Mirko CroCop Offered Fight at UFC 99? [Rumor]

Croatian website Sportal is reporting that Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic has been offered a fight contract with the UFC to fight on the upcoming UFC 99 fight card this summer in Cologne, Germany.

The report also states that Filipovic has an offer from FEG to fight against Alistair Overeem in a K-1 rules bout and later fights under MMA rules in DREAM.

To say Filipovic had a disappointing stay in the UFC would be a huge understatement. After defeating a clearly overmatched Eddie Sanchez in his UFC debut, “Cro Cop” lost his next two fights. A brutal head-kick KO loss to Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 70 and a lackluster decision loss to Cheick Kongo at UFC 75 led to Mirko’s release from the UFC and a return to fighting in Japan.

Filipovic just recently underwent knee surgery to repair some torn ligaments following his victory over Hong Man Choi on the Fields Dynamite 2008!! fight card. When asked about Filipovic possibly fighting on the upcoming UFC 100 fight card this summer, UFC President Dana White didn’t rule out the possiblity of Mirko’s return to the UFC, so there may be some decent credibility to this report.

[Source: NoHoldsBarredShow]

Dr J

Posted: January 14th, 2009 7 Comments Categories: News
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1. R.J. St.Croix says:

   January 14, 2009 at 5:26 pm

   if we get the old “im going to kill you by kicking your head into the tenth row” Mirko, then im all for it. but if the “i dont give a f*ck, i’ll sit this one out” Mirko shows up, i’ll have to pass. maybe wee can finally get to see CroCop vs. Chuck Liddell fight, it seems like the perfect match right now for both, if one KOs the other they might get there mojo back and the UFC can start up the hype train again and the loser…

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2. Garp says:

   January 15, 2009 at 9:48 am

   Cro Cop has been exposed and unless he has been able to find another gun to put in his arsenal, besides that left leg kick, fighters will be able to gameplan him and defeat him with relative ease.
   Cro Cop beat Eddie Sanchez the moment Sanchez picked up the phone and accepted the fight. He fought scared and was defeated as a result. Fact is, guys like Sanchez won’t fear Cro Cop now.
   What an interesting match up Cro Cop could be for a guy like Pat Barry though. Hmmm…

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3. MMAKansas says:

   January 15, 2009 at 7:27 pm

   What RJ said…

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4. LCKmurder says:

   February 18, 2009 at 3:37 pm

   word has it he’s fighting Couture

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