minus NUMBER_TOKEN favorite and he proved those odds correct by decimating his young opponent in just NUMBER_TOKEN seconds despite his performance musayev was still a huge underdog going into the final against pitbull the two would have an absolute war but as time expired it was clear that topheak was running away with it against his far more high profile opponent all three judges saw it for musayev and one more time for tricky pitbull would come up just short of being the best number six mirko crow cop one of the most disappointing ufc runs in history has to be that of mirko krokop for a time in pride one of the greatest heavyweights in the world he just never quite got there once he entered the octagon and fan's memories of his stints are not exactly positive his time there ending with an abrupt retirement after a usada suspension was levied for the use of hgh something he admitted to to help him heal from an injury but was actually never found in any tests a year into the suspension krokop decided to rage against the machine and fight verizon in japan where usada could do nothing the guy was NUMBER_TOKEN years old the last thing he cared about was pulsing pika gramps just left the man left leg cemetery people in peace ryzen in the spirit of the awesomeness that is japanese mma entered krokop into their NUMBER_TOKEN fighter openweight grand prix tournament the initial names attached to this thing were pretty epic vanderlei silva shane carwin was meant to return yuri prohaska vegeta world champion wrestler amir aliyak bari i can't say i would have picked mirko to win this whole thing with vandy never appearing in the tournament he was replaced by king mo and served as krokop's second opponent he didn't even need the legs to get this one done dropped law with his hands to advance to the semifinals where he would gut punch big chungus himself estonian sumo wrestler beruto on his way to the tournament championship the silliness of some aspects of this tournament aside the main event was no joke ali akbari was new to mma but the man had a top tier wrestling background didn't matter though two minutes in mirko got his big ko and a late career resurgence to what the bad taste of that ufc run out of fans mouths number five daniel cormier scott coker and strikeforce kicked off NUMBER_TOKEN with an absolute juggernaut of an announcement a heavyweight grand prix just like the old days in pride and what a lineup they had planned for this thing fedor bigfoot silva the ream josh barnett andre arlovski brett rodgers fabricio berdum sergey karatanov don't tell me the ufc wasn't worried about strikeforce that bracket's absolutely incredible notice that i didn't mention daniel cormier there weird right this whole entry is about him yeah so dc wasn't originally supposed to compete in the grand prix he didn't feel as if he was even ready for it he was only NUMBER_TOKEN-NUMBER_TOKEN as a pro at the time of the tournament's
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