Stefan Struve

All I have to say is WOW!

I thought he was done for after being completely dominated in the first round....that was the classic case of dont count anyone out...EVER.

Great finish.

He has a lot of power for a stick figure.

Struve showed a ton of heart.

from what ive heard Struve pulled a nice Ko out of his ass

Birdofthad wrote:

from what ive heard Struve pulled a nice Ko out of his ass

Struve did but his opponent gift wrapped it for him, swinging away with his chin in the air unprotected.

sounds like he also damn near gave struve a good amount of subs

Struve will never be a top guy like Semmy Schilt but he can provide for entertainment either via KO loss or entertaining win

Struve showed alot of heart because his lip was all fucked up and he kept fighting. He is good and a tough fight for a prospect but thats about it.

Struve vs Cro Cop.

That wouldnt be a bad matchup.

Crocop would rather vacation in Somalia than fight a noname like Struve.

CC only wants big fights. Mir, Nog, Couture, Lesnar, Gonzaga and probably Nelson are the only fights he'd consider.

Problem with that is he cant beat most if not all of those guys.

CC beats most of those guys as long as he shows up in shape IMO. He'd AA/Dos Santos Nelson, he'd kick Mir's head off, Randy would collapse into convulsions after the first grazing blow to his bald head, Gonzaga has been stopped four times since he beat CC, Mirko would be aggressive and take him out of there quickly, and if he was able to stop Lesnar's shot he'd finish that one brutally.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Crocop would rather vacation in Somalia than fight a noname like Struve.

CC only wants big fights. Mir, Nog, Couture, Lesnar, Gonzaga and probably Nelson are the only fights he'd consider.

I dont think he would beat any of them accept maybe Nogs old ass. He could beat them but I dont think he would. He is a head case every since he loss to JDS and talked about hanging himself in the locker room LOL.

Couture would beat CC eh?

I think he would but to be honest that fight isnt going to happen. I dont think Dana puts him in with any real contenders.

Who is "him" in your last post?

Mirko

Mirko is closer to being a real contender than Couture is.

The way Morecraft was beating Stru in the first, I really wish he had finished the job. Oh well he got flashed out. He might make a nice opponent for Russow. And Did he look 6'8"???? He looked so tiny next to Stru, crazy.

Well they billed him as 6'6 if I remember right. I remember scratching my head when they showed him or said he was 6'6. He did look rather short for 6'8 though.

Couture vs Cro Cop should be made now while it's still intriguing.

6'6" would make more sense visually. He had been billed as 6'8" for everything I saw about him though leading up to.

I saw him billed at 6' 6'' some places but he's actually 6' 5'' according to the Junkie.

http://mmajunkie.com/news/19434/christian-morecraft-signs-with-ufc-meets-stefan-struve-at-ufc-117.mma

Struve is 4 - 2 in the UFC's HW division at 22 years old, only with loses to top ten contenders Nelson and JDS who just met for title shot. I think he is kind of under respected.

Struve definitely has heart. Once he fills out, he could be really dangerous.

Morecraft had that fight in the bag. Not sure why he kept it standing when he was killinghim on the ground.

CroCop/Couture would be a sweet fight. I think Couture takes him. Probably would look like Alves/Fitch.

Probably at no point in Randy's career would he have ever beaten Mirko, but especially not now. Mirko would literally put the old mans life in danger.