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Originally Posted by Rufio
I've only seen the Hunt fight out of Cro Cop's K-1 fights, but just based on his record on paper, why isn't he considered one of the elites?
Cro Cop has wins over Le Banner, Hunt, Aerts, Bonjasky, Sapp, and Bernardo, correct? And didn't his last fight with Hoost go to a decision?
I know a record on paper can be misleading, but why aren't these wins talked about more?
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He was definately good nobody can deny that, but the thing about the era he was fighting in was that it was a golden age really and on any given day most of the top guys could beat any of the others, so if you take a look at some of the other records you'll see that many fighters had victories over each other.
There were many great fighters around that could have been considered the best such as...
Jerome leBanner
Hoost
Aerts
Stefan Leko
Fransisco Filho
Ray sefo
Mike Bernanrdo
Cro Cop
Mark Hunt
and way too many others to mention, but the thing is they all had victories over each other at some stage so it doesnt really matter that Cro Cop beat some good fighters because many fighters beat the ones he beat plus a lot more and at more crucial times.
You'd have to be stupid to look back and think he was no good and try to pretend that he was nothing in k1 because its not true, but you also must remember k1 has never been as good as it was then and there were many fighters both at his level and maybe a bit better so he didnt have the chance to stand out really.