MrPerfect
MuscleChemistry Guru
this past weekend at ufc 119, frank mir knockedout cro cop after a horrible 3 rounds of CRAP... but something was funny, they were both chatting from time to time in the center of the ring...
crocop gave an interview the nxt day... here it is (check ring conversation at bottom of interview)
also NO knockout bonus was awarded to Mir because of this (or so sources say)
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INTERVIEWER: How do you feel?
CC: I am feeling sorry because of fight, I just get caught, congratulate to Mir, he landed very good knee, I really didn't see it coming.
INTERVIEWER:the fact is you were coequal with Mir, who is one of the best UFC fighters, but there was many booooos in the auditorium. What do you think?
CC: I don't know, maybe people expected more agressive fight but I wasn't prepared best, all the injuries, I came into the fight with 100 kilos, I lost 6 kilos in 10 days, feeling little sick, so that's why I couldn't force the tempo in the fight till the last round, then I decided to go hard but...he caught me, that's the sport, someone has to lose...but overall a think I didn't embarrass myself, because I accepted the fight in last minute, and Frank Mir is fighter who beat Lesnar, Minotaur, Kongo in 30 sec...off course I am feeling sorry for the lose, that was my great chance...I feel I was able to finish him in third...similar like in fight with Pat Barry, but...
I want to thank everyone...
INTERVIEWER:what is next?
CC: I am going home to take a shower (laughing) and then we will see...
INTERVIEWER: more fights?
CC: after Barry I said that is all, but you saw that I am not "man of the word" (laughing). I have two more fights and knowing me I think I will do them...You know how they say: it is easy to push frog in the water...that's my life...but first I need to heal the wounds, I had some injuries before the fight, my back, knee...this year no way I will fight..
INTERVIEWER:eye?
CC: it is ok.
INTERVIEWER: fight with Mir?
CC
verall I don't think he was dominant in any segment of the game till that knee...Mir is their two time champion, they have big plans with him, although he was knocked out in his last fight, and that's the man who will dominate in the UFC for many years...I think the fight would be much better, with much more strikes, maybe also shorter, if I was better prepared, but my coach Hypollite told me not to go in the exchange till the last round, to play smart..that's what I was doing...
trust me I feel I am going to hang up myself, but I cannot run from my skin...
INTERVIEWER: what you were talking in the octogon?
CC (smile): I said to him first come on lets fight(fistfight) in the center of the octogon, he said come on lets go on the ground, I said ok, if I am on the top...he said we will stay here...
Yes I could push him harder in clinch but I didn't want to waste the energy because he is lot heavier, and that position was fine with me, I could do knees, and I was waiting for referee to break...
he caught me good and it is strange that my chin is not broke, it is ok, he was going back, to avoid the fight and boom, but the plan was to wait till the last two minutes, I was scared he could catch my leg, and put me done, and trust me I am not afraid of his skills on the ground, I am very good at the ground too, but I was afraid that he will spend my energy easily, but at the end it seems that I was better prepared than him, although I took the fight in the last minute...
crocop gave an interview the nxt day... here it is (check ring conversation at bottom of interview)
also NO knockout bonus was awarded to Mir because of this (or so sources say)
----------------------------
INTERVIEWER: How do you feel?
CC: I am feeling sorry because of fight, I just get caught, congratulate to Mir, he landed very good knee, I really didn't see it coming.
INTERVIEWER:the fact is you were coequal with Mir, who is one of the best UFC fighters, but there was many booooos in the auditorium. What do you think?
CC: I don't know, maybe people expected more agressive fight but I wasn't prepared best, all the injuries, I came into the fight with 100 kilos, I lost 6 kilos in 10 days, feeling little sick, so that's why I couldn't force the tempo in the fight till the last round, then I decided to go hard but...he caught me, that's the sport, someone has to lose...but overall a think I didn't embarrass myself, because I accepted the fight in last minute, and Frank Mir is fighter who beat Lesnar, Minotaur, Kongo in 30 sec...off course I am feeling sorry for the lose, that was my great chance...I feel I was able to finish him in third...similar like in fight with Pat Barry, but...
I want to thank everyone...
INTERVIEWER:what is next?
CC: I am going home to take a shower (laughing) and then we will see...
INTERVIEWER: more fights?
CC: after Barry I said that is all, but you saw that I am not "man of the word" (laughing). I have two more fights and knowing me I think I will do them...You know how they say: it is easy to push frog in the water...that's my life...but first I need to heal the wounds, I had some injuries before the fight, my back, knee...this year no way I will fight..
INTERVIEWER:eye?
CC: it is ok.
INTERVIEWER: fight with Mir?
CC
verall I don't think he was dominant in any segment of the game till that knee...Mir is their two time champion, they have big plans with him, although he was knocked out in his last fight, and that's the man who will dominate in the UFC for many years...I think the fight would be much better, with much more strikes, maybe also shorter, if I was better prepared, but my coach Hypollite told me not to go in the exchange till the last round, to play smart..that's what I was doing...trust me I feel I am going to hang up myself, but I cannot run from my skin...
INTERVIEWER: what you were talking in the octogon?
CC (smile): I said to him first come on lets fight(fistfight) in the center of the octogon, he said come on lets go on the ground, I said ok, if I am on the top...he said we will stay here...
Yes I could push him harder in clinch but I didn't want to waste the energy because he is lot heavier, and that position was fine with me, I could do knees, and I was waiting for referee to break...
he caught me good and it is strange that my chin is not broke, it is ok, he was going back, to avoid the fight and boom, but the plan was to wait till the last two minutes, I was scared he could catch my leg, and put me done, and trust me I am not afraid of his skills on the ground, I am very good at the ground too, but I was afraid that he will spend my energy easily, but at the end it seems that I was better prepared than him, although I took the fight in the last minute...
