Cro Cop returns to the big scene

in #sports7 years ago

Bellator officials announced that Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović (36-11-2 MMA), former Pride and UFC veteran and one of the best heavyweights ever, signed for the second best mma world organisation in the world. Mirko gets a chance to revenge his third round TKO loss which happened at UFC 137 event on October, 2011. against another hard hitter and long time mma veteran, Roy "Big Country" Nelson(23-15 MMA) . The clash is set at Bellator 200 event in London on May 25th.

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Cro Cop is currently on impressive 8-fight win streak, including three victories in three consecutive days at the end of the 2016 which secured him Rizin's Grand Prix title. In 2017, he had only one fight and that was a first minute TKO win on the New Year's Eve against Tsuyoshi Kosaka. With 43 years on his back and incredible form, he still surely has something to share with mma public as he easily went through much younger opponents as King Mo and Amir Aliakbari were. Also, it is interesting fact that till now Mirko has never lost in a rematch fight.

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41 year old Roy Nelson left UFC heavyweight roster last year and joined Bellator. His current score is not so fascinating as Cro Cop's as he has only 3 wins in 9 bouts, but all losses come from the top hevyweights like Hunt, Overeem, Barnett etc. Since he has joined Bellator he won in his debut against Javy Ayala and then lost against Matt Mitrione which eliminated him from Bellator's heavyweight grand prix. Lately, Nelson called out Mirko for a fight and his wish come true. It's worth saying that these two have a lot respect for each other and the clash will certainly mark a great sports rivalry.
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