Crocop was ill prepared for the fight with Napao. He was unaccustomed to cage tactics, used a closed guard on a Mundial champ. Ate a lot of short elbows because of the closed guard, wrist location defense. Was dazed upon the standup (which was total BS because Napao was active), looked at the clock prior to eating the right head kick. He got beat by a fighter who stylistically matched up well against him. PERIOD.
Excuses...excuses...soun
ds familiar.

If I was a betting man!
(Oh the money I could have won on all the people that were so sure Chuck and Cro Cop were going to walk through their opponents:) )
Oddly, you guys can't even come up with the same reasons for Mirko's loss.
ABD, if you go back and read my post, you'll see that you are repeating what I said:
CC ate a bunch of elbows, so many In fact I was getting worried for him, and that is why he never saw that roundhouse...
Now how this works as some sort of excuse for the loss of a guy formerly considered by many the #2 man is beyond me.
As for the familiarity with fighting in the cage bit...well this is pure speculation on your part no doubt influenced(consciously or not)
by damage control in the Mirko camp, and your own bias. I'm sure Mirko had access to facilities with a cage.
Even if he didn't, I don't think it would matter THAT much. Face it, fighting is not always done under ideal conditions, but at least they can say the conditions were the same for both men. This line is almost as pathetic as the people complaining Randy cheated because his head collided with Gonzaga's with the slam.
No wait...it's almost as bad as the people saying the ref stopped the Liddel/Rampage II fight too early. REALLY...
It's getting to the point that, any opponent of Fedor or Cro Cop would have to win by death blow, but even then there would be a few questioning it.
It's fighting; there are rules in place to protect people from serious injury, but you aren't going to have ideal situations. Let's not nitpick!
Gonzaga was the better man.
And get this!
Gonzaga only had three UFC fights prior, and far less competitive fight experience, so it's not as if he was some kind of "cage general."
His experience was comparatively limited PERIOD, and I think he (along with Brock Lesner) has the potential to be huge. Adapting to the cage wasn't a problem for Ramage was it. CC, by his own admission didn't think it was a problem either.
So you should get a clue, or be CC's PR guy, take your pick!
I have no predictions for RC/FE yet...