There was a collective groan in Manchester, England’s M.E.N. Arena near the end of the first round of the heavyweight bout between Gabriel Gonzaga and Mirko Cro Cop in April of 2007, mainly because most fans believed that when referee Herb Dean stood the two fighters up after a dominant ground attack by Gonzaga, the Brazilian’s best chance of winning against the feared Croatian striker had gone by the wayside.Gonzaga, the underdog against the former PRIDE star, could deal with the restart by Dean. What he couldn’t understand were the odds against him.“I remember that I was the underdog and I d … Read the Full Article Here
Gonzaga: Better the Second Time Around
There was a collective groan in Manchester, England’s M.E.N. Arena near the end of the first round of the heavyweight bout between Gabriel Gonzaga and Mirko Cro Cop in April of 2007, mainly because most fans believed that when referee Herb Dean stood the two fighters up after a dominant ground attack by Gonzaga, the Brazilian’s best chance of winning against the feared Croatian striker had gone by the wayside.Gonzaga, the underdog against the former PRIDE star, could deal with the restart by Dean. What he couldn’t understand were the odds against him.“I remember that I was the underdog and I d … Read the Full Article Here