Monday, September 8, 2008

Cro Cop vs. Gabriel Gonzaga

Perhaps the most famous and devastating knockout in MMA history, this UFC battle featured a relative unknown (to the casual fan) in Gabriel Gonzaga, squaring off against the UFC's huge signing and new poster boy Mirko "Cro Cop' Filipovic.

Gonzaga was billed as a ground expert, who would be well-advised to keep this fight on its feet as little as possible.

Commentator Randy Couture raised more than a couple eyebrows when he went against the grain and predicted a Gonzaga victory before the fight.



Since this match, I have always given a little extra weight to whatever Randy says before a fight goes down...


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