LAS VEGAS – Stipe Miocic certainly looked the part of famous Croatian fighter Mirko Filipovic, wearing similar checkered shorts to those that “Cro Cop” often sported.
But Miocic’s opponent Shane Del Rosario was actually the more effective striker, mimicking Filipovic’s famous high kicks.
In the end, though, standing strikes played no part in the clash of undefeateds, and Miocic ended Del Rosario’s perfect record on the ground with brutalizing elbows.