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Mirko Cro Cop vs Muhammed Lawal

A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.

Meetings on record

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Mirko Cro Cop and Muhammed Lawal met once (2016). Mirko Cro Cop won in 2016 by ko.

SOURCE·Mirko Cro Cop and Muhammed Lawal — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·both records name the other·REVIEWED AUG 2026

How this head-to-head is established

  1. This pairing exists only because at least one of the two articles' own results tables names the other fighter. No matchup on this site is speculative and none is a hypothetical.
  2. Every figure in the comparison below comes from that fighter's own page and carries the same source line. A dash means the source states nothing, not that the value is zero.
  3. Common opponents are found by matching linked bout lists, which is only possible because every fight list here is linked to every other. A shared opponent is not a transitive result and this page does not treat it as one.
  4. Nothing on this page predicts an outcome. It is a comparison of what is on record.

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Side by side

What both records stateAUG 2026
Mirko Cro CopMuhammed Lawal
73″ (185.4 cm)Reach—
74″ (188 cm)Height—
-1.38%Reach advantage—
38–11Record21–10
89%Finish rate62%
10Longest unbeaten run6
50Recorded bouts31
SouthpawStance—

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Common opponents

Both fought these 2. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.

OpponentMirko Cro CopMuhammed Lawal
Satoshi Ishii W W
Cheick Kongo L W

Both records, drawn

The same ledger line on each: wins stamped above the rule, losses below, the mark's shape carrying how it ended.

Mirko Cro Cop

20002010UNFILEDwin v Yuji Nagata, 2001, kodraw v Nobuhiko Takada, 2001, drawwin v Kazuyuki Fujita, 2001, kowin v Kazuyuki Fujita, 2002, decisionwin v Kazushi Sakuraba, 2002, kodraw v Wanderlei Silva, 2002, drawloss v Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, 2003, submissionwin v Dos Caras Jr., 2003, kowin v Igor Vovchanchyn, 2003, kowin v Heath Herring, 2003, kowin v Kevin Randleman, 2004, submissionwin v Josh Barnett, 2004, kowin v Alexander Emelianenko, 2004, kowin v Shungo Oyama, 2004, kowin v Hiromitsu Kanehara, 2004, decisionwin v Yoshihisa Yamamoto, 2004, kowin v Ron Waterman, 2004, koloss v Mark Hunt, 2005, decisionwin v Josh Barnett, 2005, decisionloss v Fedor Emelianenko, 2005, decisionwin v Ibragim Magomedov, 2005, kowin v Mark Coleman, 2005, kowin v Josh Barnett, 2006, submissionwin v Hidehiko Yoshida, 2006, kowin v Ikuhisa Minowa, 2006, koloss v Cheick Kongo, 2007, decisionloss v Gabriel Gonzaga, 2007, kowin v Eddie Sanchez, 2007, kowin v Choi Hong-man, 2008, konc v Alistair Overeem, 2008win v Tatsuya Mizuno, 2008, koloss v Junior dos Santos, 2009, submissionwin v Mostapha al-Turk, 2009, koloss v Frank Mir, 2010, kowin v Pat Barry, 2010, submissionwin v Anthony Perosh, 2010, koloss v Roy Nelson, 2011, koloss v Brendan Schaub, 2011, kowin v Shinichi Suzukawa, 2012, submissionloss v Alexey Oleynik, 2013, submissionwin v Satoshi Ishii, 2014, kowin v Gabriel Gonzaga, 2015, kowin v Amir Aliakbari, 2016, kowin v Muhammed Lawal, 2016, kowin v Myung Hyun-man, 2016, submissionwin v Tsuyoshi Kohsaka, 2017, kowin v Roque Martinez, 2018, kowin v Roy Nelson, 2019, decisionwin v Baruto Kaito, no date on recordwin v Wanderlei Silva, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 2001–2019 · 2 UNDATED
2010 win vs Yuji Nagata (2001)draw vs Nobuhiko Takada (2001)win vs Kazuyuki Fujita (2001)win vs Kazuyuki Fujita (2002)win vs Kazushi Sakuraba (2002)draw vs Wanderlei Silva (2002)loss vs Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (2003)win vs Dos Caras Jr. (2003)win vs Igor Vovchanchyn (2003)win vs Heath Herring (2003)win vs Kevin Randleman (2004)win vs Josh Barnett (2004)win vs Alexander Emelianenko (2004)win vs Shungo Oyama (2004)win vs Hiromitsu Kanehara (2004)win vs Yoshihisa Yamamoto (2004)win vs Ron Waterman (2004)loss vs Mark Hunt (2005)win vs Josh Barnett (2005)loss vs Fedor Emelianenko (2005)win vs Ibragim Magomedov (2005)win vs Mark Coleman (2005)win vs Josh Barnett (2006)win vs Hidehiko Yoshida (2006)win vs Ikuhisa Minowa (2006)loss vs Cheick Kongo (2007)loss vs Gabriel Gonzaga (2007)win vs Eddie Sanchez (2007)win vs Choi Hong-man (2008)nc vs Alistair Overeem (2008)win vs Tatsuya Mizuno (2008)loss vs Junior dos Santos (2009)win vs Mostapha al-Turk (2009)loss vs Frank Mir (2010)win vs Pat Barry (2010)win vs Anthony Perosh (2010)loss vs Roy Nelson (2011)loss vs Brendan Schaub (2011)win vs Shinichi Suzukawa (2012)loss vs Alexey Oleynik (2013)win vs Satoshi Ishii (2014)win vs Gabriel Gonzaga (2015)win vs Amir Aliakbari (2016)win vs Muhammed Lawal (2016)win vs Myung Hyun-man (2016)win vs Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (2017)win vs Roque Martinez (2018)win vs Roy Nelson (2019)
winlossdraw / NC2001–2019

Muhammed Lawal

20002010UNFILEDwin v Fábio Silva, 2008, kowin v Travis Wiuff, 2008, kowin v Mike Whitehead, 2009, kowin v Mark Kerr, 2009, kowin v Ryo Kawamura, 2009, decisionwin v Yukiya Naito, 2009, koloss v Rafael Cavalcante, 2010, kowin v Gegard Mousasi, 2010, decisionwin v Roger Gracie, 2011, konc v Lorenz Larkin, 2012loss v Emanuel Newton, 2013, decisionwin v Jacob Noe, 2013, kowin v Seth Petruzelli, 2013, kowin v Przemyslaw Mysiala, 2013, kowin v Joe Vedepo, 2014, kowin v Dustin Jacoby, 2014, koloss v Quinton Jackson, 2014, decisionwin v Mikhail Zayats, 2014, decisionwin v Jiří Procházka, 2015, kowin v Brett McDermott, 2015, kowin v Linton Vassell, 2015, decisionwin v Cheick Kongo, 2015, decisionloss v Mirko Cro Cop, 2016, kowin v Satoshi Ishii, 2016, decisionloss v Phil Davis, 2016, decisionwin v Quinton Jackson, 2017, decisionloss v Liam McGeary, 2018, koloss v Ryan Bader, 2018, koloss v Andrew Kapel, 2019, koloss v Jiří Procházka, 2019, kowin v Teodoras Aukstuolis, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 2008–2019 · 1 UNDATED
2010 win vs Fábio Silva (2008)win vs Travis Wiuff (2008)win vs Mike Whitehead (2009)win vs Mark Kerr (2009)win vs Ryo Kawamura (2009)win vs Yukiya Naito (2009)loss vs Rafael Cavalcante (2010)win vs Gegard Mousasi (2010)win vs Roger Gracie (2011)nc vs Lorenz Larkin (2012)loss vs Emanuel Newton (2013)win vs Jacob Noe (2013)win vs Seth Petruzelli (2013)win vs Przemyslaw Mysiala (2013)win vs Joe Vedepo (2014)win vs Dustin Jacoby (2014)loss vs Quinton Jackson (2014)win vs Mikhail Zayats (2014)win vs Jiří Procházka (2015)win vs Brett McDermott (2015)win vs Linton Vassell (2015)win vs Cheick Kongo (2015)loss vs Mirko Cro Cop (2016)win vs Satoshi Ishii (2016)loss vs Phil Davis (2016)win vs Quinton Jackson (2017)loss vs Liam McGeary (2018)loss vs Ryan Bader (2018)loss vs Andrew Kapel (2019)loss vs Jiří Procházka (2019)
winlossdraw / NC2008–2019

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