Cro Cop: Mjesto mi je u 'starom eljezu' - Jutarnji.hr Cro cop admited after ufc 103 that he dosnt have the passion for mma. Croatian gladiator Mirko Filipovic didnt make any excuses for him self or anyone else after a new failure in the UFC octagon in Dallas. Defeat from the brazilian "stallion" Junior dos Santos best describes hes own sentance: I ****ed up, and thats it. Its obvius your far from a champion form? - Maybe those who say i'm for old metal scrap yard are right. Its obvius i cant break the psychological barrier in the octagon. In addition there is 20 years of spartanic training behind me, its come to some fatigue. Years have caught up to me, "i'm eaten by saturation" (hes a bit fed up). What exactly happend at to stoppage in the 3rd round? - Dos Santos hit me with hes fist in the eye and slashed my eyelid. Blood and sweet compliantly blurred my sight field, i stood like a blind man in the cage. In one moment at the end of the fight i confused the referee and the opponent. Later on it was reviled that the inside from my eyelid broke from the punch. In the locker room I got four stitches. Did you on surrender on your own or was it the referees initiative? - No, i didnt give up, nor did i asked the referee to stop it. It was hes call. Did the refree stop the fight prematurle ? - It dosnt matter, i would have lost on points regardless. Did Dos Santos surprise u with hes aggressiveness and strength? - Simply, hes younger, hungrier, more motivated. He wanted to win more. The blood on Santos face shows that you were not completely harmless? I broke hes arcade, several times I hit well, but overall speaking, it was my failure. Where did that lethal HK vanish? The surface was slippery as glass. A couple of times i almost landed on my butt trying to do the high-kick. However, thats no alibi. That was not a performance people would buy tickets for. So what did hinder you in Dallas? The hunger for wining is missing. I became a "ziheras" (some who only does safe things. dose not take risks) , i'm not wiling to risk anymore. I thank everyone who supported me, all who cheered for me and everyone who helped me to prepare for a duel against Dos Santos. I'm sorry I have disappointed them. These sound like farewell words from ultimate fight? For two decades, I feel like i'm on military time. Every morning i get up at 6 and i dont stop with sport activities till night. I wishing some civilian life. I enter the cage, and i'm thinking of fishing in Privlaca. You cant win that way If this was your last fight in his career? - Maybe I should have said my goodbyes in 2006, after I won the Pride Grand Prix ... ____________________________________________________________ I think this should be official farewells to a great champion, a warrior, and a true representative of MMA and a great era that skyrocketed the MMA into global scene. Here's to Mirko "Crocop" Filipovich :cry::happy:happy:happy:happy:happy:happy:happy:happy:happy:happy:happy:happy:happy:happy
Lets hope he actually does retire this time. I wouldn't be surprised if he fights in Japan a few more times.
I hope he does that fight was hard to watch I hate to **** on the man when hes down but now he kinda fights like hes afraid. Physically I dont think hes to far off, hes just never recovered mentally from that freightning KO from Gonzaga.
The hell with him, judging by that interview. I see a guy who has no heart and is making a number of excuses. Including not quiting? He came out with his little pride t-shirt to remind himself of his glorified days . Clearly he has some obligation to remind everyone that Pride has better fighters in his day, much better then the current fighters in the ufc. As if its really his age and saturation that's beating him, its his f*cking ego that cant except the reality of the matter. He came to ufc and got butt heart. Mirko go back to Japan and stay the hell away from the ufc before my boy Kongo knee rapes you again. I'm gonna have to pretend this guy was ever a k1 elite. Who got beat by some half ass bjj guy with average hands with power.:hi: back to fighting 5"4 pro wrestlers. " Maybe I should have said my goodbyes in 2006, after I won the Pride Grand Prix":| No you should have retired the day you lost the fight without fighting.
If the injury is true, its a legit reason. The same sort of thing happened in the second Belfort Couture fight; a cut to the eyelid is a fight stopping incident.
Well he was never doing well in the fight he went like 2 minutes inbetween throwing a shot most of the time.
Two different issues; I'm not talking about him as a fighter, just if he got injured in the way he said he did, he had a legit reason for stopping the fight. Unless you are all prepared to call Randy Couture a quitter as well.
If this was your last fight in his career? - Maybe I should have said my goodbyes in 2006, after I won the Pride Grand Prix ... NO **** Mirko...NO ****... So what did hinder you in Dallas? The hunger for wining is missing. I became a "ziheras" (some who only does safe things. dose not take risks) , i'm not wiling to risk anymore. I thank everyone who supported me, all who cheered for me and everyone who helped me to prepare for a duel against Dos Santos. I'm sorry I have disappointed them. Leaving on a sad note....But it takes nothing away from his past accomplishments.
Well speaking of 2 different issues Randys fight was stopped while Cro Cop just threw up his hands. Did I call anyone a quitter ? Dont put words in my mouth. But why did he even show up if he was going to run away whenever Santos threw a combo ? Cro Cop was blessed with that eye injury he got a way out without being put to sleep.
I didn't mean you specifically just the vultures calling him a coward and whatnot. He fought like **** and hasn't looked good in a while; Im just saying those insulting his honor are being idiots if the injury is actually true, If his eyelid was cut and needed stiches he was totally reasonable to stop because it's a serious injury and could have left him blind against a guy who hits like a truck. If he is lying then yea, but if he's not, then all of the people insulting him should be sterlized.
