Maximum respect for Kazushi Sakuraba from Croatia!
@nightofshanghai
Жыл бұрын
You have to understand how amazing it is that Sakuraba is on top of Mirko in the Newaza. Mirko is such a physical monster that Fabrício Werdum was astonished.
@jaysharp789
2 жыл бұрын
Mirko had the quickest sprawls ever. He was an incredible athlete
@billsimms2511
2 жыл бұрын
Mirko developed takedown defense faster than any other Mma fighter I’ve ever seen
@jaysharp789
2 жыл бұрын
@@billsimms2511 Very true. His first few fights in mma were with special rules, but he learned so quickly that he became a complete fighter in just a few matches. His takedown defense was incredible. He was even still great at 45. Won his last 10 fights, including the Rizin grand prix. Only stopped fighting because of a stroke.
@korallrev3497
2 жыл бұрын
@@jaysharp789 well he had Fabricio Werdum living with him for 2.5 yrs in his house in croatia just to learn BJJ
@wasabi5338
2 жыл бұрын
him and Werdum trained in Croatia for 2 and a half years. Werdum taught him BJJ and Cro Cop taught him KB.
This was perhaps in Cro Cop's prime. He consistently showed he came for business, but Sakaraba had a good and surprising answer in the 1st and second round in the forms of take downs.
@jaysharp789
2 жыл бұрын
so much mutual respect shown by both legends
@theworldanthem2356
2 жыл бұрын
Koolers
@liukang85
Жыл бұрын
Crocop bursting into celebration on the bell tells you how much of a challenge Saku was to him.
@Spagyr
2 жыл бұрын
I think Mirkos purina shorts upped his attack points about 20%.
@こにゃん-h4h
Ай бұрын
今ならミドル級の桜庭がヘビーの運動神経と筋肉の塊のクロコップと渡り合うんだからすごいな。
@jfddx...9378
2 жыл бұрын
Sakaraba could take down people taller and heavier than him, Connor McGregor can't even take down people his size
@callumbrown5490
2 жыл бұрын
Imagine connor fighting one of the best heavyweights in his prime he wouldn't last 30 seconds
@thagodfatha8221
2 жыл бұрын
bro kazushi is a wrestler, connor is a striker , ur comment is stupid
@piotrd7355
2 жыл бұрын
"You seem to got it all figured out when you're fighting midgets". - Nate Diaz
@DavidHernandez-dk1zs
Жыл бұрын
Sakuraba was on another level, he fought anybody no matter their size, weight, or fighting experience, he wasn't afraid of fighting anyone and most of the time he won. One of the most underrated fighters to ever step in the ring.
@christiantomogolid380
Жыл бұрын
Khabib never fight 30 pound bigger than him. Sakuraba did it.
@chrisi6776
2 жыл бұрын
Gracies are so losers. They have to go in after the Saku and Cro Cop fight to plead their case on why Royce shouldn't have lost to Yoshida taking away the moment from Cro Cop. Very disrespectful and petty.
@breakneck777
Жыл бұрын
and somehow Royces steroid fueled rematch "win" still stands to this day
@caetanoribeiro3096
2 ай бұрын
A inveja que os americanos e gringos em geral tem da família Gracie é de dar nojo, não se esqueçam que se não fossem os Gracie vocês jamais saberiam o que é jiu-jitsu e provavelmente não teriam um Gordon Ryan para enche-los de orgulho, seus idiotas😂
@callumbrown5490
2 жыл бұрын
Sakuraba was treated like shit getting thrown in with heavyweights guys on steroids that wouldn't be allowed in America... by the end of his career his body was ruined with injuries he went into fights wrapped up like a mummy and had to fight killers double his size took shots to the heas that he shouldn't have if he was fighting guys his own size he was one of the best ever but they put him in against guys like cro cop who was knocking out heavyweights and sakuraba half his size had to fight him this shouldn't have been allowed
@christiantomogolid380
Жыл бұрын
Crazy Jap.. different breed.
@MikeJones-jh5ih
6 ай бұрын
Cro Cop wasn't dominating him physically. Cro Cop knocking out heavyweights is a testament to what a gifted striker (and seriously though dude) he was. But that's no reason to not make this fight.
@MrHellrider9
3 ай бұрын
@@MikeJones-jh5ihhis point was that sakuraba fought almost twice his size and steroid guys
@sauloregis8553
3 ай бұрын
GP event, no mercy
@reformedknight7506
2 ай бұрын
@@MrHellrider9 EVERYONE is on steroids , even cyclists ! Cro Cop just had better genetics to look big . He was only 100 kg here , and Mirko is 188 cm . It means anyone with good genetics can have that . I see MUCH bigger guys now in UFC , in 'clean' UFC . Aspinall and many others are MUCH bigger than Mirko !! Fedor was the best , and NOT huge . Randelman looked like bodybuilder , and Sakuraba BEAT him . Hong Man Choi is not quilty to be taller guy than Sakuraba , Schiltt Semmy too . Who cares if some fighter is small naturally , he do NOT belong in heavyweight class . I feel no pity for small guy getting beaten up in heavyweight Pride , it's his choice .
@brianfig79
2 жыл бұрын
I loved watching Sakuraba beat the hell out of all the gracies
@fcs77
2 ай бұрын
We had our turn watching Wanderlei bulldozing over him 3x 😂😂😂❤
@bubufubu
Ай бұрын
"Beat the hell out of"? Yeah, no. He never faced Rickson, either.
@radiofreeacab8159
2 жыл бұрын
Sakuraba is the GOAT pound for pound and Cro Cop knew what he was up against watch them touch gloves, Cro Cop is usually mean mugging the s*** out of anybody he comes across but he can barely look sakuraba in the eyes because he knows they both got that Bushido spirit and there was a real chance mirko was going to lose the fight.
@TAROTAI
2 жыл бұрын
shut up!
@MerkinMuffly
Жыл бұрын
26-17 record is not the GOAT
@richardrichard9384
Жыл бұрын
@@MerkinMuffly sakuraba fought guys in the light heavyweight division with the body of a natural welterweight,some fighters outweighed him by 20-60. He fought little nog, crocop and wanderlei x3. He beat rampage,randleman,vitor belfort, Carlos newton and other high level guys of his era while being a heavy smoker,drinker and while having bad knees for his entire career. He deserves to be considered a goat for the era he fought in and who he fought during that time.
@fellowtraveler2251
Жыл бұрын
@@MerkinMuffly It is if all your losses and most of your wins are against dudes twice your size. Sakuraba was 5'9 176, but routinely fought and a lot of the time successfully out grappled opponents 6+ 220+ lbs. Could you imagine Conor or most light / welter weights from the current era pulling off anything nearly as impressive? As another commenter said, Conor can't even take down guys his own size, let along 50+ lbs heavier.
@Uuyrijies1123
Жыл бұрын
@@richardrichard9384 He had a great heart. But I wouldn’t really call him the GOAT. Fighting somebody bigger than you, and losing most of the time and winning some of the time doesn’t really make you a GOAT. And don’t try to riddle us with excuses, smoking heavy and drinking heavy was his own fault. And that’s probably one of the reasons why he lost so much. Bad knees? Tough luck. Shogun got his arm broken and went on to win 4 fights after. Mighty Mouse broke his leg against Miguel and went on to win a unanimous decision. Hell, even Cro Cop had his ACL broken and still went on to win 18 of his next 26 fights. Sure, he wasn’t the same fighter but he still did pretty damn good. Sakuraba was a great fighter, but if he won against bigger guys most of the time, NOT some of the time. Then he’d be my GOAT. But that’s not reality.
@nizzurtmontalgizzert3337
2 жыл бұрын
Two of the best fighters ever!
@fcs77
2 ай бұрын
We had our turn watching Wanderlei bulldozing over him 3x 😂😂😂❤
@C0gislayer
2 жыл бұрын
The Gracies just have no shame....
@河田委子
4 ай бұрын
?
@aleksandarvasic134
3 ай бұрын
What is unclear about this comment? @@河田委子
@BOMBON187
2 ай бұрын
They're just bitter that 4 of their best got taken out by a wrestler and a Japanese fighter nonetheless.
@chriscoop6852
2 жыл бұрын
Wow, the Gracie’s have no shame. I got second hand embarrassment listening to that. Crybaby Royce got beat a lot in Pride and Renzo got his elbow snapped. Long live Sakuraba
@chrisi6776
2 жыл бұрын
100. Gracie are so losers. I love their BJJ but they are can't take the L when beat and have to make excuses. Pretty lame. Starts with Helio claiming he didn't lose to Kimura when his arm got snapped.
@behrad9712
3 ай бұрын
Thank you very much one of the best fights of history Sakuraba was brilliant 👌❤️
@dostma1
2 жыл бұрын
What a great fight and then Gracies ruined everything. Probably Japanese are to polite to kick them out of the ring.
@oldironsides4107
2 жыл бұрын
Cro cop and company should have thrown them out of the ring.
@eduardobernardes2207
2 жыл бұрын
Saku did a good job. He just had to face a much bigger fighter.
@RecoveringGenius
2 жыл бұрын
Oh so we get a match and a Gracie cry baby speech too. What a bonus. Yes, we all know that when a Gracie looes he didn't really lose... Yeah, yeah, yeah. Royce when you fought the Judo champion you were in an over-under double sleeve choke and it was "set"... That's game, set, match son. In Gi- based grappling he is a Kodokan gold medalist--- you were out of your league my friend.
@callumbrown5490
2 жыл бұрын
Ezekiel choke with a gold medallist judo gold medallist Olympian ontop of hes been chockin out better grapplers than Royce since he was a kid but Royce was ok ... royce wasn't even that good at Bjj in competition there was plenty of guys better than him at bjj
@Ykrainislava
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your video!
@callumbrown5490
2 жыл бұрын
Poor sakuraba fighting cro cop ... go let's Charles Olivera fight a heavyweight see what happens and that was prime probably on steroids cro cop
@lukasuton2433
Жыл бұрын
CroCop NEVER used steroids. He was admitt in 2012 when DOCTOR gave Him small amount of grow hormon for healing knee surgery and only to test negativ in UFC. That is how honest and anty steroids He was ♡ one of few popular guys in pride that was' nt juiced up 👏RESPEKT
why was the gracies even allowed to show up and speak/cry before cro cop could celebrate his win? How did this happend haha
@christiantomogolid380
Жыл бұрын
Sakuraba is good both striking and on the ground.
@河田委子
4 ай бұрын
史上最強のミルコvs桜庭😮でも、この試合でミルコに左ハイキックさせない桜庭おそろし
@djdenivk
2 жыл бұрын
big respect for both fighters
@Codevil.
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Believe it or not, I've never seen this fight
@tbone105
Ай бұрын
its nice to watch a fight with no commentary
@jamesgabriel9848
2 жыл бұрын
That kick from mirco just clipped his orbital and I think broke it right
@carson3811
Жыл бұрын
A 155r fighting a prime heavyweight cro cop.. crazy
@moneymandate
2 жыл бұрын
Cro Crop's blows have the impact of an anti-tank rifle, damn
@danielthomas9871
3 ай бұрын
Sakuraba was all heart
@jamesbranyon8541
2 жыл бұрын
Two legends incredible fight 💙!!
@0XYGENgone
2 жыл бұрын
2 legends
@bojka5578
Ай бұрын
🐐Mirko cro cop one of the best ever mma k1 Croatian pride worldwide ❤👊😍🤙👍🤜🤛🥊🥊💪💪🤴😘🇭🇷🇭🇷always humble and respectful uvjek vjerni always loyal budi ponosan not bad for small country
@jordangroff8978
2 жыл бұрын
Biggest audience in MMA history!
@lukasuton2433
Жыл бұрын
Dome Tokio in live 000 000 90
@lukasuton2433
Жыл бұрын
90k
@言葉心
2 жыл бұрын
当時は何も思わなかったけど今見ると体格差がヤバイ、サクもよくオファー受けたな
@KENKEN-je5bt
2 ай бұрын
体重差を無視して試合をする桜庭和志は僕の中のヒーローです!
@awoseawose
Жыл бұрын
There's at least 2 weight classes difference here
@gporr7004
3 ай бұрын
Gracie should take his loss like a man instead of being a baby about it
Love Japanese crowd, they not ruting only for his fighter
@carbocookies
8 ай бұрын
Anyone know what the weight difference was for this fight, Sakuraba right now is listed at 167lbs and Cro Cop 234. At least a 60 lbs weight difference if you can go by those stats.
@john-j7e7e
8 ай бұрын
and for some reasons sakuraba got away with a lot of things. pride management meetings with his opponents? i wonder if money was involved. this sakuraba dude wasnt as good as his record appears to be. the Belfort fight was an eye opener, he would have run him over. but strange.....
@DouglasGomesBueno-jw9lh
3 ай бұрын
@@john-j7e7eSakuraba is good.
@dunnono00
3 ай бұрын
Sakuraba was a good fighter but... yeah, PRIDE tried to do the "giant killer" gimmick with him one too many times. Sakuraba at that time was probably around 180, give or take five pounds. Many have said that if he had optimal training and diet, he would belong in the welterweight class. Instead he just kept fighting guys bigger and heavier than him. How good was he exactly? We'll never know, because the other user has a point about PRIDE's backstage shenanigans.
@DouglasGomesBueno-jw9lh
3 ай бұрын
@@dunnono00 Boxing are the King of Fixed Fights everyone know and people try Talk about Japan it's ironic, In my opinion Pride make the Fights but the result nobody know the Kings of Pride are a Brazilian and Russian.
@dunnono00
3 ай бұрын
@@DouglasGomesBueno-jw9lh What if I said "Deserts are the king of hot weather, so it's ironic people talk about jungles"? What's ironic about it? Nothing. Just because A is True, does not mean B is False. Combat sports have always had these kinds of problems. Back in those old days, I read interviews from guys like Rampage Jackson who would detail some of the ways PRIDE tried to sway certain outcomes of fights. Fedor Emilianenko said that the PRIDE people were giving him fake smiles after he beat Cro Cop. PRIDE itself went out of business and bought by the UFC after scandals with yakuza. So we cannot know for sure, but it is possible some fights were not on the level.
@roberther9092
2 ай бұрын
Love that he’s a Vader fan
@Brent-wb3tk
5 күн бұрын
He broke Sakuraba orbital from the bottom with a nasty left hook
@brentdavis5329
2 жыл бұрын
too much respect
@f6p47k5
Жыл бұрын
Mirko 98kg vs Sakuraba 87kg
@ChargemanBaré
4 ай бұрын
Why is no one talking about the tribute that sakuraba made to big van vader? Lol
@kobajyo
Жыл бұрын
最後のなんですか?
@MiGi_HiJi
10 ай бұрын
ミドル以下がヘビーと戦うのやっぱやべえな…笑
@Lawin4407
Жыл бұрын
SAKURABA FOUGHT A VERY BRAVE AND A COURAGEOUS FIGHT. BY WAY OF TAKE DOWNS, SAKURABA WAS THE WINNER. BUT THE CROATIAN WAS ABLE TO DEFEAT HIM BY STRONG STRIKES.
@joshf4492
2 ай бұрын
This is how I remember pride lol
@privard89
2 жыл бұрын
Crazy how great crocop was to eventually lose to Brendan Schwab lol
@robbiemurda2213
9 ай бұрын
Age is a hell of a thing
@aliforeman5532
Ай бұрын
Por que eles vaiaram os Gracie no final? Foi um discurso bonito e respeitoso.
@curroserrano
2 жыл бұрын
Shakuraba pesaba mucho menos así q tiene mas mérito y es mucho mejor luchador
@神化しんか
9 ай бұрын
体格差エグい
@さきたま-f5d
3 ай бұрын
18:56 二人ともニッコニコで草
@bojka5578
Ай бұрын
Gracies dets emberesing its mirko night sakuraba bit all the gracies
@tomohirokouno3547
2 ай бұрын
桜庭さんは強いですね。
@pikarin776
2 ай бұрын
ミルコがステロイド使ってなければいいな
@stjepanhladilo9353
9 ай бұрын
Cop vs jacuza 😂 like a movie
@Marcos-r9v4g
2 ай бұрын
Corajoso Sakuraba, crocop muito mais forte
@callumbrown5490
2 жыл бұрын
This is why there is weight classes in fighting
@sgtvirus6696
2 жыл бұрын
Sakuraba did pretty well tbf, but yeah you're right.
@raz_nick4048
Жыл бұрын
@Fk KZitem yeah but those super heavyweights were not as skilled as Mirko, Minowa fought Mirko and got blasted in one minute while SAKU took down Mirko a fighter that Heath Herring, Randleman and Fedor had trouble taking down being HWs themselves. Sakuraba the legend!
@ホリダイスケ
3 ай бұрын
桜庭Jr.VSミルコJr.いつか組まれないかな?
@carson3811
Жыл бұрын
This like if the UFC made khabib fight Francis.. crazy the Japanese didn't give a fuck.. sakuraba was there hero and they made if fight elite MMA legends twice his size.. like something out a comic book sakuraba was the toughest man in combat sports.. especially fighting MMA pride rules.. this would be illegal in most combat sports.. Mayweather fighting Tyson wouldn't happen in combat sports.. fighters damage there body's to get a slight weight advantage.. sakuraba just had to fight the best fighter in pride.. and the Gracie's trying to convince the Japanese hello invented leverage.. and the very art they were taught learned grappling from a judo blackbelt and judo.. Royce gets caught in a Ezekiel choke with a Olympic gold medalist ontop of him doing a submission had been submitting Olympic level grapplers for decades.. Royce goes limp his arm dropped he wasn't punched.. or grabbing yoshida.. the referee is there to save the fighter.. sakuraba beat all the Gracie's in pride.. and even when he looked at the referee as in I'm going to have to snap his arm the idiot won't tap it's checkmate.. the referee let it go sakuraba had to snap.. two of the Gracie's arm's with the referee watching.. knowing they don't tap I'll have to let sakuraba snap there arm.. yoshida has a choke sunk in he's a Olympic gold medalist.. Royce goes limp .. your not snapping a arm .. your killing the guy if he's going limp won't tap you squeeze even tighter.. there's risk of deaths.. the referee new Royce wouldn't tap.. and he was right.. he had to stop yoshida from choking him.. or he could have waited 10 seconds and Royce is now out cold no blood to the brain he's fucked up and not saved a fighter from getting hurt.. because the Gracie's egos are two big to tap.. look at Royce's only bjj match online wallid.. clock chokes him and he lets go Royce was out for a while.. the guy would rather die than tap.. it's like his dad and brother made a cult.. kosen judo.. but tried to say is Brazilian and not Japanese and it's superior.. which is pure ego.. and another judoka kimura.. submitted helio with ude garami.. again he wouldn't tap kimura had to snap his arm.. after throwing him around like a ragdoll.. passing his Guard multiple times.. but the Gracie's brainwashed the world now people think that submission is called a kimura.. that's it's name .. it's a judo submission.. they really want people to believe they invented.. moves they learned and have always been in judo.. the nea waza.. was superior in Japan to what Helio was doing and teaching.. now Americans have taken bjj.. no a new level.. they got rid of the gi.. now's there's guys like Gordon Ryan.. Rodriguez Craig Jones.. going back to Eddie bravo.. who went against the traditional go bjj style and moved with the times especially after he tapped royler.. as a brown belt..he made people realize these people aren't the gods on grappling.. only there way is the right way.. now look at the Gracie's in MMA.. Roger Gracie amazing at bjj.. MMA not so much kron Gracie great at bjj but MMA na he's not a well rounded fighter not a high level MMA fighter...but the Gracie's were in pride acting like they also invented MMA they had special rules in fights the lot.. and they talk about ego.. the Gracie's are a crazy bunch .. Royce Gracie fought cans in the UFC.. could imagine him fighting mark Kerr.. mark Coleman.. don fry Fedor.. he struggled with kimon.. mark Kerr and Coleman were Olympic level wrestlers that could grapple smash you from your Girard mark Kerr won the adcc submission wrestling.. beat all the bjj guys at bjj.. Imagen in a fight he could punch knee headbutt .. look what happened to Royce when he fought matt Hughes.. but they still think bjj is all you need to no to win a fight because.. there daddy leaned judo as a kid .. crazy behaviour crazy
@carson3811
Жыл бұрын
Sorry for the bad grammar and punctuation.. I was rushing it and my speech changed world's kimo and a few others mad rant but the Gracie's bugged me..speaking after loosing and sakuraba has just been to war with cro cop 🤨🙄🧐
@shutonakazato5835
2 жыл бұрын
1:43 THE FINAL MATCH
@ioannasui100
Ай бұрын
Mirko Cro Cop Gladiatorul👊
@ドラえもん-x6c6g
Жыл бұрын
紳士的
@canaldojoe4214
2 ай бұрын
e enquanto isso o Rickson Gracie fugindo dos dois, covardemente.
@美容室フェアルナ
29 күн бұрын
こんだけ体格差があってよくあそこまで戦えるもんだな。マッチングがおかしいって😅
@davidpineda9160
Жыл бұрын
Mirko was still green enough in MMA that he feared a welterweights takedowns. The version of Mirko that beat up Coleman would have smoked Saku easy.
@棒銀
3 ай бұрын
Royce can't beat them up
@釣吉車太郎
2 жыл бұрын
日本人の考え方が固くてごめんなさい! もっと日本人は世界に出ないとね!!
@shutonakazato5835
2 жыл бұрын
1:51
@juanr6739
Ай бұрын
Vergüenza de los gracie reclamar después de perder
@mahespatipati6142
2 жыл бұрын
Sakuraba jadi kadal korengan... Nyaris meninggal dunia...
@pm-ei3lt
2 жыл бұрын
いや体重差
@franchisefred4066
2 жыл бұрын
Gracie killer only good on the ground. Crocop was just too much and the punishment was overwhelming
@acheucheu
2 жыл бұрын
There was a big difference in weight between them.
@adammorris9008
2 жыл бұрын
This was before every mma athlete did heavy cross-training. Just as accurate to say that Mirko was only good in the standup. Also, as Kakeustel notes, the size disparity was huge. Saku routinely fought men 20+ pounds heavier than him because there was no division for his size.
@radiofreeacab8159
2 жыл бұрын
Mirko weighed 60lbs more than Saku lmfao and sakuraba was winning the fight until mirko got lucky and clipped his orbital Tell me you don't know what you're talking about without telling me lmfaoooo
@franchisefred4066
2 жыл бұрын
@@radiofreeacab8159 Bruce Lee was 125 lbs compared to 250 Kareem Abdul Jabaar??? Stop making excuses 😂. Excuses are for sore Losers 💯😂😂😂
@radiofreeacab8159
2 жыл бұрын
@@franchisefred4066 excuses for what? Sakuraba is the pound-for-pound greatest of all time, mirko was a great heavyweight but when they touch gloves you can tell sakuraba got him shook biatch, cro cop can't even look him in the eyes Put your pants back on little man 🤣
@大樹-f4m
2 ай бұрын
体重差11㌔
@AngelBP714
2 ай бұрын
Konichawa ¿(~,~)¿💩🐖
@CarlosEduardoDeAndradeda-ct6rv
Жыл бұрын
Esse velho hélio Gracie é a cara do igy saw do jogos mortais kkkkkkkk
@クロコップミルコ-q9y
Жыл бұрын
このくらい盛り上がるの、今じゃ朝倉兄弟ぐらいだなあ。寂しい
@真島吾郎-i2r
2 ай бұрын
朝倉が国立9万人呼べるとは思えない
@gporr7004
3 ай бұрын
Gracie should take his loss like a man instead of being a baby about it
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