Mirko Cro Cop stops King Mo Lawal, advances to semis

[Edge Guerrero]

by Danny Segura @DannySeguraTV Dec 29, 2016

Mirko Cro Cop is advancing to the Rizin FF 2016 openweight Grand Prix tournament semifinals.

The Croatian fighter landed a series of hard uppercuts to put away Bellator’s Muhammed Lawal in the main event of Thursday’s Round 2 of Rizin FF Grand Prix in Saitama, Japan.

The fight began with a leg kick from Cro Cop that was caught by King Mo and turned into a takedown. From top position, and inside of Cro Cop’s guard, King Mo would land ground-and-pound and control the veteran. The referee would eventually stop the fight and get it back on the feet where both fighters had good moments for the remaining of the first round.

Entering the second, and likely down in the judges’ eyes, Cro Cop stepped up his takedown defense to keep the fight on the feet. The 42-year-old heavyweight landed a couple of shots that seemed to stun King Mo, but did not come close to putting him away. In one of King Mo’s takedown attempts, Cro Cop defended well, cornered the Bellator fighter, and unleashed a couple of uppercuts that would send King Mo straight to the canvas. Cro Cop then followed up with some ground-and-pound to get the referee to intervene and call an end to the fight.

Source http://www.mmafighting.com/2016/12/29/14111086/rizin-grand-prix-round-2-results-mirko-cro-cop-stops-king-mo-lawal-advances-to-semis



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AMAZING!!!! So happy to see this

Really tough fight for Cro-Cop, on paper he was likely the huge underdog. Shows his true colors, what a fighter

tough sum'bitch