
This was Cro Cop’s first K-1 kickboxing match when he fought Jerome Le Banner at The World Grand Prix in 1996.
The fight was well before Cro Cop first started into MMA. He went on to gather a 16-7 record with his kickboxing run.
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It’s weird to see these guys looking so young. That would be such a high profile match up these days.
Nice, classic… two bulls at their international fighting infancy.
Its cool how you can see cro cop gain confidence as the rounds go on.
mirko tigar???
never a big fan of Crop Cop, I think hes too over rated.
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y, mirko tigar, in the time he trained with branko cikatić’s team named “tigar” (croatian for tiger).. this wasn’t top of mirko’s game.. he was like 22 years..
I like Mirko’s three hundred pound legs. I just wished he tried soccer. How about them penalty kicks
wow mirko got a lot bigger in the years to come after this
wow, im not very familiar with the names in K-1, but wasn’t Jerome one of the better fighters? (im guessing because i know his name despite not following K-1). if so, Mirko did pretty good defeating him in his K-1 debut….
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wish granted
He was recently signed by the Croatian football team Cibalia.
Jerome Lebanner was and is one of the best k1 fighters, he just never seems to be able to get a championship belt…