Is Mirco CroCop still one of the best Heavyweights in the world?

Question

I don't know, he had so much notoriety and stature in Pride. Then he lost those two fights in the UFC and he's not regarded as a top fighter anymore. (two fights!) It's like you win one minute and your the best, you lose another minute and you suck.

Would you consider Mirco CroCop still as a top fighter?

Where do you think he stacks up along the all-time greats?

Is he an MMA hall-of-famer?

Would you consider him an MMA Icon? legend?

Is he one of the best that ever did it?

Is he someone good to study and look-up to if your an up-and-coming MMA fighter?

Answer 1

jack is spot on about cro cop, but lets leave the gracies out of it.

given cro cops list of opponents it is very unlikely he is scared of ralek.

no one in the gracie family would have the balls to fight cro cop, except renzo who would fight anyone on earth for free.

sakuraba beat four gracies (royler, renzo, royce and ryan) and begged rickson to get in the ring with him.  

we all saw what cro cop did to sakuraba.

cro cop is a top 20 heavyweight in the world who has fought some of the best fighters on the planet.  leave it at that.

Answer 2

He is still world class in kickboxing in my opinion,but never reached any hights in mma because of a lack of a ground game.

Answer 3

Well put Matt P.

Answer 4

He's still in my top 10, and many other peoples. Btw his name is spelled Mirko.

Answer 5

Not one of the best, but he is still good. Depends on how well he has progressed on the ground. He was scared to fight Ralek Gracie so I doubt he has any ground game.

Best ever. LOL, not even close man. He has a glass jaw. A legend, hmmm, wouldn't go that far. Him getting knocked out by Gonzaga was legendary, so you are close.

His stand up is good. Do not study his ground game because he HAS NONE. You want to study someone? Study any legendary Gracie like Rickson, Rorion, or Royce. Those are legends in the fight game. Cro Cop is not even close to that.