CHECK THE UF70 RESULTS.
Howdy UFC Fans, Dan here from UFC-Fights.com just checking in an article about my thoughts of Crop Cop’s fight against Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC70.
I just had a few thoughts on the last match Cro Cop had against Eddie Sanchez at UFC67. For me it was a highly anticipated fight because Crop Cop was one of my favorite fighters in PRIDE and it was certainly a great signing for us to get him into the UFC!
I watched Cro Cop stalk Eddie Sanchez and you could tell he was eyeing him up for a big punch or kick. There was one kick that almost connected like a mawashi geri jodan (my roots are karate so meh) that’s a roundhouse kick to the head to us regular joes. That’s one of Cro Cop’s biggest weapons and to quote what he said about his fight against Eddie Sanchez:
“Left leg to the hospital, right leg to the cemetary”
Man, that’s brutal! I honestly got the feeling that he was going to KILL Eddie Sanchez. I felt bad for Eddie, he had 6 fights under his belt versus Cro Cops 21 wins at the time. That was reeking of inexperience and that’s why I wsa thinking that this fight was goign to produce either a big frikking upset or as predicted a knockout or TKO win for Cro Cop. 4 and a half minutes into the first round and we got our TKO.
Now think of Gabriel Gonzaga…
7 wins and 1 loss (incidentally to Fabricio Werdum on the same UFC70 Fight Card). He’s had two previous fights in the Octagon so he’s not completely new to the UFC. This could be a big factor in this matchup, also the fact that he’s tagged as being a submission master and looking at his short record he has a few KO/TKO stoppages in there also. He seems well rounded.
Cro Cop’s strengths are all on one side, left punches, big left kick - ask Wanderlei or Aleksander Emelianenko ;) I am just worried that he might get taken down and subbed, simple as! Experience is on his side, he’s had a decision loss against Mark Hunt (forget that), Big Nog, Kevin Randleman and Fedor Emelianenko (when’s he coming to the UFC?!?!?!?!). Three quality opponents he’s lost against.
Final thing before I get my ass out for breakfast… Cro Cop didn’t get to fight Big Nog (who’s now in the UFC) again nor did he get to fight Fedor again (so maybe Dana & co should sign him!).
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