Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic Torches Amir Aliakbari, Kaido Hoovelson to Win Rizin Grand Prix

Mirko Filipovic penned the latest chapter in his remarkable career, and it was a doozy. “Cro Cop” blew away Amir Aliakbari and Kaido Hoovelson in less than three minutes combined to win the 2016 Rizin Fighting Federation open weight grand prix at Rizin 4 on Saturday at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Filipovic stopped the monstrous 6-foot-6, 400-pound Hoovelson (3-1) with a knee strike to the body 49 seconds into the first round of their semifinal and then cut down Aliakbari (5-1) with punches 2:03 into Round 1 of the tournament final.Still going strong at age 42, Filipovic (35-11-2) has rattled off seven consecutive victories, all of them finishes, since his November 2013 submission loss to Alexey Oleynik. Father Time was not as kind to another aging veteran, as former Shooto champion Tatsuya Kawajiri submitted to a …

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