Mirko Cro Cop meets 'King Mo' at Rizin tournament:

Croatian veteran Heavyweight Mirko Filipovic, will feature against Bellator Light Heavyweight Muhammad Lawal, otherwise know as 'King Mo', at the Rizin Open Weight tournament on December 29th. Former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight champion Lawal, scored a hugely impressive unanimous decision win over Satoshi Ishii at Bellator 169 in Dublin,Ireland, while former Pride FC Open Weight Grand Prix champion 'Cro Cop', last submitting Hyun Man Myung via an impressive arm-triangle. News broke recently, how Filipovic's originally scheduled opponent Wanderlei Silva pulled out of the bout, citing injury, and has now been replaced by Lawal, the Rizin World Grand Prix 2015 champion who KO'ed Jiri Prochazka in the tournament finale.

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