Even more than 15 years later, Mirko Cro Cop’s run under the now-defunct PRIDE FC banner in 2006 stands as one of the all-time great calendar years in MMA history. Cro Cop (38-11-2), who is one of the ...
Pride Fighting Championships sprang to life on Oct. 11, 1997 and became a mixed martial arts institution under the direction of Nobuyuki Sakakibara and Nobuhiko Takada. Pride staged more than 60 ...
FILIPOVIC: 6’ 2”, 213 pounds, 31, Croatia, known as “Cro Cop” Advertisement BACKGROUND: Mirko Filipovic (Pictures) was a Croatian Special Forces officer. He is a former I.K.B.F. world heavyweight full ...
The holiday season always reminds me of the glory days of Japanese MMA and the much-hyped New Years Eve events that the Pride FC organization always used to hold. The days of Pride are long gone, but ...