Where's Cro Cop?

mickmac

Does anyone know when (or if!) the Croation fighter, Mirko Cro Cop, is fighting in the UFC again?

Dancor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirko_Cro_Cop#DREAM

Seems like he is moving to this new org, Which is a shame.

Posted already in the MMA thread on the board so loads of info in there for you. He's gone to the DREAM organisation in Japan. So he wont be in UFC again.

Charlie3dan

I'm very sorry to see him go, I don't follow the other fight orgs and I only heard about him when he came to UFC. It's a shame things went so badly for him.

Im happy i got to see him fight live (even though he lost). He was more suited to a ring anyway. Hope he goes back to his old sefl at DREAM>

Dylan Scally

mikro and i were sparing with remy bonjasky( v badr hari) in prep for the K-1 finals last dec, i have'nt seen him since, love for him to go back to the K-1 but he said the moneys not right. Japans his home from home.

filament

just read that his ultimate goal is to return to the ufc but he feels he needs a few fights to find his feet again. dana white has been interviewed about it and he seemes really supportive of the move

i hope mirko sorts himself out, i think he could have beaten kongo if he wasn't so tenative

Fozzy

filament wrote: »

dana white has been interviewed about it and he seemes really supportive of the move

I'm not surprised, they were spending a fortune on him and he's not going to be getting many people to buy a UFC PPV

I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't make any attempt to come back to the UFC. He's the most popular foreign fighter in Japan and I'm sure he'll be getting paid enough to make it worth his while

Nothingcompares

http://www.nokaut.com/MMA/videos/?l=e&solo_id=139&title=DREAM+Press+Conference

wild boys!

filament

Fozzy wrote: »

I'm not surprised, they were spending a fortune on him and he's not going to be getting many people to buy a UFC PPV

I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't make any attempt to come back to the UFC. He's the most popular foreign fighter in Japan and I'm sure he'll be getting paid enough to make it worth his while

it's possible he won't return alright, much as id love to see him fight nog again

on a related note, he's already lined up to fight
http://www.mmafightline.com/news/2008/213/mirko_cro_cop_filipovic_316175.shtml

mickmac

Well that answers my question. It only popped into my head the other night watching Bob Sapp beat Kimo years ago and then remembering how Cro Cop put the big galoot down and made him cry in their fight earlier that year.

Anyway, thanks everyone for the info.

Dylan Scally

he broke bob's eye socket with that punch, i think he detatched his retina aswell, if you look at sapp now he's a little gunner eyed still, the right eye drifts a little now and then when your talking to him.