MMA: Mixed martial arts

By rss@youtube.com (LexLuthorPWB) On December 23, 2008, Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem joined Lex and Ian on the PWB Podcast Hotline. Overeem discussed his controversial fight against Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović, and the war of words that has transpired since the fight. For the full interview, as well a...

By Nate Lawson 5. Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (UFC 70) 6. Anderson Silva vs. Hayato Sakurai (Shooto: “To the top 7”) 8. Randy Couture vs. Tim Sylvia (UFC 68) 10.  BJ Penn vs. Matt Hughes (UFC 46) Anderson Silva vs. Daiju Takase (Pride 26) Randy Couture vs. Chuck Liddell (UFC 43)

By MMAjunkie.com Staff [mmajunkie-staff] A heavyweight clash between Ben Rothwell (30-7 MMA, 0-1 UFC) and Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic (25-7-2 MMA, 2-3 UFC) is likely to take place in February at UFC 110. Although not officially announced by the UFC, UFC 110 is expected to take place Feb 21. The event, which takes place at Acer Arena, ma...

By Jesse Holland Famed heavyweight striker Mirko Filipovic (25-7-2) is reportedly considering a return to the Octagon to face fellow MMA transplant Ben Rothwell (30-7) at UFC 110, tentatively scheduled for the Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia, on Feb. 21 according to Sherdog.com. “Cro Cop” threw in the to...

By Kris Karkoski Cro Cop (25-7-2) returned to the UFC in June with a first-round TKO of Mustapha Al-Turk, but suffered a third-round submission due to strikes against Junior dos Santos in September. For the latest UFC 110 rumors check out the MMAFrenzy.com UFC rumors section.

Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic might have fought his last battle in the Octagon at UFC 103 versus Junior Dos Santos. The younger and hungrier Brazilian used his superb skills to take out the Croatian, who appears to have lost his spark to compete: “Maybe the ones who have said that I’m done are rig...

By Justin Saturday night at UFC 103, the MMA legend Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic took to the Octagon again, in hopes of proving that he was still the fighter we saw in Pride, and that he could perform in the UFC. His opponent, Junior dos Santos, beat the once feared striker to the punch throughout the fight...

By Chart Topper There are those MMA fans who find Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic to be aloof, or disrespectful to the sport, but that’s very far from the truth. First we showed you a older video of Filipovic defending Nogueira, and now we bring you an example of his respect for Randy “The Natural” Couture. The video takes place just after Couture defeated Gonzaga(who brutally ko’d Cro Cop.) Enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5bf6uFI2QE There are those MMA fans who find Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic to be aloof, or disrespectful to the sport, but that’s very far from the truth. First we showed you a older video of Filipovic defending Nogueira, and now we bring you an example of his respect for Randy “The Natural” Couture. The [...]   [read the full post]

By japsican Eddie Alvarez def. Andre “Dida” Amade by TKO at 6:47, R1 Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic def. Tatsuya Mizuno by TKO (Strikes) at 0:56, R1 Luiz “Buscape” Firmino def. Kazuyuki Miyata by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 7:37, R1 Ikuhisa Minowa def. Lee Gwan by Submission (Kneebar) at 1:25, R1

By The Prophet Technorati Tags: MMA, mixed martial arts, Mirko Cro Cop, DREAM, Tatsuyna Mizuno, Series of Tubes, Japan The debut card of DREAM is underway in Japan and since its nearly 4 AM here on the west coast and the only people up are either a) intoxicated b) deranged or c) MMA geeks like me I’m going to...

By Ariel Helwani BJ Penn’s victory over Joe Stevenson The way the Sherk situation was handled on the UFC 80 telecast Mike Swick vs. Josh Burkman, Patrick Côté vs. Drew McFedries and the rest of the UFC Fight Night 12 card Andrei Arolovski, Mirko Cro Cop and Evan Tanner’s UFC future