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Mirko Cro Cop vs Tsuyoshi Kohsaka 高阪剛

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

Meetings on record

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Mirko Cro Cop and Tsuyoshi Kohsaka 高阪剛 met once (2017). Mirko Cro Cop won in 2017 by ko.

SOURCE·Mirko Cro Cop and Tsuyoshi Kosaka — 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 CopTsuyoshi Kohsaka 高阪剛
73″ (185.4 cm)Reach—
74″ (188 cm)Height71″ (180.3 cm)
-1.38%Reach advantage—
38–11Record31–21
89%Finish rate71%
10Longest unbeaten run5
50Recorded bouts51
SouthpawStance—

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

Common opponents

Both fought these 5. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.

OpponentMirko Cro CopTsuyoshi Kohsaka 高阪剛
Mark Hunt L L
Fedor Emelianenko L L
Ron Waterman W W
Fedor Emelianenko L W
Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira L D

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

Tsuyoshi Kohsaka 高阪剛

1990200020102020win v Egan Inoue, 1995, decisionwin v Susumu Yamasaki, 1995, submissionwin v Hiroyuki Yoshioka, 1995, kowin v Wataru Sakata, 1995, submissionwin v Dick Vrij, 1996loss v Volk Han, 1996, submissionwin v Scott Sollivan, 1996, submissionwin v Willie Peeters, 1996, submissionwin v Maurice Smith, 1996, submissionwin v Jerry Askoff, 1997win v Borislav Jeliazkov, 1997, decisionloss v Frank Shamrock, 1997, decisionloss v Kiyoshi Tamura, 1997, submissionwin v Mikhail Ilyukhin, 1997, submissionloss v Volk Han, 1997, submissionwin v Pete Williams, 1998, decisiondraw v Kiyoshi Tamura, 1998, drawwin v Volk Han, 1998, submissionwin v Kimo Leopoldo, 1998, decisionwin v Rob van Esdonk, 1998, submissionloss v Mikhail Ilyukhin, 1998, submissionloss v Gilbert Yvel, 1999, kowin v Chris Haseman, 1999, decisionloss v Pedro Rizzo, 1999, kowin v Tim Lajcik, 1999, koloss v Yoshihisa Yamamoto, 1999, koloss v Bas Rutten, 1999, kowin v Fedor Emelianenko, 2000, kowin v Mikhail Ilyukhin, 2000, kodraw v Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, 2000, drawwin v Greg Wikan, 2000, submissionwin v Travis Fulton, 2000, decisionloss v Bazigit Atajev, 2001, decisionwin v Koba Tkeshelashvili, 2001, koloss v Renato Sobral, 2001, decisionloss v Randy Couture, 2001, decisionloss v Antônio Rogério Nogueira, 2002, decisionloss v Ricco Rodriguez, 2002, kowin v Ricardo Morais, 2003, decisionwin v Dolgorsürengiin Sumyaabazar, 2003, kowin v Ron Waterman, 2004, decisionloss v Mike Kyle, 2005, decisionwin v David Shvelidze, 2005, submissionloss v Fedor Emelianenko, 2005, koloss v Mark Hunt, 2006, kowin v Mario Sperry, 2006, kowin v James Thompson, 2015, koloss v Baruto Kaito, 2016, decisionloss v Mirko Cro Cop, 2017, koloss v Saša Milinković, 2020, kowin v Mikio Ueda, 2022, ko
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1995–2022
2000 2010 2020 win vs Egan Inoue (1995)win vs Susumu Yamasaki (1995)win vs Hiroyuki Yoshioka (1995)win vs Wataru Sakata (1995)win vs Dick Vrij (1996)loss vs Volk Han (1996)win vs Scott Sollivan (1996)win vs Willie Peeters (1996)win vs Maurice Smith (1996)win vs Jerry Askoff (1997)win vs Borislav Jeliazkov (1997)loss vs Frank Shamrock (1997)loss vs Kiyoshi Tamura (1997)win vs Mikhail Ilyukhin (1997)loss vs Volk Han (1997)win vs Pete Williams (1998)draw vs Kiyoshi Tamura (1998)win vs Volk Han (1998)win vs Kimo Leopoldo (1998)win vs Rob van Esdonk (1998)loss vs Mikhail Ilyukhin (1998)loss vs Gilbert Yvel (1999)win vs Chris Haseman (1999)loss vs Pedro Rizzo (1999)win vs Tim Lajcik (1999)loss vs Yoshihisa Yamamoto (1999)loss vs Bas Rutten (1999)win vs Fedor Emelianenko (2000)win vs Mikhail Ilyukhin (2000)draw vs Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (2000)win vs Greg Wikan (2000)win vs Travis Fulton (2000)loss vs Bazigit Atajev (2001)win vs Koba Tkeshelashvili (2001)loss vs Renato Sobral (2001)loss vs Randy Couture (2001)loss vs Antônio Rogério Nogueira (2002)loss vs Ricco Rodriguez (2002)win vs Ricardo Morais (2003)win vs Dolgorsürengiin Sumyaabazar (2003)win vs Ron Waterman (2004)loss vs Mike Kyle (2005)win vs David Shvelidze (2005)loss vs Fedor Emelianenko (2005)loss vs Mark Hunt (2006)win vs Mario Sperry (2006)win vs James Thompson (2015)loss vs Baruto Kaito (2016)loss vs Mirko Cro Cop (2017)loss vs Saša Milinković (2020)win vs Mikio Ueda (2022)
winlossdraw / NC1995–2022

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