Mirko Cro Cop vs. Ray Sefo (K-1) in Zagreb *Updates & News*

[Keithlewis]

Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic versus Ray Sefo in Zagreb



Mirko Filipovic will be fighting on March 10th at the Zagreb Arena on the “Cro Cop Final Fight” fight show against legendary New Zealander Ray Sefo. The news was revealed by BBC News.

“So, Sefo has agreed. This is was not my first vote but we are very pleased. I know he was on the short list and we wanted a big name. I believe that our audience and my fans will appreciate a real opponent like Sefo instead of some trash can opponent. It is better to ‘die’ in a great battle, than to bring in someone that I could beat easily.”

According to reports, Mirko Cro Cop has started rehab for a hand injury with training and he will be ready for the battle against Sefo in a little over a month and a half. The main event of the evening will only be a part of the fight card which will see some of the world’s best fighters compete including Daniel Ghita, Mourad Bouzidija and Freddy Kemayo.


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[Keithlewis]

[ArmyofDarkness]

I have an eery feeling that Sefo is gonna KO Cro Cop but it is looking like a solid card.

[NWOWolfpack]

[Keithlewis]

FIGHT NOW TV Delivers Kickboxing History

Final Fight: Cro Cop vs. Sefo

March 10 live from Croatia


FIGHT NOW TV - America's only 24-hour combat sports and entertainment channel - announced today that it will air the final fight of mixed martial arts legend Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic's illustrious career to viewers across America on Saturday, March 10. "Cro Cop"is set to take on another kickboxing great, "Sugar" Ray Sefo, live from Filipovic's native Croatia.

"We could not be more excited to bring this tremendous sporting event to American fans," said Mike Garrow, GM and co-founder of FIGHT NOW TV. "Filipovic is one of the greatest MMA fighters of all-time and he is returning to his first love - kickboxing - for a last hurrah. 'Cro Cop' certainly could have chosen a much easier opponent than Sefo for his swan song, but this shows what a true warrior he is in terms of fighting a guy like Ray, who continues to be a top name on the world kickboxing scene."

Filipovic (16-7, 11 KO), once famously describing his kicks as "right leg: hospital; left leg: cemetery", remains a Croatian sports icon who has starred in the UFC, Pride, K-1 and Dream during his more than decade-long fight career. He holds kickboxing victories over such notable fighters as Mike Bernardo, Jerome Le Banner, Peter Aerts, Mark Hunt, Remy Bonasky, Misashi and Sam Greco.

New Zealand native Sefo (56-21- 1, 38 KO), fighting out of Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas, rates as one of the premier and most recognizable kick-boxers in the world. A five-time Muay Thai world champion and eight-time K-1 World Grand Prix finalist, Sefo's most prominent kickboxing victims also include Bernardo, Le Banner and Aerts, as well as Bob Sapp and Stephan Leko.

There will be nine other great kickboxing matchups on this once-in-a-lifetime card. Final Fight promises to be a first-class production every step of the way with Michael Buffer serving as ring announcer, actress Jane Park as event host, and former K-1 superstar Nobuaki Kakuda as referee for this exciting night of action.

Given the interest across the United States for this highly-anticipated event, FIGHT NOW TV will be offering fans three ways to catch all the kicks, punches and knockouts that Final Fight is sure to deliver:

Cablevision subscribers can watch live on FIGHT NOW TV, channel 464 as part of their iO Sports & Entertainment Pack. Satellite customers will be able to see the event on DIRECTV PPV, channel 123 HD or 124 SD. All others can catch this historic event on FIGHT NOW TV broadband PPV player powered by Ustream. Visit www.fightnow.com for details.



Also scheduled to fight on the Mar. 10 Final Fight card are:

Igor Jurkovic (29-3, 23 KO) vs. Freddy Kemayo (60-18, 43 KO)

Daniel Ghita (39-7, 29 KO) vs. 2011 SuperKombat WGP Final champion Sergei Laschenko (29-9, 12 KO)

Former Croatian Muay Thai Champion Mladen Brestovac (36-8, 25 KO) vs. Dutch heavyweight WFCA kickboxing winner Mourad Bouzidi (65-15, 32 KO)

Former WKA European titleholder Dzevad Poturak (47-16, 30 KO) vs. Ismail "Mr. Pain" Londt (27-3, 12 KO)

Mladen "Dynamite" Kujundzic (8-3, 5 KO) vs. TBA

2009 World Kickboxing champion Agron Preteni (56-10) vs. European kickboxing king Guy Pacome Assi (11-6, 5 KO)

Stefan Jelicv (6-1, 6 KO) vs. Michael Duut (15-5, 7 KO)

Former WKA European champ Ivan Posavec (19-4) vs. Miran "Rocky" Fabjan (34-5)



*All fights and fighters are subject to change.

[NWOWolfpack]

If not for CC I never would have had PDG. A lot of the older posters including TUCO, Rattlesnake, McNamara, longlivemma, Rush381, HAl and others like Justin were very helpful throughout the years!


So here is what I have for Cro Cop's Final Fight:



Also scheduled to fight on the Mar. 10 Final Fight card are:

Igor Jurkovic (29-3, 23 KO) vs. Freddy Kemayo (60-18, 43 KO)

Daniel Ghita (39-7, 29 KO) vs. 2011 SuperKombat WGP Final champion Sergei Laschenko (29-9, 12 KO)

Former Croatian Muay Thai Champion Mladen Brestovac (36-8, 25 KO) vs. Dutch heavyweight WFCA kickboxing winner Mourad Bouzidi (65-15, 32 KO)

Former WKA European titleholder Dzevad Poturak (47-16, 30 KO) vs. Ismail "Mr. Pain" Londt (27-3, 12 KO)

Mladen "Dynamite" Kujundzic (8-3, 5 KO) vs. TBA

2009 World Kickboxing champion Agron Preteni (56-10) vs. European kickboxing king Guy Pacome Assi (11-6, 5 KO)

Stefan Jelicv (6-1, 6 KO) vs. Michael Duut (15-5, 7 KO)

Former WKA European champ Ivan Posavec (19-4) vs. Miran "Rocky" Fabjan (34-5)


*All fights and fighters are subject to change.


and then 2 great highlight videos...............


http://punchdrunkgamer.com/mirko-cro-co ... he-legend/


HRVMAN's HL-6 - http://punchdrunkgamer.com/mirko-cro-co ... by-hrvman/



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[Keithlewis]

Sefo prepared to ruin Filipovic's retirement party


Kickboxing star "Sugar" Ray Sefo is prepared to play the spoiler role Saturday in Croatia, where mixed martial arts legend Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic's career ends in "Final Fight: Crop Cop vs. Sefo," airing live on FIGHT NOW TV TM - America's only 24-hour combat sports and entertainment channel - to viewers across America.

New Zealand native Sefo (56-21-1, 38 KO), fighting out of Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas, is a five-time Muay Thai world champion and eight-time K-1World Grand Prix finalist, His more notable K-1 victims include Mike Bernardo, Jerome Le Banner, Peter Aerts, Bob Sapp and Stephan Leko.

Win, lose or draw this is it for Filipovic (16-7, 11 KO), a Croatian sports icon who has starred in the UFC, Pride, K-1 and Dream during his 10-plus year combat sports career. His more prominent kickboxing victories have come against Bernardo, Banner, Aerts, Mark Hunt, Remy Bonasky, Misashi and Sam Greco.

The 41-year-old Sefo, however, hasn't traveled to Croatia to be Filopovic's "dance partner" for his final hurrah. Sefo jumped at the opportunity to fight Filipovic, who pulled out of a 2001 fight against "Sugar Ray" a few weeks prior to the scheduled date. Make no mistake about it, Sefo's on a mission in Croatia to ruin Filipovic's retirement party, even going as far as to boldly predict a win by stoppage before all of the "Cro Cop" fans..

In 2007, "Sugar Ray" became only the second man, one of only five men to date, to knockdown four-time K-1 World Grand Prix Champion Semmy Schilt.Sefo believes that he's quicker than ever, due to his diligent work with a strength-and-conditioning coach, and a poor match-up for the slower "Crop Cop,"

Nine more great kickboxing matchups are scheduled on this once-in-a-lifetime card. Final Fight promises to be a first-class production every step of the way with Michael Buffer serving as ring announcer, actress Jane Park as event host, and former K-1 superstar Nobuaki Kakuda as referee for this exciting night of action.

[Keithlewis]