mirko's takedown defense is pretty phenominal
here's him vs. coleman (an olympic freestyle wrestler)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auLthD7xdYQ
the thing with coleman is he barely sets up his takedowns at all + he can't strike worth a shit. the vid also shows mirko's sprawl. the diff. with randy tho is that randy has more of a greco-roman background, so he won't really be shooting like coleman, he works more clinch/body lock stuff, which will work better against crocop imo.
BUT, crocop is a super powerful guy, he might be able to disengage himself from randy's clinch or at least keep him cautious with his striking to nullify randy's wrestling.
the only guy crocop has faced that is comparable to randy is fedor. fedor's upper body wrestling is unreal, and his takedowns are just as good or even better than randy's. fedor's striking is also more dangerous than randy + imo fedor is quicker overall.
http://www.dailymotion.com/visited/sear ... rko-crocop
^-- one of the best fights of all time
if randy can see a hole in crocops striking game like he did with sylvia (doubt it) and exploit it enough to be able to close the distance and work his wrestling game - while wearing crocop into the later rounds, randy can win.
i see the fight ending two ways:
most likely: crocop by KO in the 2nd or 3rd round
maybe: randy by ground out decision
whatever happens it's gonna be a tough fucking fight for both guys