Glory: Remy Bonjasky Beats Cro Cop in Croatia

by Dr. Octagon, J.D.

I don’t usually watch kickboxing, but this fight was on my radar because Pride legend Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic was involved. We haven’t seen him in the Octagon in a while.

How was it? Pretty damn awesome. Every fighter showed up throwing bombs, and every bout was action-packed. Some of the fighters had to fight more than once tonight, so there was a big benefit to getting the early finish.

Anthony Pettis’ head coach Duke Roufus was doing the color commentary and really provided some great insight into the sport. Friend of the blog Luke Thomas was also on hand, which may explain why UFC Boss Dana White was giving him shit on Twitter earlier today.

The fight of the night was Andi Ristie vs. Davit Kiria. Davit looked like he was in trouble for the bulk of the fight, only to stop Ristie in the final round. It was a spectacular comeback.

Cro Cop looked enormous and put a pretty good beating on Remy Bonjansky, but the judges saw it for Remy.  The Croatian crowd and I both saw it for Cro Cop. Of course, I don’t know shit about kickboxing, and I was just happy to see two legends of the sport throwing bombs at each other for three rounds.

Remy might have gotten the nod because it was his farewell fight. Afterward, Spike TV went straight into COPS. Nice. It’s like they can read my mind.