пик это лет 25-27 лет

[@SakhaYkt14]

Cro Cop is the only MMA fighter who can be recognized by his shorts.

[@Anthony-xl7io]

Chuck Liddell? Anderson Silva?

[@paydn202]

miocic when they used to let fighters express themselves lol

[@wailwailwail412]

The difference of sizes!

[@АндрейКасьяненко-ш3с]

Нарвался бы он на молодого Мирко

[@АлтынМамадалиев-з7ю]

Старику дома сидеть а не нарваться, на молодого. Место надо знать

[@ДмитрийДанилов-н4щ]

С Емельяненко тоже также поступили бы, Федор хитрый не подписал контракт с ЮФС

[@sugmadic3358]

@@ДмитрийДанилов-н4щ Тебе виднее, эксперт.

[@lilliuu]

​@@АлтынМамадалиев-з7ю соглашусь, зачем терять остатки здоровья и статы, если очевидно против молодых топов не вытянуть. Видимо эго подталкивает.

[@Mirdobro88]

Тупость, на сколько он его моложе??😂

[@GolGTi-rl7uu]

Sem desmerecer o Júnior Cigano, mas o fato do Mirko ser nove anos mais velho pesou bastante!

[@JacksonFerreira-oe8xh]

Crocop e fedor os maiores peso pesados da história no auge,crocop era letal no pride,massacrou lendas como uma carreta,Igor vochachin Wanderley Silva Mark Hunt Aleksander emilianenko Coleman Kevin handleman,só parou em fedor emilianeko,no Ufc crocop já estava nunha decadência é depois deu a volta por cima

[@ДмитрияГульба]

Закончился Мирко.Один из самых лучших бойцов.Рождаються новые имена.

[@агенткремля333]

Так и Джуниор дом Сантос давно уже закончился ...

[@ЭдуардЯляев]

​​@@агенткремля333он же чемпом на голых кулаках стал в промоушене каком-то,но далеко не последнем

[@АскарКошжанов]

Это совсем другом крокоп по сравнению с началом нулевых

[@Bishop808]

Конечно, тот Крокоп из прайда, м-1, одними лоукиками бы срубил лысого

[@veselinsrdanov679]

Od 2000 te godine do danas prošlo je 24 godine Mirkovog života.

[@work1588]

Похоже в этом бое Мирко запретили наносить удары.

[@eleonormota919]

santos, estaba a otro nivel, mirko estaba anulado por completo

[@АбдурагимСунгуров-с9е]

Старый уже

[@alexandrea.b.2872]

Kkkkk😂😂😂😂 é brasileiro amigo são bons de mais 😅

[@Дмитрий-д7д6х]

Мирко тут уже к сожалению на глубоком спаде. Прошёл свой пик. Уже нет той скорости, комбинаций, и самый главный минус, что ушёл его быстрый, точный и смертоносный хайкик в голову. 💪👊так что Джуниору Дос Сантоса достался уже не Мирко, а бледная его копия. Шансов у Мирко в этом бою справиться на одних руках просто небыло.

[@Athlete2895]

@@Дмитрий-д7д6хон и на пике не справился бы с Дос Сантосом. Цигано был на другом уровне.

[@SmallBallPoker]

A lot of people not giving credit where credit is due. Let me preface this by saying that I am a huge cro cop fan. He & Fedor are my favorite fighters of all time. With that said, dos santos how he fights here beats this cro cop as well as whatever you consider to be “prime” cro cop. Dos santos fought well here. Exactly how others showed in the past to effectively beat cro cop ie. Push the action, keep cro cop on his heels, take the high kicks away from him etc. dos Santos did all that & did it well. He deserves more credit than he’s getting for all that in this thread

[@lukasuton2433]

Cigano is one of BEST Heavyweights when they usent cut weight like today . Great comment Cro-cop is counter-striker And He don't like fight backword like Stipe Much Blessings from Adriatic coast of Croatia

[@strikerj4810]

prime JDS beats the piss out of Fedor too. Fedor too small for a prime JDS.

[@henshin587]

if you want to see how crocop used to handles pressure you should see his fights against aleksandar or wanderlei....the version of crocop that fought jds is just not the same guy

[@davidpineda9160]

@@henshin587 Alex very bum like skills, he's "potential man" and never got actually good. Wanderlei smaller and just a good style matchup.

[@SmallBallPoker]

@@henshin587 I’ve seen all his fights. I talked about in my initial comment about how he’s one of my favorites of all time. I stand by my comment. How JDS fought cro cop here he beats him every time

[@hakr4751]

Jds was a monster until that second cain fight

[@billj4525]

He was still decent after. After the third one he really started falling apart. He had so many wars though and was getting older too, so it makes sense for the most part.

[@ericsmith6677]

its sad to see the greats past their prime

[@ГошаКуценко-ж8д]

Разница 10 лет. Практически ветеран, с бойцом, который на пике своих функциональных возможностей. Разница в антропометрии налицо. Итог очевиден.

[@bojanfrntic8596]

Evan if Mirko was younger i think Junior would win. Prime Junior was top 6 Hw goats.

[@nikko7195]

ахаххахахаха ты про что 24 года против 34 пик в боях и физическая мощь в 32-35 лет а дальше спад,это мирко пришел с прайда,но дело в том что юфс это нихрена не прайд,это бой 2009 года где зеленый дос сантос разнес все табло легенде вот и все .

[@АдиАди-ц1у]

молодого крокопо скорее всего тоже побилбы джунёр он уже с другой поколений, а тут крокоп ветеран тем боле уже с многими травмами у него много пробега по боям и уже был пробитый

[@damiaobatista3387]

Aí é junio dos santos, o querendo brazileiros

[@КежикТувинский]

Даже если бы они были ровесниками, все-равно Дос Сантос избил бы Крокопа. Это более улучшенная версия бойца. а Крокопы и Федоры были пионерами ММА, уровень физической формы, навыков вырос за эти годы

[@nikola7148]

What JDS did to Cro Cop here, was what JDS experienced against Ngannou and Blades. Father time is unbeatable.

[@TheKeafun]

this is when crocop has already sustained over 30 fights with massive existing damages, torn ligs, muscle issues, neck problems back problems etc. very different than crcop in prime. this is crocop outside of prime.

[@somewhereupthere]

Most of the punishment cro took was to the body. Both are fierce warriors, no doubt.

[@Diabolic-i9f]

Mirko was scared shirtless

[@Рустам-р7и5ч]

Да легенда бесспорно! Мирко один из лучших бойцов мира ! Всегда был зрелищем и вообще красавчик . С такими бойцами уходит целая эпоха ! Все мы в этом мире гости .

[@bojanfrntic8596]

True Mirko is legend od thjis sport

[@fegasd]

Mirko did nothing but hiding from start, his mind-set was dead, he did no damage to Santos. One of the worst matches ever.

[@chipplylar7006]

Both these fighters are legends in my book .

[@steveharris3068]

Junior is such an imposing force. I don't understand why his record isn't even better than it is!

[@billj4525]

He was one of the best in his prime. After all the wars with Cain he fell off, and was getting older as well. Even when he was falling off he put up some decent fights against some tough guys still.

[@sushiter]

started MMA old. He also fought during a really strong HW era

[@Filzerwilli]

This was not the Mirko we all know!

[@МЫСЛИВСЛУХ-т7ж]

Попался бы ты на пике Кракопу.))

[@ghostttriddder]

Casuals keep making reasons why Cro Cop was never that good lmfao. Mileage matters the most in the fighting industry and the man has tons of kickboxing fights aside from mma. He fought during the golden age of kickboxing and mma and fought the best there. His prime ended in 2006 and he was in the decline from there, lots of injuries. Casuals also like to insult pride by saying their fighters weren't that good when most of them became ufc champions when ufc bought their contracts lmfao or has beaten ufc champs from the dark ages.

[@MidnightSnack-q3i]

Whoa, you're no casual. You're a regular MMA watcher. Something to be proud of. Watching MMA.

[@bayrjankopbaev746]

Мирко он Легенда уже доказано это ✊👍🤝

[@farhadjalili-bj8qo]

He is a true legend! Unbeatable in his prime! He should have known when to withdraw from the professional fighting

[@DouglasBuenoGomes]

Nah Ernesto Hoost Kicked Cro Cop Prime ass in K1 he's never unbeatable.

[@БарсуковаГалина-э1п]

​@@DouglasBuenoGomes Боб Сапп 💪

[@kaljaukko5439]

Not unbeatable, Fedor kick his ass in Pride when they both were in their prime.

[@farhadjalili-bj8qo]

Alright guys, he definitely was one of the best!

[@hakr4751]

Kevin randelman knocked him out cold as well in his prime in pride

[@GuzQuebec]

JDS when he had an iron chin and wasnt affraid to throw punches. The guy was a beast.

[@danny24042002]

Nope just big 😂

[@НиколайИванов-и9ш4з]

Столько времени прошло с боя, Мирко на тот момент уже показал свой максимум, а Джуниор только набирал обороты, по итогу любой боец оказывается в подобной ситуации, приходят молодые львы, Сантос тоже отгреб, круг замкнулся.

[@KirbyCook-p2y]

I'll take cro copi in his prime over the bigger younger Mexican

[@NathanielLelea]

Mad cuz santos destroyed bro....

[@nickvtguitar546]

Was this before or after CC's knee got trashed?

[@philippe2488]

Mirko te voir comme ça sérieux…tu as subi tout le long du combat ça me rend si triste Ton gros point faible depuis toujours repousser sans cesse l’adversaire au lieu de le frapper Il est temps que tu arrêtes ces massacres et que tu ailles à la retraite bien méritée

[@danielcenturionl.6784]

☝️ MIRKO CRO COP ES UNA LEYENDA‼️ ☝️HOY TIENE 50 AÑOS. JUNIOR DOS SANTOS 40. MUY APARTE DE SU EDAD HAY UNA CLARA DIFERENCIA EN EL PESO 👍 CADA UNO EN SU PRIME MIRKO LO DESTROZABA A JUNIOR

[@kairau1519]

Jds was murking everyone at this time. Dude was scary

[@alansmith2203]

Santos was absolutely savage. Knees took their toll. Hard for me to see Mirko take that beating.

[@tomt5176]

Cro Cop is a human punching bag!

[@ЛеонидМаксимов-м5ф]

Мирко хватит стоять 😮Зачем стоять чтобы тебя били 😢Даже ударить не может 😬 Пора уходить пока не покалечили☝️

[@ПавелС-у3ю]

Крокоп только толкал и больше не чего.. Отличный план на бой

[@lemon-sx1zs]

Староват Мирко с молодыми тягаться, вернуть ему даже лет 5, он бы снëс Сантоса, бой отличный, обоим здоровья👊

[@Equipo16-k5t]

Fue muy triste ver a un ídolo como crocop en UFC , una máquina verlo así

[@GabrielPortilho-kf3lr]

Brasil !!!!! Mirco Cro cop nunca levou tanta porrada na cara 😂

[@user-bqdrtghhtddr]

Сила победила силу, были такие бойцы как Кейн Веласкес, Дос Сантос которые могли и Федора и крокопа ушатать

[@МаксимальныйЭнергетичный]

Кро Ком -это легенда который много и много раз доказвал что он лучший из лучших. Выиграл почти у всего дивизиона топовых бойцов. А Дос Сантос, как быстро выстрелил так и бысторо затух.

[@levid5102]

PRIME JDS WAS AN MMA-BOXING TERMINATOR

[@levid5102]

The fact he ever won a fight again after the trilogy with Cain, let alone KO prospects much younger than him AND BECOME A BAREKNUCKLE MMA CHAMPION, is unbelievable. Most men would've retired after that much damage

[@armandojohnson5810]

​@@levid5102 He won after that a few times it got bad towards the end he fought killers tho

[@levid5102]

@@armandojohnson5810 he definitely got finished plenty but it was always against the good guys, the fact he continued fighting let alone win is incredible tho, those fights look like the type of fight a guy DIES from

[@levid5102]

Cain fights 2 and 3 are what I'm referring to

[@holtz000]

Cro cop legend. Cheers from 🇧🇷

[@andrebonatto8567]

SHOW DO CIGANO ISSO SIM 😂😂😂😂

[@NathanielLelea]

Say what u want about mirko but after he lost too dos santos he was on a big winning streak, so stfu u guys don't no shit. No excuses.

[@michaelrandold4656]

He still stood after that knee. Ouch.

[@АНИМАТИК-щ5п]

Дос Сантос хоть бы постыдился такой своей реакции после победы над стариком Мирко.

[@Diman522]

It was a beating of an old veteran.

[@Flatearth90]

Крокоп слабый в рукопашной и борьбе. Только ноги его сильная сторона и выносливость.

[@BigShot84]

А если б Мирко тут был молодым??? 😂

[@Mirdobro88]

А Сантос такой прям молодой??😂

[@RuslanKhakimov-b2c]

@@Mirdobro88 Сантос молодой и крокоп имеет ввиду. Очевидно что крокоп сильнее.

[@TheSoldat1986]

FEDOR - FOREVER!!!

[@mikepotter8528]

What gives a guy a thumb in the eye and now he lays in the center ring like a hero what a clown

[@cool.expert798]

Теперь и Миркко почувствовал себя маленьким 😂

[@psicologiahumanista-borjag5321]

Crocop is 50 years old here, cigano Junior is 25 in his prime

[@hakr4751]

50? Lol he was 34

[@lastditch727]

Both of these guys are GOATed.

[@Fedor-1313]

Все бойцы в прайд не могут тянуть действующих бойцов в UFC.тут говорят уроком не в пике🤔так и доссантос тоже на спаде и он в лёгкую прошел урокопа

[@DugiDevetCarabolium]

Biggest mistake Mirko have done is to Sign the Contract with UFC. He needed to fallow the Fedor path out of UFC and stand longer on the scene winning. UFC have to large scale of fighters to be no.1 for a long time, after one year you will loss by someone ,that is the fact. So Fedor was smart, ignore UFC, Fedor and Mirko was bigger then UFC on the scene, once Mirko was in UFC he become their poppy and not a legend. In UFC fighters are meat, they always have fresh meat on the market.... That was biggest Mirko mistake...

[@Bot_Hunter]

UFC это сборище допинговых обманщиков. Допинг, допинг и минимум мастерства. И то что Крокоп туда пошел в старые свои года, это его глупый выбор, это факт.

[@Anfa18]

This started the worst run in CropCop's career, with this fight he went 3-5 and went 10-0 to finish his career straight after.

[@ArizonaIllinoisBVGBYW]

Exciting times in the UFC. Although Crocop had some tough k.O losses in the UFC it was great to see him. Right leg hospital,left leg cemetary

[@НиколайСоколов-у5х]

Гдебы был этот горячий парень, встреть он Крокопа лет так 10 назад, и не ему он проиграл, а только возрасту.

[@donjohn2695]

Prime Cro cop would have obliterated JDS

[@FlagshipScience]

It woud be a tough fight.

[@Vilão-JabCanhão]

Você é um torcedor fanático do velho cro cop😂😂😂😂😂

[@ouah8ter667]

Not a chance 😂

[@ronaldkalinowski1828]

😂 You are smoking crack! JDS knocked out Cain and beat Stipe. Cro cop in his prime wouldn't have beat them let alone JDS

[@andrebonatto8567]

😂😂😂😂 IMPOSSÍVEL 😅😅😅😅

[@СкифСарматов-х5й]

Кро коп не умеет боксировать, толкается и всё

[@james3339]

Both beasts. Junior brought more to the party that night

[@crack61616]

yeah,good 20+years younger:)maybe fight would go otherwise if he was in his prime like santos.maybe,we`ll never know.

[@crisvc20]

Ya estaba mayor Mirko.. No eran las épocas de los pride..

[@ЗафарАЗЯ]

Сени каттик хурмат киламиз Узбекистан 🇺🇿 дан саломлар булсин

[@АлмазАбраимов-е1д]

Это тебе не прайд это юфс детка😂

[@Bot_Hunter]

Ветеранов бить , причем на допинге скорее всего Дос Сантос. Вот и вся твоя UFC

[@GibranLahud]

I'm laughing at this whistle sound, don't ask me why

[@trucypucy]

The Best ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@billschmidt4192]

It was the Knees

[@Bot_Hunter]

Нет...пальцы

[@ДенисШиловский-ю8э]

Судья, долго будет на это смотреть ????😢😢😢 Здоровье не купить не за какие деньги!

[@lovro2559]

Remeber when Junior runs around octogon vs Miočić....

[@hichsel2826]

Big difference for wanderlei crocop etc when they come to ufc from pride : no more soccer kick (wich was a special move for this fighter) Their prime was past In Japan they were like god (big crowd big respect) it play to be in good mindset for fighting. New rule (less agressif for striker) and more grappler friendly

[@renattopaes]

Cigano é monstro! Mais alto que o Cro Cop!

[@NathanielLelea]

Crazy

[@jamesnm21]

You get old the fight goes out of you. You're there for a paycheck but the body and mind just want to be somewhere else.

[@aslanbatuhan]

Mirko didn't want to be there that day and made a strategic mistake by stepping back. Mirko, who was already far from his prime days, had also lowered his steroid dosage so that his body no longer had the hardness and athletic performance it once had. These were his last UFC fights. After this, he fought much better in K-1, Rizin and Glory. Even if he came in his Glory state, he would have beaten this guy. These were Mirko's worst times.

[@giorgosmercury22]

Cro Cop was 35 years old that year, so age was not a factor that he lost. It's just Santos was good in this game. If Santos played in 2017 with cro cop that had returned then santos WOULD BE THE LOSER

[@MuhammadAzemi]

Mirko is the best 👍👍👍💪

[@Георгий-п4п7й]

Сантос красавчик, в лучшие для себя годы!!!

[@ericholland-cr1nt]

I used to love watching jds, great boxer

[@atlante4368]

Crocop said he broke JDS's jaw in this fight.

[@BORYZYY-PLAY]

Dos Santos at his Prime was insane

[@АндрейЯкунин-у2ь]

Мирко красавчик, но годы берут своё.

[@theoldboyy]

Nice glove slashes to the eyes

[@Aimedhasanzaghlul]

Que luta e vitória incrível do Junior cigano!

[@destroya3303]

Wow Dos Santos just looks like a giant. And Cro Cop is a big guy.

[@derricktroxell1680]

Dude wouldnt have stood a chance in Cro Cop prime

[@NathanielLelea]

That wasn't really dos santos young ages so what are you saying

[@陳先生-b8i]

Cro Cop wasn’t in the prime in that time,But JDS was on fire .Time waits for nobody... everybody all the same no one can win forever...

[@cultofmodernism8477]

Cro-cop went 13-4 after this fight and ended on a 10 fight win streak before he retired. Notabale wins include Gonzaga rematch and a win over Roy Nelson.

[@andreja2726]

This is the worse fight for CroCop, never seen him being so dominated and has no answer at all. It's like watching some amateur fighter, scared and impressed. I'm sure he could beat Junior with no problem at all..but JDS won, hat down

[@СерёгаСветин]

Сразу лайк ставлю когда вижу лежачего на полу со сломанным носом хорвата!!! 👏👏👏👍👍👍🔥🔥🔥

[@ry5rtrjtyku]

А почему Хорватов не любите? За что?

[@tegerankhafizov8334]

Мерзко и печально , уже даже на тот момент , ветерана, легенду пустили под молодой каток. Кто бы ч о не говорил . Пик и расцвет мужчин бойцов 25-31 . в независимости от веса

[@bojanfrntic8596]

Not so much peak depends of genetcs.traning.injuries.food selction. Look Cormier. Jones or Miočić

[@MrBen2177]

It’s was so satisfying to see (pre Cain) Junior fight. He had power, energy and looseness that most HW’s lackx Took many shots though even early in his career.

[@masamasa3366]

歳だな　昔ならミドル　ハイで終わってた　キレが無い

[@javiermorales365]

Cro cop was past his prime when he entered the ufc that was one problem, he had to adapt to different rules another problem, he had to fight guys in their primes and in pride he fought lots of cans but he also beat some real great fighters. It was just a stacked deck on him similar to shogun and wanderlei it’s hard for them to adjust to the cage rules

[@hassesouza]

Mirko in the UFC no longer had knockout power, no power at all due to the low levels of his hormones, yet he fought with a warrior's heart mirko from pride would knock out gypsy and many other fighters for sure