Bulletin for July 1st
MMA
Mirko wins via 1rd TKO
photos by DSE INC
Mirko Cro Cop Filipović put up another decent performance. He beat brave japanese judokai Hidehiko Yoshida with a brilliantly executed gameplan: combination of accurate punches and devastating low-kicks destroyed Yoshida. Interesting fact is that Mirko was using mostly his right leg as a weapon with Yoshida's left thigh as his main target, and that move was - surprise or not - a crucial for today fight. Clearly injured and unable to stand up Yoshida refused to tap-out, which made both Mirko and a referee a slightly confused, specially problematic was a referee who made a similar mistake in Fujita/Silva fight when also he was too undecisive in stopping/ending the fight. Apparently the fight was stopped, maybe even by towel thrown from Yoshida's corner. At the end Mirko showed his respect and sportmanship with helping Yoshida to get back into his corner. After the fight Mirko said (something like): - "I admire Yoshida's courage, looking forward to the final round."
Two questions about Mirko's condition, in my opinon, stayed unanswered:
- What is really going on with his physical condition, cause once again he looked exhausted and very tired after only 4-5 minutes in the 1st round
- Was an idea of using mostly right leg just a part of his gameplan or his left leg is still causing him troubles
I wanna end this with Mirko's thought before the 1st round of GP:
- "I sincirely believe that I can win the belt this year, I think that all the jinxes are behind me now... I'm focused on my goal and it's time for me to have some luck too. Grand finale of this year GP is scheduled for 10th of September – exactly on my birthday - symbolic or not..."
GP results:
A. Rodrigo Nogueira - Fabricio Werdum
Nogueira via 3-0 judge decision
Josh Barnett - Mark Hunt
Barnett via 1st round submisson
Wanderlei Silva - Kazuyuki Fujita
Silva via 1st round KO
Mirko Fiiipović - Hidehiko Yoshida
Filipović via 1st round TKO
MMA
Rickson... hmmm - Zelg by armbar
Croatian MMA fighter Zelg Galešić defeated his respectable opponent Curtis Stout of USA by submission in the 1st round of their middleweight bout. Zelg executed an armbar and therefore created an upset of the night on the Cage Rage 17 - Ultimate Challenege Tournament
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