the k-1 really screwed up on these two [abidi and crocop]. everyone knew they got lucky.

for crocop he fought bernardo who, let's agree on this, could fight godzilla on some days and get knocked out by peewee herman on others. in the 99 gp he fought musashi and didn't get dq'd. finished off greco ["thanks sefo"] and got beat by hoost. since then the best win he's got was against the remains of peter aerts. a ko loss to mcdonald and three fake-wrestling matches raises a lot of questions. to be honest, i think he'll beat yanagisawa but is just wanted to dis him.

as for abidi. what a lucky bastard! his fights with aerts and sefo are long gone. he had a close fight with kusatsu. this should have been a priority for the k-1. set up abidi nakasako and for the first time in history a japanese guy would beat a seemingly top contender. unfortunately andrew thompson ruined everything. wham!

the way the world tournament system is set up someone can pop up overnight and enter the grand prix. mark hunt and ignashov both were 2000 qualifying champions. venetiaan and bojanski are in the pipeline. crocop and abidi may never be in the grand prix again.

the only time is saw rooze fight, he was the second dirtiest fighter i had ever seen. the dirtiest was krut [vs. gregory].