Post by The Sandmen on Jul 7, 2020 2:46:23 GMT -5
Mirko Cro Cop looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
Tim Sylvia looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Tim Sylvia is going to have a hard fight according to the bets.
Mirko Cro Cop comes with a 5 fight winning streak.
The referee of the bout is Steve Mazzagatti.
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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
Tim Sylvia fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Sylvia tries some clinching in order to control the fight...
Well done. Sylvia is clinching with Cro Cop.
Mirko Cro Cop tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Sylvia is determined to work from the clinch. He pummeled through and managed to retain his position.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Sylvia struggles and launches a few punches to Cro Cop's head
Nothing from this... Tim Sylvia seems frustrated.
Sylvia clumsily fails here and it's time for Mirko Cro Cop to fight back!
One, two, three! Cro Cop doesn't stop launching those knees in the clinch!
Devastating knee that lands on Sylvia's chin! That pop was heard throughout the arena! The crowd erupts!
The clock says 0:45 in the 1 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Sylvia tries to break the clinch... Mirko Cro Cop launches a great knee when he finds a narrow space!
Sylvia breaks the clinch and the knee goes wide!
Mirko Cro Cop is in open guard over Sylvia
Sylvia looks to be in very good shape.
Sylvia launches a few weak punches
Those punches are hitting Cro Cop's ribs.
Mirko Cro Cop is in open guard over Sylvia
Cro Cop positions himself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
Sylvia's attempts to cover himself and blocks those elbows.
Sylvia is trying to counter now!
Sylvia tries to close his guard around Cro Cop
He is not able to do it
Mirko Cro Cop is in open guard over Sylvia
Mirko Cro Cop tries to pass to half guard...
Tim Sylvia's guard is too good and he fails to pass.
Mirko Cro Cop is in open guard over Sylvia
Deep breaths from Tim Sylvia who tries a hammer punch to Cro Cop's ribs.
Cro Cop blocks those punches
Sylvia misses a step and Mirko Cro Cop sees an opportunity to counter him!
Cro Cop fires a barrage of punches at Sylvia's head!
The punches go wide.
Mirko Cro Cop is in open guard over Sylvia
Mirko Cro Cop tries to pass to half guard...
Tim Sylvia's closes his guard to prevent the pass.
Steve Mazzagatti has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Mirko Cro Cop tries to bring the fight to the ground
Sylvia won't budge, forcing Cro Cop to pull guard.
Tim Sylvia is in closed guard over Cro Cop
Sylvia tries to open up Cro Cop with a few strikes with his right elbow...
Some nice shots are landing and Cro Cop is trying to block them with his hands...
The clock says 2:05 in the 1 round
Tim Sylvia is in closed guard over Cro Cop
Sylvia tries to open up Cro Cop with a few strikes with his right elbow...
Some nice shots are landing and Cro Cop is trying to block them with his hands...
Tim Sylvia is in closed guard over Cro Cop
Sylvia use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
After a few tentative moves, he jumps to side mount! The crowd in Arena Lodz (Lodz, Poland) is cheering him!
Tim Sylvia is in side mount over Mirko Cro Cop
Tim Sylvia looks to pass to mount...
Sylvia slides his knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Mirko Cro Cop.
The clock says 2:40 in the 1 round
Tim Sylvia is in full mount over Mirko Cro Cop
Mirko Cro Cop tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Tim Sylvia rolls Mirko Cro Cop to his stomach and takes his back!
Sylvia is in rear mount over Cro Cop
Sylvia tries to get a hook in!
Things get worse for Cro Cop! Sylvia has one hook in and keeps working!
Sylvia is in rear mount over Cro Cop with one hook in
Tim Sylvia slides his arm under Mirko Cro Cop's chin and locks the rear naked choke!
Mirko Cro Cop pulls down on Tim Sylvia's hand and staves off danger
Sylvia is in rear mount over Cro Cop with one hook in
Sylvia has one hook in and is trying to get the second one! If he succeed things are goint to get very bad for Cro Cop.
Nicely done! Sylvia now has two hooks in! The end may be near!
Sylvia is in rear mount over Cro Cop with two hooks in
Cro Cop has to use some of his skills to escape safely from this position...
Cro Cop is unable to find a way to escape from this.
The clock says 3:25 in the 1 round
Sylvia is in rear mount over Cro Cop with two hooks in
Cro Cop is trying to escape from the rear mount.
Sylvia tries to use some of his tricky moves but Sylvia's is smart enough to counter him.
Sylvia is in rear mount over Cro Cop with two hooks in
Cro Cop is trying to escape from the rear mount.
Sylvia tries to use some of his tricky moves but Sylvia's is smart enough to counter him.
The clock says 3:45 in the 1 round
Sylvia is in rear mount over Cro Cop with two hooks in
Cro Cop is trying to escape from the rear mount.
Sylvia tries to use some of his tricky moves but Sylvia's is smart enough to counter him.
Sylvia is trying to counter now!
Tim Sylvia hovers above Cro Cop
Good punches to Cro Cop's body.
Sylvia is in rear mount over Cro Cop with two hooks in
Cro Cop measures the resilience of Sylvia's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Sylvia's side.
Sylvia is in rear mount over Cro Cop with two hooks in
Mirko Cro Cop doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He moves fast and now he is standing
Sylvia tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Arena Lodz (Lodz, Poland) are cheering for the fighters.
Cro Cop goes for a low kick..
Sylvia avoids the deadly blow.
Cro Cop goes for a low kick..
Sylvia avoids the deadly blow.
Sylvia is trying to counter now!
Inside leg kick from Sylvia
that lands on Mirko Cro Cop's leg.
The clock says 4:20 in the 1 round
Mirko Cro Cop tries a high kick!
Sylvia was covering for a middle kick but that one almost knocked off his head!
Mirko Cro Cop throws a combo
Tim Sylvia ducks under and catches him with a counter straight! Cro Cop swings again, only to get countered once more! Cro Cop is looking bad here!
The clock says 4:40 in the 1 round
Sylvia decides to launch some tentative punches
Nothing from this exchange. Sylvia moves back and takes a deep breath.
Cro Cop goes to the body...
his punches graze Sylvia's arm.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
Close round. It could go to either fighter.
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Round 2
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Cro Cop launches a solid middle kick
that wrenches Sylvia!
The clock says 0:20 in the 2 round
Sylvia moves backwards and Mirko Cro Cop is asking him if he came today for fighting or running.
Tim Sylvia fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Cro Cop moves aside and launches a furious low kick!
Hard blow to Sylvia's thigh!
The clock says 0:50 in the 2 round
Cro Cop decides to launch some tentative punches
Mirko Cro Cop takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Mirko Cro Cop steps forward and fires a high kick!
Sylvia blocks decisively, as if to say, "No KO for me, thanks!"
Sylvia tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Mirko Cro Cop launches a body shot
Sylvia dodges and catches him with a hard cross.
Tim Sylvia has found an opening in the defense of Cro Cop, launching a big hook
Bang! That could break Cro Cop's ribs.
Cro Cop throws a low kick
He switches targets and lands a superb body kick!
Cro Cop goes for a low kick..
Sylvia avoids the deadly blow.
Tim Sylvia takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
The clock says 1:55 in the 2 round
Mirko Cro Cop tries a middle kick
Sylvia blocks with his arm! Wow, that was loud!
A right hand from Mirko Cro Cop
gets deflected.
Mirko Cro Cop moves forward and launches a high kick!
Sylvia ducks under.
Cro Cop clumsily fails here and it's time for Tim Sylvia to fight back!
Cro Cop leads with a punch
Tim Sylvia avoids it and lands flush with a counter uppercut!
The clock says 2:25 in the 2 round
Sylvia avoids a dangerous strike from Cro Cop
and counters with a solid straight!
Cro Cop has a small cut in his Chin
Sylvia and Cro Cop circle around the center of the cage.
Brutal-looking high kick from Mirko Cro Cop!
You could hear the impact from the back seats!
Cro Cop goes for a low kick..
Faster than a blinking eye, he follows up with a high kick!
Sylvia's Mouth is beginning to swell
Cro Cop launches a furious low kick!
Sylvia receives a hard blow on his right leg!
Sylvia wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Cro Cop doesn't want anything like this as he moves backwards
The clock says 3:35 in the 2 round
Lightning fast low kick from Cro Cop!
Loud pop! I'm sure that hurts!
Mirko Cro Cop was tooling Tim Sylvia for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Tim Sylvia lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Sylvia moves to shoot
but Mirko Cro Cop delivers a knee that wrecks him!
The clock says 4:00 in the 2 round
Cro Cop throws a hook
that hits its mark.
The clock says 4:10 in the 2 round
Sylvia is one of those men capable of pounding you into oblivion!
Solid jabs from Tim Sylvia.
Nice punches.
Mirko Cro Cop moves forward and launches a high kick!
Vicious high kick!
The clock says 4:30 in the 2 round
Cro Cop moves aside and launches a furious low kick!
Hard blow to Sylvia's thigh!
Tim Sylvia seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Mirko Cro Cop!
Mirko Cro Cop wants this win. He unleashes a kick.
Brutal high kick to Sylvia!
Mirko Cro Cop turns out the lights for Sylvia! Tiiiiiiiim-ber! What a knock out!
Sylvia's Mouth is bruised after the punishement he's received!
There is a small laceration on Tim Sylvia's Mouth
Winner is Mirko Cro Cop by KO (High kick) at 4:51 Round 2
Statistics: Mirko Cro Cop
Punches 6/10 (60%)
Kicks 14/22 (64%)
Clinch strikes 1/4 (25%)
Takedowns 0/1 (0%)
GnP strikes 2/10 (20%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 185 s
Statistics: Tim Sylvia
Punches 10/13 (77%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 0/3 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 9/15 (60%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 185 s
Cro Cop wasn't kicking. Then he started kicking. So he won. Sylvia is great and large, but kicks out-length reach, and get shit done. So shit got done.
Tim Sylvia looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Tim Sylvia is going to have a hard fight according to the bets.
Mirko Cro Cop comes with a 5 fight winning streak.
The referee of the bout is Steve Mazzagatti.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The fight gets underway.
Tim Sylvia fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Sylvia tries some clinching in order to control the fight...
Well done. Sylvia is clinching with Cro Cop.
Mirko Cro Cop tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Sylvia is determined to work from the clinch. He pummeled through and managed to retain his position.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Sylvia struggles and launches a few punches to Cro Cop's head
Nothing from this... Tim Sylvia seems frustrated.
Sylvia clumsily fails here and it's time for Mirko Cro Cop to fight back!
One, two, three! Cro Cop doesn't stop launching those knees in the clinch!
Devastating knee that lands on Sylvia's chin! That pop was heard throughout the arena! The crowd erupts!
The clock says 0:45 in the 1 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Sylvia tries to break the clinch... Mirko Cro Cop launches a great knee when he finds a narrow space!
Sylvia breaks the clinch and the knee goes wide!
Mirko Cro Cop is in open guard over Sylvia
Sylvia looks to be in very good shape.
Sylvia launches a few weak punches
Those punches are hitting Cro Cop's ribs.
Mirko Cro Cop is in open guard over Sylvia
Cro Cop positions himself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
Sylvia's attempts to cover himself and blocks those elbows.
Sylvia is trying to counter now!
Sylvia tries to close his guard around Cro Cop
He is not able to do it
Mirko Cro Cop is in open guard over Sylvia
Mirko Cro Cop tries to pass to half guard...
Tim Sylvia's guard is too good and he fails to pass.
Mirko Cro Cop is in open guard over Sylvia
Deep breaths from Tim Sylvia who tries a hammer punch to Cro Cop's ribs.
Cro Cop blocks those punches
Sylvia misses a step and Mirko Cro Cop sees an opportunity to counter him!
Cro Cop fires a barrage of punches at Sylvia's head!
The punches go wide.
Mirko Cro Cop is in open guard over Sylvia
Mirko Cro Cop tries to pass to half guard...
Tim Sylvia's closes his guard to prevent the pass.
Steve Mazzagatti has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Mirko Cro Cop tries to bring the fight to the ground
Sylvia won't budge, forcing Cro Cop to pull guard.
Tim Sylvia is in closed guard over Cro Cop
Sylvia tries to open up Cro Cop with a few strikes with his right elbow...
Some nice shots are landing and Cro Cop is trying to block them with his hands...
The clock says 2:05 in the 1 round
Tim Sylvia is in closed guard over Cro Cop
Sylvia tries to open up Cro Cop with a few strikes with his right elbow...
Some nice shots are landing and Cro Cop is trying to block them with his hands...
Tim Sylvia is in closed guard over Cro Cop
Sylvia use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
After a few tentative moves, he jumps to side mount! The crowd in Arena Lodz (Lodz, Poland) is cheering him!
Tim Sylvia is in side mount over Mirko Cro Cop
Tim Sylvia looks to pass to mount...
Sylvia slides his knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Mirko Cro Cop.
The clock says 2:40 in the 1 round
Tim Sylvia is in full mount over Mirko Cro Cop
Mirko Cro Cop tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Tim Sylvia rolls Mirko Cro Cop to his stomach and takes his back!
Sylvia is in rear mount over Cro Cop
Sylvia tries to get a hook in!
Things get worse for Cro Cop! Sylvia has one hook in and keeps working!
Sylvia is in rear mount over Cro Cop with one hook in
Tim Sylvia slides his arm under Mirko Cro Cop's chin and locks the rear naked choke!
Mirko Cro Cop pulls down on Tim Sylvia's hand and staves off danger
Sylvia is in rear mount over Cro Cop with one hook in
Sylvia has one hook in and is trying to get the second one! If he succeed things are goint to get very bad for Cro Cop.
Nicely done! Sylvia now has two hooks in! The end may be near!
Sylvia is in rear mount over Cro Cop with two hooks in
Cro Cop has to use some of his skills to escape safely from this position...
Cro Cop is unable to find a way to escape from this.
The clock says 3:25 in the 1 round
Sylvia is in rear mount over Cro Cop with two hooks in
Cro Cop is trying to escape from the rear mount.
Sylvia tries to use some of his tricky moves but Sylvia's is smart enough to counter him.
Sylvia is in rear mount over Cro Cop with two hooks in
Cro Cop is trying to escape from the rear mount.
Sylvia tries to use some of his tricky moves but Sylvia's is smart enough to counter him.
The clock says 3:45 in the 1 round
Sylvia is in rear mount over Cro Cop with two hooks in
Cro Cop is trying to escape from the rear mount.
Sylvia tries to use some of his tricky moves but Sylvia's is smart enough to counter him.
Sylvia is trying to counter now!
Tim Sylvia hovers above Cro Cop
Good punches to Cro Cop's body.
Sylvia is in rear mount over Cro Cop with two hooks in
Cro Cop measures the resilience of Sylvia's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Sylvia's side.
Sylvia is in rear mount over Cro Cop with two hooks in
Mirko Cro Cop doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He moves fast and now he is standing
Sylvia tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Arena Lodz (Lodz, Poland) are cheering for the fighters.
Cro Cop goes for a low kick..
Sylvia avoids the deadly blow.
Cro Cop goes for a low kick..
Sylvia avoids the deadly blow.
Sylvia is trying to counter now!
Inside leg kick from Sylvia
that lands on Mirko Cro Cop's leg.
The clock says 4:20 in the 1 round
Mirko Cro Cop tries a high kick!
Sylvia was covering for a middle kick but that one almost knocked off his head!
Mirko Cro Cop throws a combo
Tim Sylvia ducks under and catches him with a counter straight! Cro Cop swings again, only to get countered once more! Cro Cop is looking bad here!
The clock says 4:40 in the 1 round
Sylvia decides to launch some tentative punches
Nothing from this exchange. Sylvia moves back and takes a deep breath.
Cro Cop goes to the body...
his punches graze Sylvia's arm.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
Close round. It could go to either fighter.
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Round 2
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Cro Cop launches a solid middle kick
that wrenches Sylvia!
The clock says 0:20 in the 2 round
Sylvia moves backwards and Mirko Cro Cop is asking him if he came today for fighting or running.
Tim Sylvia fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Cro Cop moves aside and launches a furious low kick!
Hard blow to Sylvia's thigh!
The clock says 0:50 in the 2 round
Cro Cop decides to launch some tentative punches
Mirko Cro Cop takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Mirko Cro Cop steps forward and fires a high kick!
Sylvia blocks decisively, as if to say, "No KO for me, thanks!"
Sylvia tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Mirko Cro Cop launches a body shot
Sylvia dodges and catches him with a hard cross.
Tim Sylvia has found an opening in the defense of Cro Cop, launching a big hook
Bang! That could break Cro Cop's ribs.
Cro Cop throws a low kick
He switches targets and lands a superb body kick!
Cro Cop goes for a low kick..
Sylvia avoids the deadly blow.
Tim Sylvia takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
The clock says 1:55 in the 2 round
Mirko Cro Cop tries a middle kick
Sylvia blocks with his arm! Wow, that was loud!
A right hand from Mirko Cro Cop
gets deflected.
Mirko Cro Cop moves forward and launches a high kick!
Sylvia ducks under.
Cro Cop clumsily fails here and it's time for Tim Sylvia to fight back!
Cro Cop leads with a punch
Tim Sylvia avoids it and lands flush with a counter uppercut!
The clock says 2:25 in the 2 round
Sylvia avoids a dangerous strike from Cro Cop
and counters with a solid straight!
Cro Cop has a small cut in his Chin
Sylvia and Cro Cop circle around the center of the cage.
Brutal-looking high kick from Mirko Cro Cop!
You could hear the impact from the back seats!
Cro Cop goes for a low kick..
Faster than a blinking eye, he follows up with a high kick!
Sylvia's Mouth is beginning to swell
Cro Cop launches a furious low kick!
Sylvia receives a hard blow on his right leg!
Sylvia wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Cro Cop doesn't want anything like this as he moves backwards
The clock says 3:35 in the 2 round
Lightning fast low kick from Cro Cop!
Loud pop! I'm sure that hurts!
Mirko Cro Cop was tooling Tim Sylvia for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Tim Sylvia lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Sylvia moves to shoot
but Mirko Cro Cop delivers a knee that wrecks him!
The clock says 4:00 in the 2 round
Cro Cop throws a hook
that hits its mark.
The clock says 4:10 in the 2 round
Sylvia is one of those men capable of pounding you into oblivion!
Solid jabs from Tim Sylvia.
Nice punches.
Mirko Cro Cop moves forward and launches a high kick!
Vicious high kick!
The clock says 4:30 in the 2 round
Cro Cop moves aside and launches a furious low kick!
Hard blow to Sylvia's thigh!
Tim Sylvia seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Mirko Cro Cop!
Mirko Cro Cop wants this win. He unleashes a kick.
Brutal high kick to Sylvia!
Mirko Cro Cop turns out the lights for Sylvia! Tiiiiiiiim-ber! What a knock out!
Sylvia's Mouth is bruised after the punishement he's received!
There is a small laceration on Tim Sylvia's Mouth
Winner is Mirko Cro Cop by KO (High kick) at 4:51 Round 2
Statistics: Mirko Cro Cop
Punches 6/10 (60%)
Kicks 14/22 (64%)
Clinch strikes 1/4 (25%)
Takedowns 0/1 (0%)
GnP strikes 2/10 (20%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 185 s
Statistics: Tim Sylvia
Punches 10/13 (77%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 0/3 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 9/15 (60%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 185 s
Cro Cop wasn't kicking. Then he started kicking. So he won. Sylvia is great and large, but kicks out-length reach, and get shit done. So shit got done.
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!