
UFC 99: The Comeback MMA fight video of Mustapha al Turk vs. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic. The bout took place on June 13, 2009 at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne (Koln), Germany.
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Well, he won but………
Ref didn’t see the eye poke which, obviously would have been a time out.
Hmm.
horrible fight
Miragliotta is completely worthless. Cro Cop was toying with the hapless Al-Turk, but that was a BS way to end a fight even for a guy who probably would have been KTFO by Cro Cop.
unfortunate.
Still had the feeling it was a matter of time for Al-Turk to get KO’d
cro cop had him sized up anyway. he was done!!
That was bullshit. Another fuck up for Dan Miragliotta!
cro cop is an old washed up fool ![]()
jk, he did ok but he looks old as hell. not a great fight but at least he won
Did cro cop forget how to kick???????
Thanks for the quick post.
Eye poke aside, al-turk was outclassed on the feet and it would have only been a matter of time before he got caught again. Go cro-cop!
as soon as crocop started swinging, al turk looked like he had enough. the eye poke was unfortunate but i can hear crocop haters coming.
You take what you can from this fight. Cro Cop did look pretty strong. He stuffed that takedown and just tossed him aside using the cage for leverage. Maybe he can adapt to the cage after all.
i’m sure cro cop would have won it in a similar manner by the end of the 1st, it’s just unfortunate that al turk had to lose like that.
No matter the result or how it came to be I did like the aggressiveness and killer instinct Cro Cop showed. It has been missing from his game for quite some time. Little slow to start but one can imagine how careful he was being not to be upset and get caught with something. Im sure he was very nervous stepping back into the cage.
legit win for CC! but lets not get carried away his best days are behind him. How easily people forget he was all but lost and out on his feet vs the NOT a real heavyweight Overeem.
The eye poke was inconsequential. Al-Turk was on his way down anyway. What concerns me is Cro Cop’s straight forward, flat-footed style. He doesn’t mix up his attack with low kicks and he’s not light on his feet. As Gonzaga, Kongo, and Overseem have shown, when you take the offense to him, he’s a much different fighter. I think that will be made clear when he fights the top flight competition.
They should wear goggles like in horse racing. Take them off after blood gets on them and throw them to the crowd. That would be badass!
crocop won!!!
with or without eyepoke!! fuck all you crocop haters, shut the fuck up!!!!!
and he did not forget to kick! he just did not need to do it.
crocop is back in the ufc… !!!!!!
u boj u boj!!!
Thanks for the quick post.
hey bruno are you gonna be posting the rest?
Bruno: Yes. As they become available.
first of all tnx alot bruno. anyway for denniskuderjr, show some respect lad. all fighters are going old and i dont understand you calling cro cop an old washed up fool. get a life.
I don´t think he forget how to kick i think he knows that his opponent will expect itfrom him and he will not throw a ick without sure it will get the target
I’m disappointed in the way the fight ended, but the fight would have probably ended with the same result. I am the biggest Cro Cop fan but this isn’t a fight to celebrate about.
Miragliotta blows it again. I agree Cro Cop had his number. UFC needs Big John back, big time.
Cro Cop had him done anyway, shame about the eye poke, but it was a matter of time. Looked tentative early, but hopefully this is good signs to come.
you cant saw he was gonna win anyway cause you dont know if al-turk would have hit him with a wild punch or not or the other way around
what is up with these fighters throwing horrible horrible haymakers… not even hooks but haymakers its just sad
Sorry but I didn’t see anything here that suggests that Cro Cop is back. He looked average at best and like it or not the eye poke had a significant part in the result. I hate seeing something so blatant get missed.
Do I think Al-Turk was going to win, of course not but after watching this I’m convinced Cro Cops days as a top contender are over.
Good to see Mirko winning again.
The poke was unfortunate,but end result inevitable.
His feet did look flat-ish, as a result of his improved wrestling technique possibly?
Oh and thanks Bruno you are a legend!!
The ref didn’t see the poke.It’s unfortunate, but he didn’t look good. I think it was obvious he was going to lose.But, one never knows.
Thanks for quick post…
Am in Singapore and this vids will never get here otherwise…. Knew before going to sleep last night dat this would be up when got up…
Hard to gauge how Cro cop really is…only chance Al Turk was a lucky punch.. which didn’t happen!
I’m a Cro Cop fan but why have all fingers extended like that ????
“Kongo ‘ironically’ defeated both these men” i hate when people misuse ‘ironic’, especially when it is someone who is supposed to be proficient in the english language, like a commentator… seriously goldie, go away
As expected…
However, Cro Cop didn’t look as good as he could against a guy with a 6-4 fight record.
The missed eye poke is yet another reason that Mirgliotta should not be a ref in the UFC. Also, check out the number of “back of the head” punches he allows in the Kongo/Valesquez fight. If he was the ref in the first Mir/Lesnar fight, Lesnar would have easily won, as he had only a couple of glancing back of the head shots that allowed the standup and win for Mir in that fight.
cro-cop should think about retiring cause hes done as a top fighter
i was surprised cro cop didnt throw not one kick
Take records with a grain of salt man. Its MMA and anything can happen. Styles make match ups not records.
this win for cro cop was not impressive hes known for his striking and this fight shows that he is not ready for somebody like brock lesnar or even randy couture that has his age going against him. this sucks i wanted to see a more exciting fight like the old crocop.
Cro cop screwed dana as well by the sounds of it……well done mirko i say….dana is such a greedy fool
Too bad Crocop just burned a bridge with the UFC, cause he would be fighting Cain next. Why go to DREAM when the real competition is here in UFC?
crocop has left the ufc, its official, dana white got fucked
Not impressed by CroCop.
He still uses the “run-away-bride” technique.
Boring fight.
If this is all crapcop got, he aint getting a shot at the title anytime soon. And if he gets a title shot, he will lose.
bruno = win
love cro cop, woulda loved to see his legendary kicks to end it tho. money shot haha
this ref sucks ass….
YES!!! Cro-Cop is back baby….he is easily gonna dominate the heavyweight division…his only compition is kimbo when he gets in the ufc.
wow that sucks he lost on some bullshit dam ref i dnt think it was intentional but a time out would have been nice
So glad to see Cro Cop get another win in the UFC, but he looked bad. He was walking into shity shots and failing to counter on time. Hopefully it’s just ring rust. I’d love to see him get some momentum behind him and take off.
just like wanderlei, cro cop dosent seem to be the fighter he was in pride, he was so explosive back then.
Al Turk is so much bigger now than he was back in the uk he’s put loadsa muscle on! bad end to the fight but was gonna happen sooner or later.
Was it just me or did mirko look a little slow on his feet?
cain velazquez would defeat crocop with his superior wrestling in just a few minutes and then pound him out….dana only invited crocop back to help sell tickets, but i no longer enjoy watching him in the ring..
don’t feel to sorry for vana white; after all he’s the one who wanted Mirko for oh so such a long time, since 2003 back during the hey day of the PrideFC days. vana is quoted as saying: “he wants him in the ufc, I have no one there that could compete with him”. He basically just wanted a very marketable striker who spoke English; then came the purchase of PrideFC and White believed his old B.S. hype of Mirko from back in 03 and paid the big bucks for him. In reality, what he purchased? was a severely 1 dimensional but once great striker(not MMA)
Freak Dana White. It’s good to see someone using the UFC as a tuneup for another promotion. Dana White is just crying like a baby because, for a change, someone screwed him instead of the other way around.
Good win for Crocop, although not impressive.
Mustapha al Turk is an idiot! just put crocop near the cage put him on the cluth, then kick to the gore just like cheick Kongo & overeem did. Sure win if u kick crocop gore! haha!
Cro Cop signed with Dream again.
He Bull shitted dana white to get the one fight deal. he told him he would fight 3 times at least but they only singed him for one.
after the fight he texted dana saying im out.
cro cop is the man, u cant blame him seeing as thats the worst ref in the business.
CroCop looked timid & stiff until he finally starting punching Al-Turk. I can’t believe he’s going back to DREAM – Who is he gonna fight? nobodies.
i thought cro-cop was the next charles bronson?
Sorry, cro cop did not look impressive, I think his best days are behind him!
man… wish he didn’t end it with the eye poke. It seemed like mustapha was done for anyway but you never know
Crocop finally smartened up and “unintentionally” jammed his fingers in the guy’s eyes while blocking those big looping stupid hooks that left Al turk’s face wide open. This just goes to show how retarded all that respect and talk of having good stand up just becuase a guy has “a good chin” is. Glasss jaw or good chin, they are both genetic and can’t be changed by training. Now Crocop has to win by kneeing his next opponent in the junk like those 2 gorillas Overeem and Kongo did to him! Every fighter should do this shit at least once in every fight if they aren’t going to get disqualified for it and probably win since it gives you such a big opening to finish. I’m happy Crocop screwed his fair weather friend DW who only wanted to sign him for one fight so that’s all he got, lol. Even if the that douche DW signed him to a 10 fight deal the UFC would havce broken the contract and kicked Mirko to the curb the first time he lost another fight.
GOOBliata is the worst ref…how many fights does he have to screw up before he is no longer allowed to ref fights? I mean enough is enough.
hey dummy those groin fouls were accidental! it’s a fight and things of that nature sometimes happen.
say what you want, i think Cro Cops Eye poke was on purpose.
Cro cop was not like before his knee problems, he wasnt using his left highkick.
Glad to see old cro cop pushing forward…. buuuut wish the win hadda been under better circumstances. eaither way he woulda won
I am rooting for cro cop, and loved to see him fighting again, and cro cop is just waiting for the proper timing for his attack, but its unfortunate to be jabbed like that accidentally, this should be ruled as no contest.
This is only 5 months after knee surgery. Doing MMA at all is amazing 5 months after serious knee repair. Being flat footed is less lateral stress on your knees, propbably feels safer for now. I hope he fights Fedor again.
I’d just like to say I love that picture of Cro Cop up top. It’s hilarious.