5. Mirko “Cro Crop” Filipovic
When you think of Cro Crop, you might not consider him acrobatic per se, but there is something in the way he is able to make his kicks land on faces that can be described in similar terms.
Cro Crop’s nicknames for his kicks were perfectly suited, “left kick- hospital, right kick- cemetery”. Filipovich never has actually sent anyone to the cemetery with his head kicks, but he did manage to knock out Wanderlei Silva in Pride with one.
The UFC actually agreed to release Cro Crop from his contract so that he can return to Japan to compete for the Ryzin promotion later this month. He is scheduled to face Hyun Man Myung in the first round of the promotion’s World Grand Prix tournament.
