***Should Mirko Cro Cop fight @ 205**

[Asmodeus]

Mirko is a very big HW, don’t be confused. Most Heavyweight fighters don’t need to cut weight to fight because they know they won’t reach the limit (some of them have to, like Lesnar). This means most Heavyweights fight at their natural weight, being able to perform with the same speed and power as they trained for.

Mirko Cro Cop does not cut weight, he fights at his natural weight. And by all means he is a very light HW fighter. Below are his last 11 fights, and how much he weighed. It is amazing that he has had an average weight of 221 pounds. His maximum weight was 228 pounds almost 3 years ago and his minimum weigh has been 215 pounds, TWICE.



1. DREAM 6 YouTube - Mirko Cro Cop Filipovi VS Alistair Overeem Part 1 of 4 intro only, no fight ! (Weighed 225.9 pounds)
2. DREAM 1 YouTube - Mirko Crocop vs. Tatsuya Mizuno (DREAM.1) (Weighed 222 pounds)
3. UFC 75 UFC 75: Weigh-in results for ‘Champion vs. Champion’ event in London (Official) at UFC blog for UFC news, results, videos, rumors, fights, pics and tickets — MMAmania.com (Weighed 220 pounds)
4. UFC 70 UFC 70 Weigh-in Results (Weighed 225)
5. UFC 67 UFC 67 Weigh-In Results - MMA on Tap (223 pounds)
6. PRIDE vs. Josh Barnett – Final Conflict Absolute YouTube - 2006.09.10. - Mirko Filipovic CroCop vs Josh Barnett part1 (223 pounds)
7. PRIDE vs. Wanderlei – Final Conflict Absolute YouTube - 2006.09.10.- Mirko Filipovic CroCop vs Wanderlei Silva part1 (223 pounds)
8. PRIDE – Critical Countdown absolute YouTube - 2006.07.01. Mirko Filipovic CroCop vs Hidehiko Yoshida part1 (216 pounds)
9. PRIDE – Total Elimination Absolute YouTube - 2006.05.05. - Mirko Filipovic CroCop vs Ikuhisa Minowa (215 pounds)
10. PRIDE – Shockwave YouTube - 2005.12.31. - Mirko Filipovic CroCop vs Mark Hunt part1 (215 pounds)
11. PRIDE – Fully Loaded YouTube - Mirko CroCop Filipovic vs. Josh Barnett 1st Fight (228 pounds)

Of all the opponents he fought in his last 11 fights, 8 out of them outweighed Mirko. However, 2 out of the remaining 3 opponents were only outweighed by Mirko because they were fighters from lower weight classes. That means that Mirko has been outweighed 88.89% of the time in his last 11 fights (8 out of 9).

• Alistair Overeem weighed 241.8 pounds (-15.9 pounds disadvantage)
• Tatsuya Mizuno weighed 210 pounds (+12 pounds advantage)
• Cheick Kongo weighed 231 pounds (-11 pounds disadvantage)
• Gabriel Gonzaga weighed 243 pounds (-18 pounds disadvantage)
• Eddie Sanchez weighed 229 pounds (-6 pounds disadvantage)
• Wanderlei Silva weighed 218 pounds (+5 pounds advantage)
• Josh Barnett weighed 247 pounds (-24 pounds disadvantage)
• Hidehiko Yoshida weighed 226 pounds (-10 pounds disadvantage)
• Ikusha Minowa weighed 181 pounds (+34 pounds advantage)
• Mark Hunt weighed 250 pounds (-35 pounds disadvantage)
• Josh Barnet weighed 261 pounds (-33 pounds disadvantage)

Cro cop has an average disadvantage of 9.26 pounds per match, which is very bad,, but this is only because he fought 2 guys that weren’t even on his weight class (Wanderlei and Ikusha Minowa), if you remove those open weight bouts he has a 15.65 pound disadvantage.

He looks big as a HW, however he somehow doesn’t have much weight and if he could cut 10-15 pounds he could easily make 205. EASILY. Guys like Anderson Silva walk around 220 and cut to 185, with proper strength and conditioning coaches, Mirko could cut to 205 easily.

In this division he could exploit his size and build to outwork and outmuscle any of his opponents, Mirko already looks big in HW, in LHW he would be a monster. His strength will allow him to shrug off many takedown attempts and escape from nasty positions with more ease, allowing him to keep the fight standing, and he has a pretty good chance of being successful with his build and his skills at this weight class.

Another person that weights little is Fedor. However Fedor has a much higher average weight, and walks around a little bit heavier than Mirko. Mirko has a HW body and is able to fight at LHW. Why not????


Has he never thought of this? Has he talked about this? What do you guys think?? Discuss.

[Burst-Shot]

hes lost all the hype round here. shame really, he won't even try and cut to 205

has he ever thought of this. ( i shake my head )

[Asmodeus]

TTT...

No one knows if he considered this before???
No one has opinions on this?

[Hi Tek]

it might be hard on his body, i assume he cuts a little bit of weight even at HW, he weighs in around 225-230 am i right? i bet he could but maybe hes not willing to make scarifices like that

[LEAFS_NATION]

Ya i really think he is too small to fight at HW as he gives up way to much size to all other hws ,he is at a disadvantage in strength to. I think a drop to lhw esp in the UFC would provide alot of good matchups for Mirko and us the fans.

Mirko vs any below would be awsome...

Lidell
Rampage
Wanderlei
Shogun
Sokadoju
Machida
Forrest
Anderson Silva (if he moved up for another fight)

The list could go on and on . I wish he considered moving down

[inetwarrior]

cro cop at 100% is nearly unbeatable just because he sucked as for late doenst make him a less fighter overall. he was the guy you wanted to watch the most because of his splitsecond knockouts.. the fights he put on with big nog and fedor were one of the greatest ever..

[AdamG]

I'd like to see him fight a number of guys at 205 - Chuck, Machida and Rampage all come to mind.

[WaCkO92]

Originally Posted by Hi Tek

it might be hard on his body, i assume he cuts a little bit of weight even at HW, he weighs in around 225-230 am i right? i bet he could but maybe hes not willing to make scarifices like that

why would he cut weight?

[Halfway]

I think Mirko @ 205 would be awesome.

[techlogik]

I was thinking this the other day. He's unfortunately at a size where he can't make 205 and be strong, yet he faces guys 20-50lbs more often and taller.

Tough to fight heavy at his size/weight.