Just when you thought you'd seen the last of Mirko 'Cro Cop' Filipovic and Aleksander Emelianenko, Eastern European MMA promotion: Legend MMA have gone booked the pair for a rematch.
The two originally faced off 9 years ago back at PRIDE: Final Conflict where Emelianenko fell victim, in the first-round, to the very head kick that 'Cro Cop' was renowned for back in his prime. The win set Filipovic up for a superfight against Aleksander's older brother (and at one time arguably the best heavyweight MMA fighter of all-time) Fedor Emelianenko.
Fast forward 9 years to 2013 and we find ourselves facing the very real booking of a rematch between two heavyweights who are arguably pushing to keep the curtains open on careers that should have essentially closed a long time ago. My reasoning behind my last statement is that, neither fighters have attained the level of success that they found once upon a time in the 'PRIDE FC' organisation in Japan. Aleks Emelianenko is coming off a fight against perennial pushover Bob Sapp and Cro Cop has returned to kickboxing following a very disappointing stint in the UFC where he was (at one stage) trying to comeback from three back-to-back(-to-back lol) KO losses.
BLACKZILLA's TIP: I don't think history will repeat itself, Mirko Cro Cop has looked sluggish and slow lately, and i very highly question the ability of his chin's ability to defend against the hands of the younger Emelianenko whilst wearing 4-pound MMA gloves. Emelianenko by KO.
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