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The best kicker in the world
Career record: 170-89
Season: 37-18 (#2479)
Location: Regina SK
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From what I've heard 50% of Mirko's standup has changed, and is now more suited to the cage. Bonjasky and Yvel have helped a ton in transforming it, as now there are 3 of the absolute best strikers in the world helping each other out, there all figureing how to best circle and utilize the cage. Hopefully bad news for kongo 
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Post #1 8/9/07 3:39:37PM
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Rua22
MMA Regular
Career record: 46-28
Season: 0-0 (#-)
Location: Springfield, MO
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MUST BE NICE! freakin Bonjask and Yvel as your training partners. good stuff.
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Post #2 8/9/07 3:50:12PM
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fedorwins1
MMA Sensei
Career record: 235-112
Season: 47-23 (#333)
Location: Amish Country aka Pennsylvania
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Good to see that CC is taking it serious, RIP KONGO
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Post #3 8/9/07 3:52:49PM
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The best kicker in the world
Career record: 170-89
Season: 37-18 (#2479)
Location: Regina SK
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If I were Mirko i'd be more worried about getting KO'd in sparring then in my fight against kongo lol.
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"Fall down 7 times, get up 8" - Japanese proverb.
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Post #4 8/9/07 3:53:38PM
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Mastodon2
MMA Sensei
Career record: 183-108
Season: 32-23 (#4471)
Location: Newcastle England
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Imagine how intimidating it must be to be in a cage with Mirko 
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Post #5 8/9/07 3:53:59PM
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the_Advocate
Learning to Sprawl
Career record: 195-115
Season: 43-27 (#1271)
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good to see him enlisting the talents of Bojansky....the clinch game is one of Kongo's strong points and something that could frustrate Mirko...... good to see that he is looking at the fight in a more cerebral manner.....and not taking Kongo lightly.
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Post #6 8/9/07 3:55:02PM
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LR
In Full Mount
Career record: 126-63
Season: 6-3 (#7445)
Location: Illinois
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I'm still waiting for MoJoy to chime in.. I need to hear what he has to say about this. It must be blasphemy to him.
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Post #7 8/9/07 4:01:58PM
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The best kicker in the world
Career record: 170-89
Season: 37-18 (#2479)
Location: Regina SK
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Hahaha. Theres three fighters at this camp better then gg, not counting ricco of course.
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"Fall down 7 times, get up 8" - Japanese proverb.
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Post #8 8/9/07 4:03:59PM
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LR
In Full Mount
Career record: 126-63
Season: 6-3 (#7445)
Location: Illinois
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LOL, yeah, and Vera could beat them all, cuz ya know, he's rnaked #3 on his list. LAWL
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Post #9 8/9/07 4:07:39PM
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The best kicker in the world
Career record: 170-89
Season: 37-18 (#2479)
Location: Regina SK
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I'll post the site with all the info on it if you guys pm me, but it's all in croatian and it's to long to translate it all. But let me know if you know croatian and would like to read it!
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Post #10 8/9/07 4:09:44PM
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the_Advocate
Learning to Sprawl
Career record: 195-115
Season: 43-27 (#1271)
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Posted by cmill21
Hahaha. Theres three fighters at this camp better then gg, not counting ricco of course.
i'm assuming this is filled w/ sarcasm.....the 3 said fighters are fine in training for Kongo but useless for the most part against some of his potential opponents...Mirko needs to focus on his ground game....we already know his capabilities on the feet so a realignment of his training focus needs to come or we will forever see Mirko "the brides maid"
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Post #11 8/9/07 4:14:24PM
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The best kicker in the world
Career record: 170-89
Season: 37-18 (#2479)
Location: Regina SK
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Right now he's training 80/20. He's doing what he calls punishment training, Ivan is coaching everyone of his practices(Mirko himself used to do alot of them alone). He's also doing alot more technical training then just sparring now that Yvel and Bonjasky are there to help. I see a wedding coming up very soon :)
EDIT: screwed up on training ration.
Last edited 8/9/07 4:39PM by cmill21
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Post #12 8/9/07 4:22:55PM
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the_Advocate
Learning to Sprawl
Career record: 195-115
Season: 43-27 (#1271)
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Posted by cmill21
Right now he's training 50/50. He's doing what he calls punishment training, Ivan is coaching everyone of his practices(Mirko himself used to do alot of them alone). He's also doing alot more technical training then just sparring now that Yvel and Bonjasky are there to help. I see a wedding coming up very soon :)
i sincerely hope so...his last "marriage" (pride gp crown) ended in an ugly divorce thanks to the Gonzaga affair!
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Post #13 8/9/07 4:32:25PM
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The best kicker in the world
Career record: 170-89
Season: 37-18 (#2479)
Location: Regina SK
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Here comes the translation:
"After he was beat up by the Dutch masters of stand-up fighting this tuesday Mirko decided to invite us to his fighting (?).
- You have to see how we are fighting. Man, I'm so tired I can't lift my arms.
And that's the truth. Mirko's sparring fights look better than most competitions since his sparring partners are the Dutch Bonjasky and Yvel, American Lister and Czech Hron. And this gladiator atmosphere is amplified by the cage from the US assembled last week.
- Because the original cage can't fit in my basement they assembled this 6m in diameter cage for me, explains Mirko.
The cage worth $25000 was a gift to Mirko from the specialized american constructor Throwdown. Mirko's cage was assembled by Brent Stuchlik and Ari Hagen.
- We assembled the same octagon for Quinton Jackson, Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture.
But none of the them has the cage in their basement.
- We love the way Mirko fights and we gave the cage to him.
The guys cruised the Croatian coast after the assembly and realized then what Mirko means to the croatians.
- I can see that you are proud of him, just as you should be proud of your cuisine. I'm crazy about the cheese from Pag, Stuchlik added.
Also impressed by Croatia was the fighter they call Uragan, Gilbert Yvel.
- I was in Russia and also in some other eastern European countries and I have to admit that I was expecting something similar. But Croatia definitely looks more like Europe than Russia. We were surprised by how many people recognized Remy.
And Remy is really a gentleman, something you would not believe if you see him kick. He rushed Mirko with an amazing arsenal of kicks. Also, he is a two time champion in K-1 and Crocop has been spending too much time training grappling in the last years.
- Because of the hard training of grappling techniques Mirko has lost a lot of his stand up skill. I'd say maybe up to 50%. On top of that, all these years he was running his own trainings and he expressed his wish to have me yell at him so that he can get used to instructions from ringside, said trainer Ivan Hyppolite.
His apprentice Remy Bonjasky was impressed with Mirko's training hall.
- It's great to have something like that in your own house. We you go to train you just go downstairs and when you're done you're in your living room in a second."
Thats the best I can do, sorry guys the whole interview is very long. The 50% is compared to his K-1 days. So i'm going to say kongo better be ready for a different level of strikes.
Last edited 8/9/07 4:39PM by cmill21
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Post #14 8/9/07 4:38:32PM
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The best kicker in the world
Career record: 170-89
Season: 37-18 (#2479)
Location: Regina SK
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Oh and I forgot to let people know kharitonov didn't come, Mirko felt he had more then enough with Bonjasky, Yvel and Lister. This is the most excited I've been for a fight in a long time!!! WOOOOO
Last edited 8/9/07 5:58PM by cmill21
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