Video: Cro Cop Talks Injuries, His Storied Career and His Future in MMA

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During a media scrum ahead of his UFC 119 bout with Frank Mir, Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic was asked about his career, his future in MMA and whether or not chasing a title is in his plans.
When asked where he sees himself in the…


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During a media scrum ahead of his UFC 119 bout with Frank Mir, Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic was asked about his career, his future in MMA and whether or not chasing a title is in his plans.

When asked where he sees himself in the UFC’s heavyweight division, Cro Cop danced around the question like a politician.

"I see myself only Saturday night in front of Frank Mir. That’s where I can see myself so far."

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Video: The Reem Episode 6 – The Career of Alistair Overeem

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Our favorite online MMA biography series, The Reem, is back after a two-month hiatus and the latest offering proves it was well worth the wait.
In this episode, Alistair explains how he got into mixed martial ar…


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Our favorite online MMA biography series, The Reem, is back after a two-month hiatus and the latest offering proves it was well worth the wait.

In this episode, Alistair explains how he got into mixed martial arts and talks about the early days of his career when promoters couldn’t find an opponent in Holland to face him.

He also details his fights with PRIDE and the behind the scenes things that were going on his life that contributed to the series of losses he dropped, which is interesting to hear his account of, but it’s during this portion that you realize just how slick the production of these videos really is.

One story I had never heard before that "Demolition Man" tells in this segment is how he came to fight in K-1 on a whim against Badr Hari to shut up the Dutch-born Moroccan who had been incessantly dogging him to face him in a kickboxing match.

Regretfully, there is no mention of horsemeat or Fedor ducking him this time around, but there’s always episode 7.


Backstage With Mauro Ranallo, Former Pride Announcer

Mauro Ranallo was the former announcer for PRIDE FC and is the current announcer for Showtime.
Ranallo sat down with MMAFighting.com just before the Strikeforce: Houston event to talk about some of the high’s and lows of his career.

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Mauro Ranallo was the former announcer for PRIDE FC and is the current announcer for Showtime.

Ranallo sat down with MMAFighting.com just before the Strikeforce: Houston event to talk about some of the high’s and lows of his career.

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Mark Hunt is Really Taking His UFC Opportunity Seriously

 (Who the hell is this guy? I thought you said Mark Hunt was coming here.)
Former PRIDE and K-1 star Mark Hunt is taking his last kick at the can of his mixed martial arts career seriously as evidenced by the photo above. Not only has he transform…

 
(Who the hell is this guy? I thought you said Mark Hunt was coming here.)

Former PRIDE and K-1 star Mark Hunt is taking his last kick at the can of his mixed martial arts career seriously as evidenced by the photo above. Not only has he transformed his body from its rotund former self, he has also joined American Top Team, where he will spend the last month of his training camp preparing for his September 25 UFC debut opposite former fellow super heavyweight, Sean McCorkle at UFC 119 in Indianapolis.

Hunt’s critics have always pointed to his lack of conditioning and the fact that he didn’t train with a top-tier team in his native New Zealand as the reasons why he never got past his role as gatekeeper in PRIDE. Even fights that Hunt was winning, he always seemed to find a way to lose, usually as a result of his lack of cardio or his lack of a ground game.

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Wanderlei Reflects On His Early Days of Fighting and the Hardships He Overcame With a Little Help From His Friends

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If you can make it through the terrible music without poking your eardrums out with a Slim Jim, this short Wanderlei Silva retrospective is definitely a good watch.The video opens with Wand heading to the hospital…

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If you can make it through the terrible music without poking your eardrums out with a Slim Jim, this short Wanderlei Silva retrospective is definitely a good watch.

The video opens with Wand heading to the hospital for knee surgery, which, be forewarned if you have a weak disposition, they catalogue in graphic detail.

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25 Full Fights From The Age Of PRIDE FC: Fedor, Rua, Rampage, And More

What is PRIDE?
The dictionary defines PRIDE as:
1. A sense of one’s own proper dignity or value; self-respect.
2. Pleasure or satisfaction taken in an achievement, possession, or association
MMA fans add a third definition. Fans define PRIDE as t…

What is PRIDE?
The dictionary defines PRIDE as:
1. A sense of one’s own proper dignity or value; self-respect.
2. Pleasure or satisfaction taken in an achievement, possession, or association
MMA fans add a third definition. Fans define PRIDE as the greatest mixed martial arts orginazation of all time.
Unfortunately PRIDE no longer exists. Plagued by tax problems and over […]

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25 Full Fights From The Age Of PRIDE FC: Fedor, Rua, Rampage, And More