1st Round – The referee for this heavyweight match-up is Herb Dean. After a touch of gloves, Schaub hits with a front kick and a series of uppercuts. Cro Cop breaks free and escapes to his right. Cro Cop decides to engage and tie up Schaub. Schaub now presses Cro Cop against the cage. Schaub delivers a series of body punches while against the cage. Dean gives a strong warning for a strike to the back of Cro Cop’s head. The action re starts and Schaub takes Cro Cop to the ground by rushing him. Schaub decides to get up and takes an up kick while doing it. Schaub jumps on top of Cro Cop and begins to work his ground and pound. Cro Cop hits with an elbow from the bottom. Schaub is continuing to land a series of punches from the top position. Cro Cop cant control the wrists of Schaub and takes several before escaping to his feet. Cro Cop now presses Schaub against the fence. Schaub tries to take down Cro Cop but has it stuffed for the moment. Schaub is trying to work body shots now while against the octagon fence. Time runs out as Cro Cop connects with an elbow to the face of Schaub. Unofficial scoring – Schaub 10-9
2nd Round – The second round is underway and Schaub misses with a big right hand. Cro Cop hits with a head kick but is then taken to the ground and placed on his back. Schaub begins to work from Cro Cop’s full guard. Cro Cop catches Schaub with an upkick while he was still on the ground. Not much damage done however and the action is restarted. Both fighters decide to tie up now and both connect with strikes to the body. Schaub is working knees up the middle of Cro Cop’s body now. He lands several knees and then follows with an uppercut. Cro Cop delivers an uppercut of his own while trying to escape the body lock of Schaub. Schaub hits Cro Cop a couple more times to the head while both fighters are against the octagon fence. Schaub has a point taken from him because of repeated punches to the back of Cro Cop’s head. Cro Cop connects with a left kick to the head but Schaub hangs in and presses him against the fence once again. The break free in the center of the octagon. Cro Cop clinches with Schaub and lands a couple of elbows to end the round. Unofficial Scoring – Cro Cop 10-8
3rd Round – Schaub is bleeding from the eye as he comes out for the 3rd round, Cro Cop looks somewhat fresh. Cro Cop’s first strike is an inside leg kick that lands below the belt. The action continues and Schaub rushes Cro Cop and clinches with him. From the clinch Schaub knees him up the middle and then takes him to the ground. From top position, Schaub begins to turn into Cro Cop’s body. Cro Cop escapes to his feet but can only stay there for a moment, Schaub drops him with a takedown once again. Cro Cop gets to full guard and tries to get wrist control on Schaub. Schaub gets passed Cro Cop’s full guard and into half guard. Schaub is working hard to get to mount but instead allows Cro Cop to stand up. Cro Cop rushes to his feet and clinches with Schaub. Cro Cop lands a straight left hand and then clinches. Cro Cop has his left head kick blocked. He and Schaub clinch once again and then back off of each other. Schaub has his takedown stuffed but then knocks out the legend with a hard right hand.
Official Decision – Schaub over Cro Cop via 3rd round (3:44) TKO