its sad he thinks he needs it, crocop always seemed like an island unto himself, he seemed to be one of the ones that was made of steel inside and out.alot of fighters probably see therapists, i think forrest may have seen one recently, and i know leben has, browning should have, but i think this is a sign crocop has no faith left in himself, and is grasping at straws to find a solution to his self doubt. i think therapy helps alot of people, but i doubt itll help crocop, other people cant give you the kind of inner strength crocop had, and needs, to be an effective fighter.

The sad reality is that mental illness is incorrectly assumed to be some severe disorder where lunacy lies just around the corner. How wrong.

Well said. There’s such a stigma attached to seeing someone about one’s mental state. The reality is, it takes a brave person who is honest with themselves enough to realize they need help, and to face it head on. I really hope CC sees someone and I wish him the best.

Crocop is going to be a force again!

Crocop looked like a broken shell of a man before he even entered the cage against Cigano. In his glory days he was always very confident, and that’s clearly faded. A shrink should at the very least help him in his personal life, but it’s become increasingly difficult to have faith in the man as a fighter. He simply doesn’t deal well with fighters that pressure him early and I don’t think an attitude adjustment is enough to change that.

My one complaint about mental health professionals is the overwillingness to prescribe pills to patients. Yes, there are cases where a reordering of neurochemistry is necessary, but far more often, Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (i.e. reorganizing the thought patterns in the brain & replacing destructive one with healthy ones through practice) works so much better. And I’m saying this from experience.

Whatever is blocking CC, he should get help in tackling those demons head-on. Even if he never fights again, his head is more important.

“Even if he never fights again, his head is more important.”

There’s a really good double entendre in here.

Sports psychology is a huge thing. If I’m not mistaken GSP uses some form of it. I will admit that the first time I heard of it I was skeptical, that’s when John Smoltz first came to the Atlanta Braves and was having problems. When I heard that he was going to do that I kind of chuckled but now we know that it’s a valuable service. And we can’t deny what it did for Smoltz’ career. Or for GSP for that matter. Martial arts has always been about training the body as well as the mind.

Hopefully seeing a sports psychiatrist can help Cro-Cop, but the fact is the primary problem he faces in the cage is the same one faced by Couture and Coleman. The heavyweight division has passed them by.

I believe Cro-Cop in his prime would have lost to Gonzaga and Dos-Santos, although maybe not to Cheick Kongo. Maybe the fights would have been better, maybe not. In the case of Dos-Santos, I have little doubt that Cro-Cop in his prime would have been more aggressive and that might have helped. Or he may just have gotten knocked out more quickly and cleanly.

Cro-Cop’s kick-boxing and takedown defense will still cause serious problems for light heavy-weights. But he can’t compete any more with guys who are faster and stronger than he is, and who have a more well-rounded game on top of all of that.

I hope he moves down to LHW.

In all seriousness, I hope that the psychiatrist helps him along to a 2nd wind in his career and he kicks some heads off.

…but given the way people are just sort of accepting the Herschel “I’m legitimately crazy in the worst possible way” Walker fight situation, I don’t think you need to.