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| comment | | "parent_author":"",<br>"parent_permlink":"sports",<br>"author":"cvrlessi",<br>"permlink":"cro-cop-returns-to-the-big-scene",<br>"title":"Cro Cop returns to the big scene",<br>"body":"**Bellator** officials announced that **Mirko \"Cro Cop\" Filipovi\u0107 (36-11-2 MMA)**,<br> former Pride and UFC veteran and one of the best heavyweights ever,<br> signed for the second best mma world organisation in the world. Mirko gets a chance to revenge his third round TKO loss which happened at UFC 137 event on October,<br> 2011. against another hard hitter and long time mma veteran,<br> **Roy \"Big Country\" Nelson(23-15 MMA)** . The clash is set at Bellator 200 event in London on May 25th.\n\n\n![Bellator-200-Cro-Cop-vs.-Nelson.jpg (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmTv9PKyUmfXRdhrNFojMfjuPLRyt1ZuSeaottAV4dLKLp\/Bellator-200-Cro-Cop-vs.-Nelson.jpg)\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fightsite.hr\/repozitorij\/rubrike\/Bellator-200-Cro-Cop-vs.-Nelson.jpg\">Image Source<\/a>\n\n**Cro Cop** is currently on impressive 8-fight win streak,<br> including three victories in three consecutive days at the end of the 2016 which secured him Rizin's Grand Prix title. In 2017,<br> he had only one fight and that was a first minute TKO win on the New Year's Eve against Tsuyoshi Kosaka. With 43 years on his back and incredible form,<br> he still surely has something to share with mma public as he easily went through much younger opponents as King Mo and Amir Aliakbari were. Also,<br> it is interesting fact that till now Mirko has never lost in a rematch fight.\n\n![1516087354304372627.jpg (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmcrdSg1oEfdRvsSDhkuqZ9F9jH4JgCoJbpLjaBdxjAB97\/1516087354304372627.jpg)\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/s--Cl8qUDUw--\/c_scale,<br>fl_progressive,<br>q_80,<br>w_800\/1516087354304372627.jpg\">Image Source<\/a>\n\n41 year old **Roy Nelson** left UFC heavyweight roster last year and joined Bellator. His current score is not so fascinating as Cro Cop's as he has only 3 wins in 9 bouts,<br> but all losses come from the top hevyweights like Hunt,<br> Overeem,<br> Barnett etc. Since he has joined Bellator he won in his debut against Javy Ayala and then lost against Matt Mitrione which eliminated him from Bellator's heavyweight grand prix. Lately,<br> Nelson called out Mirko for a fight and his wish come true. It's worth saying that these two have a lot respect for each other and the clash will certainly mark a great sports rivalry.\n![usa-today-8446583.0.jpg (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmPTjdiSaP8bPeEyeev1sv95pN5u8nY8RhtRgvDgMnqQHc\/usa-today-8446583.0.jpg)\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/oCGfWc4UllnKnR9eTwviudJ97fI=\/0x77:4436x3034\/1200x800\/filters:focal(0x77:4436x3034)\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/45897354\/usa-today-8446583.0.jpg\">Image Source<\/a>\n\n\nThanks for checking me out,<br> greetings to all!",<br>"json_metadata":" \"tags\":[\"sports\",<br>\"life\",<br>\"mma\",<br>\"new\",<br>\"sport\" ,<br>\"image\":[\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmTv9PKyUmfXRdhrNFojMfjuPLRyt1ZuSeaottAV4dLKLp\/Bellator-200-Cro-Cop-vs.-Nelson.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmcrdSg1oEfdRvsSDhkuqZ9F9jH4JgCoJbpLjaBdxjAB97\/1516087354304372627.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmPTjdiSaP8bPeEyeev1sv95pN5u8nY8RhtRgvDgMnqQHc\/usa-today-8446583.0.jpg\" ,<br>\"links\":[\"http:\/\/fightsite.hr\/repozitorij\/rubrike\/Bellator-200-Cro-Cop-vs.-Nelson.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/s--Cl8qUDUw--\/c_scale,<br>fl_progressive,<br>q_80,<br>w_800\/1516087354304372627.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/oCGfWc4UllnKnR9eTwviudJ97fI=\/0x77:4436x3034\/1200x800\/filters:focal(0x77:4436x3034)\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/45897354\/usa-today-8446583.0.jpg\" ,<br>\"app\":\"steemit\/0.1\",<br>\"format\":\"markdown\" " |
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