PRIDE Absolute 2006: Mirko Cro Cop vs Wanderlei Silva 

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It really was

Yeah everyone was wearing TAPOUT GEAR

PRIDE was better and more exciting than modern UFC or any UFC Era really

But then lose to the GOAT.. Fedor

@@nickb.6726 I think he already lost to Fedor the year before this fight.

@@MISTERPERFECT3806 you think wrong

​@@nickb.6726 Fedor fight was 2005, this is 2006

Hardly! Got lucky with his left kick there!

That is exactly what happened, wow.

Facts, Fedor Is the only one I can think of during this time to figure out how to block body and head against Cro Cop

@@BenDover-de7tffedor is the goat

​@@BenDover-de7tf Well, Mark Hunt was even more impressive. He didnt block at all. Took head kicks like a champ, then just shrugged it off 😅

Cro cop e mau mandou wanderley pra lanternagem .

Nice joke.

Had me in the first half.

Taj tvoj silvi je NEANDRENTALO😂❤

Lmao

Yeah Silva got a head hard as a bowling ball😅😅😅

Yeah he was damn quick, and precise ..just the right timing, accuracy, and power from good form. Super quick!...cause Silva was really quick in this one.

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Yup. He fought a perfect fight here, absolutely perfect. He made wandy look like the crazy brawler that he is

I'm not into mma. But I think I'm going to get into it now

I agree! And, they'll NEVER find another to rival that crazy screaming lady who would give each fighter their grand introduction at the start of each tournament.

@@garlandpoolfredpool Oh yes the screaming Pride lady lol...I couldn't understand what she was saying half the time but she bring so much energy...Miss her. Miss the intelligent Japanese crowd who applauded like they were watching a play at every good jiu jitsu transition, miss the entrances, miss the lighting, miss the fact that everyone had unique outfits that represented their style and country, miss the Pride music after every win and confetti, miss the camera work that made you feel like you were right in the action...Hell even miss the red cards even though fighters hated it it made them ramp up the action when things got boring

​@@kevin.itruth6880she did a couple of ONE events. Not sure if she still does or it was Rizin, can't remember

that’s why Dana and the brothers were worried and bought Pride out

@@truthreignsforever9286 Well Pride was already dieing because Japan cracked down on the Yakuza who were funding Pride big time. Along with the crackdown they lost alot of sponsors who didnt want to be associated any longer because of the controversy so Zuffa saw their opportunity to move in for a good price.

The wandering egg got humbled

"He has to do job is job"

Mogu samo zamislit kakva je atmosfera bila

What did Wanderlei say ?

If I'm not wrong Fabricio Was there in Croatia training Mirko around that time, or 1 year before maybe !

the staredown in the first fight is something else!!! Check it out! :D

OknbbFyrew and the other two were just wondering about how much

I believe that Cro Cop was a soldier right? If so it would explain his cold demeanor in the opening staredown

@@josephwolfe9681 He is a "Cop" that is why Crop Cop : Croatian Cop but not just an ordinary cop but Lučko Anti-Terrorist Unit, , Croatia's elite Police Special Forces tactical unit.

@@josephwolfe9681 True, also Mirko is Eastern European, and Wanderlei is South American. Differentr breeds

The hardest era of fighting 💯

The 90s and early 2000s was a absolute golden age of combat sports I don’t care who you are mma was peak with some of the best moments and greatest scraps I don’t know if we’ll ever have it as good as this

Um guerreiro que já matou pessoas de verdade até com. Uma faca.

"Mirko's best fight " +1 , and the worse fight was versus Fedor

@@pacocarrion7869 Ok

"The opponent" 😅 ...damn, Wanderlei got worked 😂

@@SaooMii U potpunosti se slažem s tobom

Wonderlei is a monster. I wouldn't fight him. And he got destroyed.

So much of the early days was zero action lie-on-top-of-each-other fights.

It has everything to do with the fact that it was a Japanese owned company and the respect that a Japanese audience has for its gladiators of any combat sport. The fighters would tell you that its a completely different atmosphere because your average Japanese audience has a higher fight IQ than most so there was an incentive to put on the best match for the audience. Now, if a fight goes to the ground for 30 seconds, the crowd starts booing. Mostly bc they dont understand the fight on a technical level to appreciate whats actually happening.

no it wasnt. brtiliant fireworks like this were rare just mostly passive ground games on both sides. that's why it failed. you should really watch pride full fights vast majority was boring as fuck.

Thats the way I feel too. Life was good and there was Pride FC :D :D I'm not kidding I loved it. Multiple times viewing same fights!!! I do appreciate UFC very much and watch fights now and then and other promotions fights too, but I just dont get the same 'kick' anymore. Its maybe 'cause I got older, not that 'cos fights are not as good nowadays.....OR ARE THEY :D :D :D jes' joking.

@@codyleger1750Cody Leger from Louisiana?

His boxing IS sont much better in this second fight.

its important to note that wanderlei was already wearing out as a fighter when he had this second fight. he was not the monster he used to be.

Wanderlei wasn't the same guy at this point, either. He probably took more damage than any other fighter in Pride but also dealt just as much!

This is true and why I wish top boxers would do the same thing Mirko did. I know the money is the main reason but it's not far fetched that a top guy from another combat sport can like you said TRANSITION to MMA. Crocop and Cung Le did it. Takes time but it worked out. But yea, money, Fury and Joshua ain't making 50 million in UFC and they are older.

Crocop was definitely number 3 1 - Fedor 2 - Minotaur

That punch was devastating. It broke his orbital bone. Absolutely Brutal

I just can't comprehend how Brandan Schaub was able to down Cro Cop. I just can't.

​@@drdj2626 Bcs Cro Cop had seven surgeries after winning Pride which was his dream. Hr didn't even plan to go to UFC until they offered him an offer he couldn't say no

​@@drdj2626 Man that wasn't the same Cro Cop Shaub fought. I give him props for winning ofc, but that wasn't a prime Cro Cop anymore.

​@@drdj2626cro was washed up at that point

*right leg hospital left leg cemetary

I think the left leg sends you straight 6 foot under. It bypasses the hospital, morgue, funeral an all. Just straight to hell.

For sure. Beast

​@@efecemylmaz2524 it can be translated to both from Croatian.

Epiphany??

The level of drugs was always there to be seen

@@Nonegiven14582 i like it

@@claudiojaoliveira Is it all a drugs thing? Like Amir Khan and Conor Benn?

@@Nonegiven14582 drugs, training, blood and violence

@@claudiojaoliveira Is that what they do in this drugs sport? Take drugs? Doesn't that make it all a sham?

😂😂

@@ssgootyj crazy how long they gave him.

True

Right? Fuck I didn't know you could go to the emergency room between rounds

Agreed. It puzzled me

This was his peak. So crisp.

He was 33 here I think, maybe a little past his prime

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@@pulsarlights2825 32. This is him winning the Pride Grand Prix.

@@mr.brenman2132 He looked unbeatable that night, so I was glad Barnett got a decision win over Big Nog..Rather Cro Cop beat up fat boy Barnett than avenge his loss to Nogueira....Fedor was MIA in that tournament....I think he was injured

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Fax. Prime Cro Cop, Mike Tyson, and Wandy are some of my all time favorite fighters.

You just came over from that short, didn’t you?

@@tyrusmfrechs7025bro copied the top comment too😭

The staredown they had leading up to their first fight was much better.

roids man

@@_3_Digitos_de_QI still around today.

@@majortom331 but not as much as in Pride though, what makes the fights much better

@@_3_Digitos_de_QI Rules were better in Pride, knees on the ground were legal, so that gave wrestlers more risk in shooting for a takedown. The ring was always better than the cage to me, I hate how the top guy uses the cage to stall and keep the bottom guy pinned, causes a "lay and pray" boring fight. Steroids are everywhere, and are never going away, get used to ii...The steroid genie is not going back in the bottle.....The 10 minute first round was great too.....

@@pulsarlights2825 Exactly. Don't forget the yellow card rule to penalize stalling.

I was searching for this comment 🤭 thank you. Best wishes.

@@Paraclef You're welcom and best wishes to you as well.

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Wow. It's even swollen already like crazy

one eye swollen, the other bloody too. no wonder he didnt see that high kick coming

O Wanderlei também se arriscou muito, ele entrou no torneio peso aberto no lugar do Fedor pra se testar contra caras bem pesados, ganhou a primeira, pegou logo o Cro Cop no round seguinte, não deu outra, era bem difícil ele ganhar essa. Apesar disso ele até tentou, entrou com 102 kg lá.

and he was a very small HW, just 220 pounds (no weight cutting) with 6'2 wingspan. He is as big as Paulo Costa!

@@igorcesardealmeida6196now that you say it… bro Paulo is not a middleweight omg. 😰

Their first fight’s staredown was crazier! Hands-down the most intense staredown in Pride.

Joe rogan taught you well son

That punch would kill a cow!!

@hoekandat - He was only a legend in Pride, where fights were often thrown. He sucked in UFC, where things are more above board.

@@endwigast5212 In the UFC, he actually got too old. He had fought in K-1 and 'Pride' for many years. In K-1 and 'Pride' he was in his prime.

@@hoekandat I'm sure age was a factor. Other things: 1) Shape of UFC octagon made it harder for him to trap his opponents into getting head-kicked. 2) Cro Cop became a one-trick pony, making him very predictable. Everyone knew to stay away from his head-kicks. 3) UFC drug-testing made it difficult for Cro Cop to 'roid up as much as before.

​@@endwigast5212UFC drug testing at the time was suspect too.

​@@endwigast5212ufc is fake

Did he ever even do anything bes8des throw punches? Lol. Never seen him to anything technical or even a kick before. Just throwing wild haymakers like a dumb ape.

Never, only wild looping punches, that's what eventually worked against him when fighters started becoming better technical strickers.

The amount of timeouts because he had a boo boo was also pretty incredible- just take the L

Yes, against Brian Stann.

I don’t like him but gotta say I respect his fighting spirit

+T W Not to mention his brutal knockout at the hands of Dan "H-Bomb" Henderson. Wanderlei was an absolute warrior, though. No one can ever take that away from him. 👍

The most intense contender for sure but nothin beats McDonald Lawler 2

Hunt and the Atomic Butt Drop! Man, crazy fight.

a lot of flash memory burned out and Wanderley never evolved from abowe street brawler with uncaulculated wild swinging and pure violence . to bad He was one of best ever

You damn right. Thus version of CRO would have been hell.

Crocop in his absolute prime could have beaten anyone.

​@@Aximus06somewhere Fedor is laughing at you, like me.

Bla bla bla. Ryan Bader not once but twice.... really?? 😂

Foreal, he was never the same after that Gonzaga fight, hurt my heart to see him get handled like that.

After this the Axe was on the downslide he took a beating then got kicked cold out then Henderson just demolished him with a hook then an elbow ouch

Likely Brocken ribs and possibly mild brain bleed. This dude was very scary at his prime.

Eu também, são meus 2 lutadores preferidos.

Me too

You was hooked from the What What?!?!?!?!

Крокоп в этом бою показал вершину мастерства и тактики против такой машины, как Сильва

Look how #CroCop walks away at the right time and comes back with a straight punch to #WanderleySilva's eye, Cro Cop was very focused for this fight.

*Time* 0:54,55

No Pride Wanderlei foi igual ou maior q Crop em termos de grandeza .

Em uma revista na época apontava Wanderley como maior do pride, não pq era o melhor, mas pq em termos de projeção e alavancar o evento ... Wanderley era a marca do pride. Minotauro, Fedor, cro Cop, Wanderley e Shogun foram os maiores

A diferença de peso, tamanho aí era absurda, é como se pusesse para lutar o Whitaker contra o Aspinall. Não deu nem luta .

@@gostodemaisdaroca4052apanhou igual moça kk

Exagero!!!! Wand com 96 quilos nessa luta e crocop com 103. Parece até que o crocop tava com 120 quilos ...galera inventa tudo pra derrota.,cc mil vz melhor!​@@paulosergiosg1

He was tired and getting beat up, he needed it.

Basically lmao like what the fuck was that 😂

This is the biggest fight they had. They wanted to entertain us so they gave him a long break. This shit is still a business bro

@@ThePeacePlant Shill much?

True 💯

Bodied.

Yeah that moment at 5:40. Looks like he’s thinking “dude coulda gone to the hospital, but I guess he’s going somewheres else…”

I see only one, Mirko.

​@@andrewsoldan6050 I see two. Silva is also a legend of the sport.

@@andrewsoldan6050 You sound like a casual

Yeah

@@andrewsoldan6050 , you must go to play soccer

no

Pois é, vendo hoje a gente vê vários erros do wand. Cro cop tinha envergadura e a técnica do wand nunca ia dar certo com um cara bem maior que ele.

That’s amazing you got to see it live. What a fight.

Wanderlei é monstro lutar contra outro monstro mais pesado e ainda na regra do Kickboxing

Vi o Wand num podcast dizendo que sempre o Cro Cop armada o chute ele protegia a cabeça, por isso levava no tronco. Era melhor levar a pancada no tronco do que na cabeça, tanto é que quando pegou na cabeça ele dormiu. Cro Cop botou vários pra dormir com um chute na cabeça, a perna do cara é uma máquina de nocaute. Wand foi muito monstro de aguentar esse tempo todo de luta com Cro Cop. Corajoso demais! 🤟

Lenda ? Onde ? Kkkkkkkm

А чо Кро коп в конце недовольный победил же?

he was 30 years old at this point

PalladuN decline plz bring up his decline prior to losing to mirko.Ill wait

seu rabo

cachorro louco marcou época

Não estava em declinio ele estava no auge.

Definitely! Silva is a true warrior! Dude has been around a long time!

Silva sucks he has a bad attitude he was destroyed and humbled here by a humble and way better warrior, Mirko.

O que estraga da sua pessoa é que é demais arrogante e mais naquela época, ao ponto de ser odiado por muitos, falava mal dos lutadores se achando que ninguém era como ele, a arrogancia custou caro naquela luta

@@leonardolazo9267 bem feito

Silva foi brutalmente 3stupr4d0, arregaçado e espanc4d0... Acho que foi essa luta que deixou ele pancada pelo resto da vida 😢😢😢