The Bulldog
10-08-2007, 07:28
After he was beat up by the Dutch masters of stand-up fighting this tuesday Mirko decided to invite us to his fighting (?).
- You have to see how we are fighting. Man, I'm so tired I can't lift my arms.
And that's the truth. Mirko's sparring fights look better than most competitions since his sparring partners are the Dutch Bonjasky and Yvel, American Lister and Czech Hron. And this gladiator atmosphere is amplified by the cage from the US assembled last week.
- Because the original cage can't fit in my basement they assembled this 6m in diameter cage for me, explains Mirko.
The cage worth $25000 was a gift to Mirko from the specialized american constructor Throwdown. Mirko's cage was assembled by Brent Stuchlik and Ari Hagen.
- We assembled the same octagon for Quinton Jackson, Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture.
But none of the them has the cage in their basement.
- We love the way Mirko fights and we gave the cage to him.
The guys cruised the Croatian coast after the assembly and realized then what Mirko means to the croatians.
- I can see that you are proud of him, just as you should be proud of your cuisine. I'm crazy about the cheese from Pag, Stuchlik added.
Also impressed by Croatia was the fighter they call Uragan, Gilbert Yvel.
- I was in Russia and also in some other eastern European countries and I have to admit that I was expecting something similar. But Croatia definitely looks more like Europe than Russia. We were surprised by how many people recognized Remy.
And Remy is really a gentleman, something you would believe if you see him kick. He rushed Mirko with an amazing arsenal of kicks. Also, he is a two time champion in K-1 and Crocop has been spending too much time training grappling in the last years.
- Because of the hard training of grappling techniques Mirko has lost a lot of his stand up skill. I'd say maybe up to 50%. On top of that, all these years he was running his own trainings and he expressed his wish to have me yell at him so that he can get used to instructions from ringside, said trainer Ivan Hyppolite.
His apprentice Remy Bonjasky was impressed with Mirko's training hall.
- It's great to have something like that in your own house. We you go to train you just go downstairs and when you're done you're in your living room in a second."
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- You have to see how we are fighting. Man, I'm so tired I can't lift my arms.
And that's the truth. Mirko's sparring fights look better than most competitions since his sparring partners are the Dutch Bonjasky and Yvel, American Lister and Czech Hron. And this gladiator atmosphere is amplified by the cage from the US assembled last week.
- Because the original cage can't fit in my basement they assembled this 6m in diameter cage for me, explains Mirko.
The cage worth $25000 was a gift to Mirko from the specialized american constructor Throwdown. Mirko's cage was assembled by Brent Stuchlik and Ari Hagen.
- We assembled the same octagon for Quinton Jackson, Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture.
But none of the them has the cage in their basement.
- We love the way Mirko fights and we gave the cage to him.
The guys cruised the Croatian coast after the assembly and realized then what Mirko means to the croatians.
- I can see that you are proud of him, just as you should be proud of your cuisine. I'm crazy about the cheese from Pag, Stuchlik added.
Also impressed by Croatia was the fighter they call Uragan, Gilbert Yvel.
- I was in Russia and also in some other eastern European countries and I have to admit that I was expecting something similar. But Croatia definitely looks more like Europe than Russia. We were surprised by how many people recognized Remy.
And Remy is really a gentleman, something you would believe if you see him kick. He rushed Mirko with an amazing arsenal of kicks. Also, he is a two time champion in K-1 and Crocop has been spending too much time training grappling in the last years.
- Because of the hard training of grappling techniques Mirko has lost a lot of his stand up skill. I'd say maybe up to 50%. On top of that, all these years he was running his own trainings and he expressed his wish to have me yell at him so that he can get used to instructions from ringside, said trainer Ivan Hyppolite.
His apprentice Remy Bonjasky was impressed with Mirko's training hall.
- It's great to have something like that in your own house. We you go to train you just go downstairs and when you're done you're in your living room in a second."
http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/9125/mirkogal2zf4.jpg
http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/4163/mirkogal3fx0.jpg
http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/1917/mirkogal4yy7.jpg
http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/7800/mirkogal5ch3.jpg
http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/1692/mirkogal6oc7.jpg
http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/1714/mirkogal7mf2.jpg