K-1:
En 1996 Mirko comenzó su carrera en K-1. En su primer año derrotó al finalista de 1995 Jérôme Le Banner pero en la siguiente ronda fue derrotado por el emblemático Ernesto Hoost.
En 1999 volvió a la competición y tras un arrollador comienzo volvió a encontrarse con Hoost en las eliminatorias y volvió a perder.
Continuó su carrera en K-1 y derrotó a grandes luchadores como Peter Aerts, Mark Hunt, Remy Bonjasky y Bob Sapp (imbatido hasta el momento).
En el año 2000 se encontró con Hoost y volvió a ser derrotado y a perder las posibilidades de ser el campeón.
En 2001, para sorpresa de todos, fue derrotado en primera ronda por Michael McDonald. Tras la derrota, CroCop anunció su retirada de K-1 y el comienzo de su nueva etapa en las MMA, concretamente en PRIDE FC.

PRIDE FC:
En 2001 Mirko decidió comenzar una nueva etapa de su vida en PRIDE. Dejó la policía y se centró en su entrenamiento. Desde entonces Mirko obtuvo una muy buena racha de resultados que le permitieron retar al campeón de PRIDE de aquel entonces, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, en 2003. En ese combate Mirko comenzó dominando, pero en el 2º round Nogueira tomó el mando y sentenció la lucha cuando consiguió tirar a Crocop al suelo y mediante un armbar que Crocop se rindiese.
En 2003 Mirko abandona K-1 y contrata a Fabricio Werdun (experto en Brazilian Jiu Jitsu) como entrenador. Su objetivo era mejorar sus habilidades en el combate de suelo ya que la lucha contra Nogueira le hizo darse cuenta de su debilidad.
En 2004 Mirko fue derrotado sorprendentemente por Kevin Randleman. A finales de ese mismo año Crocop pidió la revancha y Randleman salió derrotado.
A mediados de 2005 Mirko tenía una racha de 6 combates seguidos venciendo (uno de ellos contra Aleksander Emilianenko, el hermano del campeón). En agosto de 2005, Fedor Emilianenko, el campeón de PRIDE, recibe a Mirko Crocop en una lucha por el título. El ganador por decisión unánime fue Emilianenko.
En el Open Wight Grand Prix de 2006 Mirko consigue ser el campeón tras desacerse de Josh Barnett y Wanderlei Silva en la misma noche. Cuando todo el mundo creía que Crocop le pediría la revancha a Fedor Emilianenko por el título de campeón de los pesos pesados, el croata sorprende con una inesperada noticia: Mirko abandona PRIDE para comenzar una nueva carrera en UFC.

UFC:
Hasta el momento Mirko ha luchado cuatro veces en UFC, su debut fue contra Eddie Sanchez en 2006, consiguiendo sin apuros la victoria. En su segundo combate fue derrotado por Gabriel Gonzaga en tan solo 4 minutos por un KO. Tercer combate fue contra Cheick Kongo, lucha que perdió por decisión del jurado. El equipo de Mirko alegó que Kongo había propinado dos patadas ilegales a Mirko. Tras el mal comienzo en UFC con dos derrotas consecutivas, Mirko comenzó un entrenamiento intensivo.

DREAM:
El esperado regreso de CroCop se produjo el 12 de Febrero de 2008, en Japón. Mirko abandona UFC y comienza una nueva etapa en la recién inaguirada competición DREAM. Su primer combate se produjo el 15 de Marzo y su oponente fue Tatsuya Mizuno al que derrotó en menos de un minuto por KO. El próximo combate de Mirko será el 21 de Julio contra el veterano Jerome Le Banner.

Ficha:
Nombre: Mirko Filipović
Apodo: Cro cop
Nacionalidad: Croacia
Fecha de nacimiento: 10 de septiembre de 1974
Lugar de nacimiento: Vinkovci, Croacia
Altura: 6 '2" = 188cm
Peso: 213 lib = 97kg
Estilo = kickboxing

MMA record W/L/D: 23/6/2
Total: 31
Ganados: 23
·por TKO: 16
·por sumisión: 4
Perdidos: 6
·por TKO: 2
·por sumisión: 1
Empatados: 2

K-1 record W/L: 16/7
Total: 23
Ganados: 16
·por TKO: 11
Perdidos: 7
·por TKO: 4

Aquí dejo un vídeo de producción própia con los mejores KO's de Mirko Crocop:

Mirko Crocop también es famoso por sus bromas a periodistas y gente de la organización:

Season 8, which premiers on Spike TV on Sept. 17, will return to the two-weight class format. It features light heavyweight (205-pound) and lightweight (155-pound) fighters. Production on season eight begins in late May, with the entire cast to be announced in September.

Nogueira and Mir will meet at later in a TBA event.

UFC champs Nogueira and Silva to open Miami training center

ois é. Pouco a pouco, e com vento, chuvia e temporal, foi-nos invadindo a primavera com todas as mudanças que ela traz.

Sabedes que sou umha apaixoada das plantas. Sobre tudo das àrvores e das flores e, como este é o primeiro ano que moro cá, na minha casa, o ano passado, polo Natal, nos dias de férias que estive por Vimianço, merquei algumhas àrvores para meu horto e plantei-as eu mesma. O meu filho Nês, fixo os covos e logo, entre os dous, fumos plantando umha por umha.

Quando as plantei, erão apenas umhas varinhas com raizes, mas agora que tem folhas, da glória ve-las.

Plantei àrvores con significado para mim. Àrvores para o disfrute e ao valor simbólico, não para tirar outro proveito de elas ainda que, se o tem, não se vai desprezar.

A primeira que plantei, foi umha vidueira. Perto do rio, deixando a separação que a lei exige e algumha mais, para não entorpecer as àrvores da beira, que estes dias foram limpadas das suas pólas mais baixas, por mor das enchentes, e semelham meninhas com roupa de estreio.

Eis a minha vidueira quando a plantei. Semelha umha meninha perdida e fragil. Mas agora é umha princesa, fermosa e lançal, que não posso vos amostrar porque o homen que vem apanhar a erva para as suas ovelhas ainda não a cortou toda e não posso me achegar. Chega-me a erva Aos joenlhos e não tenho botas de auga

No outro lado, plantei um freixo. Tamém pertinho do rio.

Este era un pauzinho preto quando o plantei, e mirade agora que viçoso e que cheio de vida:

Os seguintes, vindo cara a casa, são um castinheiro:

Umha nogueira:

Subindo, umha das àrvores mais fermosas: Umha faia:

E, o último, de momento, um senhor que sempre mantem seu gabão de folhas, até no inverno, refúgio de pássaros. O azivinho. O irmão da àrvore do mate, da que tanto gostam na América austral:

Amanhã contarei-vos mais cousas da primavera, e das cousas que se podem topar dentro dum território tão pequeno coma meu horto.

Até amanhã. Inchallah, lembrando aos meus amigos muçulmanos.

Maratona em BTT, cujo percurso decorre maioritariamente no parque natural de Montesinho.

Unirá as duas principais montanhas que circundam Bragança, a Serra da Nogueira e a Serra de Montesinho

Terá 3 percursos alternativos, que cada um escolherá de acordo com as suas capacidades ou estado de preparação física:

• Percurso de 44 km

• Percurso de 77 km

• Percurso de 101 km (só para os mais preparados, para os corajosos).

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Na entrada do Espaço Armando Nogueira está grafado um poema do jornalista, com o sugestivo título de “Maracanã”. Há também fotos de diversos locutores e repórteres que fazem e fizeram história.

Armando Nogueira esteve presente para receber a homenagem, e não escondeu a emoção. O jornalista ainda contou histórias de seu início na profissão, recordando que enaltecendo a importância que o jornalismo esportivo ganhou desde a década de 50.

É a tal profundidade da marca que começou a ser usado em especial nos detergentes...

Bruno Nogueira finalmente deu voz a muitos portugueses indignados!

Se repararem nos anúncios do Actimel, vão ver que dizem que se não bebermos Actimel corremos o risco de apanhar gripe se andarmos à chuva de t-shirt ou a brincar nas poças descalços!

Hei de experimentar fazer isso  depois de ter bebido um Actimel para ver se não fico de cama mês e meio!

Depois mando uma carta para a defesa do consumidor a dizer que as minhas defesas naturais não foram completamente reforçadas porque alguém perguntou as horas ao contador de L.Casei Imunitass's durante o meu Actimel !!!

Vocês devem estar se perguntando: "Que título estranho é esse?". Este é o nome de uma banda formada em Ijuí (Rio Grande do Sul)! O grupo segue o estilo do já conhecido Emerson Nogueira, criando uma versão acústica de músicas já consagradas.

Formado por três jovens (Rafa Librenz, Chico dos Santos e Ricardo Librenz) o The Sélfon Fãckers já alcançou uma certa popularidade através da Internet. Contando até mesmo com um DVD Ao Vivo, gravado em um show em abril de 2006.

Confira abaixo uma das tantas versões que eles já fizeram:

Se você gostou da banda e quer saber mais sobre ela: Blog do The Sélfon Fãckers.

Well, UFC 82 went how I hoped, if not how I predicted. I was pretty close on 2 of the fights wrong on 1. And to all you Pride haters here this: 3 out of 5 Champions in the UFC are former PRIDE FC fighters! Quentin "Rampage" Jackson, Antonio "Minatauro" Noguiera, and Anderson Silva. Not to mention, Dan Henderson (Pride Champ) I predict will beat Silva for the title. Long live PRIDE!

In the fight Noguiera and Silvia, I had the correct winner, the correct method, but the wrong round. In my defense, I did mention that Silvia's size would give Nog a hard time, I just didn't think it would take 3 rounds for him to figure it out. 2 out of 3 isn't bad.

Here's a video of the fight: Noguiera vs. Silvia

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Mir vs. Lesnar. I missed on this, as I felt the fight would be a long boring decision. However, if you re-read my prediction, I did mention there was a chance Mir lands a submission, and he did. Mir, although not as dominant as his former self looked quick and in shape, is still a world-class Jiu-Jitsu artist. I'm not convinced Mir is back, but I certainly am rooting for the guy. He's one of the class-acts in MMA.

As for Lesnar, he's great at take downs, but has very little ability to finish. I know it seemed like he was beating up Mir, but did you notice how none of his punches contained much power? Mir was never hurt, and Lesnar was simply throwing a volume of punches as opposed to strong, efficient, powerful ones. I'm concerned about Lesnar's lack of punching power.

Mir certainly does a good job in showing that Joe Schmoe from the WWE (Or any other sport) who has no MMA experience can't just come in and hang with top competition. I mean, Mir's a former champ, but he's not even in the top 15 heavyweights.

Here's a link to a video of that fight: Mir vs. Lesnar

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Marquardt vs. Horn was an awesome submissions chess match. I give props to Nate "The Great" he's got sick Jits to be able to submit Horn, one of the most accomplished submission guys in MMA.

The difference here was Nate's age and his ability to strike. Here, I picked the right guy, right round, but the wrong method of finishing. Nate could have finished him by punches but Horn's one problem is that he's been suceptible to leaving himself open to guillotine chokes. And he got caught, and Nate capitalized.

Here's a link to that fight: Nate "The Great" vs. Jeremy Horn

El antiguo luchador de la WWE, ex Heavyweight Champion de la misma Brock Lesnar (para mi el mejor luchador jamas visto en la WWE) se encuentra entrenando para su primer combate en la UFC (Ultimate Fighter Championship), continuar leyendo para ver los exelentes videos de la previa de los combates, y unos bonus track de Brock Lesnar

Preview Lesnar v/s Mir

Brock Lesnar en la WWE

Entrenamiento de Brock Lesnar

Brock Lesnar en K-1

Song: "Here's Comes the King," by X-Ray Dog.  (Thanks to Jeff for finding the name)

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1) Bisping (-225) versus Hamill (+185) - I want to start by linking you to mmajunkie.com. This guy interviewed Bisping and it is hilarious. Click this link to read the interview: Michael Bisping Discusses UFC 75 — A UFCjunkie.com Interview Some of my favorite lines include:

UFCjunkie.com: Were they (hamill and Abbadi) really that tight on the show?
Michael Bisping: Maybe there was a little man-love going on. (laughs) Seriously, you could see the connection. There was some electricity there. But whatever. It’s 2007. I’m all for gays. More power to them. (laughs) But honestly, they did portray (Matt) as a bit of a teddy bear, and that wasn’t the case at all.

UFCjunkie.com: Well, you’re both light heavyweights. If they offered you a fight against Tito, is that something you would take?
Michael Bisping: Of course. I’d be f—ng happy to sock his big basketball head all over the Octagon. (laughs) I’m only joking. You’re going to quote me on that, aren’t you?

This is going to be a fun fight and both guys are undefeated. I think Bisping in front of his home crowd will have a lot to prove. He knows Hammill does not like him and will be coming for him quick and strong. I think the first 30 seconds will be fast and furious and then they will buckle down and Bisping will dismantle him. Bisping wins this easy at home.

2) Cro Cop (-450) vs. Cheick Kongo (+300) - I think this fight is a joke and just a way to get Cro Cop moving up the rankings. Kongo can not hang with Cro Cop in any way. His last two fights went to decision and he was not impressive. I think Cro Cop comes into this fight very pissed off. There was talk of him retiring after Gonzaga knocked his ass out but he is back and is so methodical you know he only came back for one purpose...to regain his pride, to show the world who he is and what he is made of and to move up the heavyweight ranks for a title shot. Cro Cop knocks him out.

3) Jackson (-130) vs. Dan Henderson (even) - I love this fight. This is what fans want and hope to get if Dana can sign Fedor. The fans get a unification belt of UFC and Pride. Fans no longer need to debate who is better, the title holder of UFC or the title holder of Pride. This is going to be a fun fight. Henderson has never been knocked out and Rampage is always looking for the knockout. Henderson's losses have come by submission (twice to Noguiera) and by decision. He just does not get knocked out. In Henderson's last fight he knocked out Wanderlei Silva and before that went to decision with Vitor Belfort. I recently heard an interview with Dan Henderson on the Bubba the Love Sponge Show and he is the man. Dan is all business and ready to lay some damage on Jackson. I guess I am taking a simple apporoach to this one....Silva knocked out Rampage and Henderson knocked out Silva. I just think Henderson is more well rounded and has the ability to press the action if these guys stall and take it to decision. I am picking Hendo all the way.

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The two easiest fights to pick:

1) Sherk (-280) vs. Franca (+210) - This is a title fight and I am expecting a solid beatdown. Sherk is one big muscle, hence his nickname (Muscle Shark), and when you take his body/muscle against Franca, a jujitsu fighter and submission guy you have one fighter who is completely neutralized. Franca has no chance of submitting Sherk, maybe by choke, but not likely. Franca will not put him in any type of arm or leg locks. Sherk is far too strong. Sherk also has shown that he can take a beating and keep on ticking (if you do not believe me check out the fight when he won the belt; he was a bloody mess). Also, Franca does not have a good striking style; he tends to throw wild haymakers and will leave himself completely open to controlled jabs and take downs. I would be surprised if this lasts two rounds. Also, you need to listen to Sherk's interviews; he is very proud and is fighting to get paid to support his family. He has waited a long time to get some respect and fame and now that he has some he wants to build on it and continue to get paid more and more. He will roll in this fight. Also, Sherk is the reason BJ penn does not want to fight at 155 and Pulver wants to drop to 145. Sherk is an animal.

2) Antonio Minotauro Nogueira (-700) vs. Heath Herring (+500) - This one is not really worth discussing and I am expecting a solid Minotauro beat down. I am guessing he wins by choke. I have not been impressed with Herring's two UFC fights (one was a loss) and I think he is vulnerable to a choke out. I consider Randy Couture to be one of the foremost authorities on MMA fighting and he thinks Minotauro is one of the best submission artists in the world. He had zero opinion on Herring. Enough said. Chalk up an easy win for Minotauro.

There is always a big upset on a UFC card and this week's upset is:

Rashad Evans (+105) over Tito Ortiz (-135) (This line is moving, last check was -115, -115)- This fight is really hard for me to predict but I am going with Rashad Evans. My one fear is that Tito is a smart man and knows that if he loses this fight he has little to no future left in UFC. However, Tito is very business like. In the past he has hired a publicist, he likes to be seen out in public with his girlfriend, he has acted, he is into selling his clothes. I feel like he is more of a personality that talks a big game but does not have the full compliment of skills that today's MMA superstars have. In his last 4 fights he beat Forest Griffin by decision in a fight I thought and Forest thought he won, beat Shamrock twice who is an old man and did not pose a challenge and got knocked out by Chuck Liddell. Not so impressive. That brings us to Rashad. Rashad s 15-0 and has been very impressive in his last three fights over Stephan Bonnar, Jason Lambert, and Sean Salmon. Rashad is getting better in each fight and adding something new each time. Just check out this awesome knockout of Salmon.

Take Rashad in this one and get the benefit of him as the underdog (hopefully if you can still find him as the underdog, I think we are starting to move lines here). I think Tito has a chance to win but I think he will go for broke in the first round, not get it done and then Rashad will systematically take him apart. This one might go to decision.

Anderson Silva (-165) vs. Nate Marquardt (+135) - Gonna stay with the favorite on this one and I am picking Silva. The only reason I am not making this an easy money fight is because of Nate Marquardt's history of fighting boring fights where he takes an opponent down and holds him down and tries to pass guard without inflicting any damage. So in one scenario, and the only scenario where I see Nate winning, is the scenario where he takes down Silva and stalls and holds him down and simply wins the fight on a decision cause he got points on take downs. What I hope happens and what I think really will happen is Silva will simply come out on the attack and will keep constant pressure on Nate just like he did against Rich Franklin. Silva wants to punish people and I think he will remain on the attack while standing or on the ground. Last reason but certainly not least, Marquardt credits his recent success to finding God...I am sure God does not support pounding ones face like a butcher pounds beef...don't pick the choir boy in this one.

The throw in fight:

Stephan Bonnar (-500) over Mike Nickels (+350) - always take the guy who you know uses performance enhancing drugs. Bonnar is back from his steroid suspension but we know he had the juice running through him.

So this week I am giving you 5 fights. On betus.com right now a 5 fighter $100 parlay pays $458.86. Kaching!!!! Good luck this weekend and let me know what you think. I am confident in my picks this week and ready to continue my roll.

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Afirmar peremptoriamente que não considera a eleição no congresso a melhor escolha, num comunicado oficial de felicitações aos dois candidatos, só vem reforçar a opinião de grande parte dos sindicalizados do SPGL que esta é uma direcção de conluio não pela defesa dos seus direitos, mas pelas jogadas de bastidores.

O mau perder deixa sempre um amargo de boca, que raramente se desvanece. A oposição entre os dois candidatos foi salutar bem como o confronto de opiniões. A própria candidata derrotada demonstra uma melhor capacidade de encaixe de derrota que o nosso sindicato. É caso para perguntar se iremos ter no futuro uma oposição de bloco central…

Lista E - Mário Nogueira 451 votos. (40 mandatos ao Conselho Nacional)

Lista A - Manuela Mendonça 321 votos. (28 mandatos ao Conselho Nacional)

Pelas 23:30 h teremos os resultados! Esperemos que os problemas que existiram durante praticamente todas as votações de delgados do SPGL não prejudiquem nenhum dos candidatos. ;)

Intro to Fedor Emelianenko, part 1 in a trilogy.

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