Mirko 'Cro Cop' Filipovic vs. Roy Nelson Planned for UFC 137
by Scott Haber on Jul 13, 2011 10:11 AM EDT
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Although many called for him to retire from active MMA competition following his second KO loss in a row to Brendan Schaub in April, fan-favorite, Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic appeared on the Croatian sports TV show "Gol" this morning to discuss his career and at the same time, announced that he would be given one more UFC fight, and that it will come in October at UFC 137 against Roy "Big Country" Nelson.
This will be the last fight on Cro Cop's UFC contract and barring a decisive win against Nelson, it's unlikely he'll be offered a new deal. It's truly make or break for the Croatian legend, and for "Big Country" as well, who came under heavy fire from fans, journalists, and UFC brass after his embarassing performance against Frank Mir at UFC 130 in May.
Cro Cop also expressed regret that he would be unable to face Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira in a rematch for his last contracted bout:
"The UFC does not like when fighters choose their opponents. Minotauro requested this match-up first and I said to Fighters Only that I agree. Then the UFC said, "not now."
Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic (27-9-2-1)
Loss Brendan Schaub (KO) - UFC 128
Loss Frank Mir (KO) - UFC 119
Win Pat Barry (submission) - UFC 115
Roy "Big Country" Nelson (15-6)
Loss Frank Mir (decision) - UFC 130
Loss Junior Dos Santos (decision) - UFC 117
Win Stefan Struve (KO) - UFN 21
UFC 137 is expected to take place on October 29th in Las Vegas. The current rumored card now includes:
-Georges St. Pierre vs. Nick Diaz - UFC welterweight championship
-B.J. Penn vs. Carlos Condit
-Hatsu Hioki vs. George Roop
-Mirko Filipovic vs. Roy Nelson
UFC 137: St. Pierre vs. Diaz coverage
HT: Miha Perhavec
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Did Cro Cop ever say he was retiring, though? AFAIK, Dana White said Cro Cop would never fight in the UFC ever again, while Cro Cop didn’t say anything. Then Cro Cop talked to Dana and said he’d like to get his last fight, and Dana’s since reconsidered his “Cro Cop will never fight in the UFC ever again” statement…
Tough fight for Mirko
I got Roy all day. I think he was off his game against Mir, and takes this fight pretty easily.
Tatum: I think he's a good man. I like him. I got nothing against him, but I'm definitely gonna make orphans of his children.
This is actually
the first time in a long time I actually favor Cro-cop. Nelson has a good right hand and good jitz, but I can’t see him taking Mirko down, and no way Mirko has slipped so far that he can’t avoid one of Nelson’s telegraphed-from-australia right hands.
I don't know man
he’s slipped an awful lot. Mirko seems to be getting worse every fight, and Roy is a handful for any HW.
Tatum: I think he's a good man. I like him. I got nothing against him, but I'm definitely gonna make orphans of his children.
by Dave Strummer on Jul 13, 2011 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions
No halfway decent boxer would let Nelson land one of those shots. Except Schaub and dos Santos. But honestly I think their boxing is overrated.
"I knew I hurt him cause when I throw the elbow he went ugghh" - GSP
I think you’re underrating Nelson. Yes his big right hand is loopy, but it’s not his only punch, and he’s able to take a shot to give one. The ghost of CroCop will have his hands full in this one.
I consider myself a softcore fan.
Nelson by TKO. It’s a shame they didn’t do Cro-cop vs Nog in Rio, instead of feeding them to youngsters (Roy is pretty old but you get the point)
by Horselover Fat on Jul 13, 2011 10:17 AM EDT reply actions
Is that a new photo cop?
Right-click, edit; Left-click, crop!
by wonderfulspam on Jul 13, 2011 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
This is a fight that belongs in strikeforce
Or at most prelims. I have lots o love for Big Country and CroCop, but they just don’t need to be taking up main card space these days (or facebook, versus, spike…)
Roy went the distance against JDS, the current #1 contenders, and got busted up bad by Mir while he had pneumonia. I wouldn’t relegate him to the prelims until he has had at least one more really bad performance, and even then I’d still take Roy over a lot of the HW bums they give main card slots to.
by MS_Dos_Santos on Jul 13, 2011 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Aw shit
CC is finna go night night!
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by SentientAndroid on Jul 13, 2011 10:20 AM EDT reply actions
again…
Anderson Silva, Edson Barboza, Jose Aldo, Charles Oliveira, Thiago Alves = Muay Thai wrecking machines!
by SentientAndroid on Jul 13, 2011 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions
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by BVandDietPepsi on Jul 13, 2011 10:23 AM EDT reply actions 12 recs
this is drivng me nuts i cant remember
why he is so sad in this clip
halp
Fine! I'll go build my own lunar lander, with blackjack and hookers. In fact, forget the lunar lander and the blackjack.
PRIDE fan boy
I was hoping for the Nog/ Cro Cop fight just for the overwhelming feeling of PRIDE nostalgia. It’s just something that I’m not terribly happy or excited about.
by Ether Bunny on Jul 13, 2011 10:28 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Roy is taking this easy
Cro Cop stopped throwing high kicks for some reason so I think he has no shot.
You know what they say
OH NO
Roy might catch him with one of his telegraphed right hands! It’s not that I’m not low on Cro Cop, I’m just not high on Nelson.
I could count the number of women I've ever been with on Kyle Maynard's hands...
Stomp on other MCs and they crumble like Ritz
I could call my bitch a toilet, but she ain't worth shit
I've called Cro Cop way too many times in the past hoping for him to make his triumphant return.
I think he’s going to lose this one, that’s what my brain tells me. His body just can’t keep up with his heart.
"The one who doesn't fall, does not stand up" - Fedor Emelianenko.
dude , its his heart that failed him.
Gonzoga kicked the killer out of him.
"Many have the will to win. Few have to will to prepare to win."
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by the-gentle-way on Jul 13, 2011 10:51 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
i'm still gloriously pretending that cro cop's retired and hasnt fought since 05
"I have smoked weed with alot of UFC champions" - Joe Rogan
"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
oh yea it was in 06
whatever
"I have smoked weed with alot of UFC champions" - Joe Rogan
"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
le sigh....
I dont want to see this. I dont want to see Mirko lose again….
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this card is shaping up to be all sorts of win though
"I have smoked weed with alot of UFC champions" - Joe Rogan
"Você ta fudido. Se vai levar muita porrada, ta ligado?" - Anderson Silva
He has more of a chance of getting a highlight reel left head kick KO over Nelson than against any of his most recent opponents. That’s about all the optimism I can summon.
"If I wanted to spend a half hour between two hairy legs I'd go to your mother's house." -Don Frye
by mburtoni on Jul 13, 2011 10:44 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Why they didn't put Cro Cop v Big Nog on 134 is beyond me...
…that is about the only interesting fight left for CC.
No sir, I don't like it.
its not even that interesting
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by Cory Braiterman on Jul 13, 2011 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
your either high on meth or fairly new to mma if this fight does not interest you.
by Killuminati on Jul 13, 2011 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
yes, cuz who doesn't want to see
an aging fighter who’s ranged from dogshit awful to barely adequate in every single fight he’s had for the past four years coming off back to back KO’s. SIGN ME RIGHT UP.
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by Cory Braiterman on Jul 13, 2011 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Wow I never noticed this before, but is the guy he’s kicking out Brian Callen?
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'nucks fly together
by BROCKLESNAR!!!!! on Jul 13, 2011 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions
we are talking about Nog vs crocop right ?
by Killuminati on Jul 13, 2011 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
CC mostly
I’ll reserve judgement on Nog until after the Schaub fight.
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by Cory Braiterman on Jul 14, 2011 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions
Only for the last time, LHK for the win! I’m scared an overhand right gets in the way though
by Carlos Estrada-Ibars Martínez on Jul 13, 2011 10:52 AM EDT reply actions
if Cro Cop isn't fighting Big Nog i don't want to see him fight anymore, he's gotten knocked out silly in his last 2 fights
He has nothing left to prove. As for Roy, i’ve always felt that he should be fighting Shane Carwin, they are both in similar places in their careers, and both are coming off of a 2 fight losing streak.
Nelson vs Cro Cop makes absolutely no sense to me, at this point the UFC is just using Cro Cop to give guys easy wins. :(
I'm feeling...
Nelson vs Carwin.
"No person can disobey reason, without giving up his claim to be a rational creature." - Swift
possibility
that this could be a “loser leaves town” fight…. both on 2 fight losing streaks with sub-par performances in the cage
I feel bad for everyone involved in this...
For the fighters because loser leaves town and at least for CroCop it means the end of the line
For the fans because this is an uninteresting fight with no implications other than losing one fan favorite
For the UFC because CroCop v.s. Nog would have meant $$$ and people would have loved them for making that fight happen, esp. in Brazil.
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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
Muhammad Ali
"If MMA is like dog fighting, those are some pretty fucking smart dogs."
"I don’t want to lick any butt."
GSP
I think cro cop’s gonna KO Bader.
by heymanhowsitgoing on Jul 13, 2011 11:36 AM EDT via mobile reply actions 2 recs
.......what
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by DK_Monster on Jul 13, 2011 4:39 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
did you hear about the show...
the undercard may very well outshine the main event
I love Crocop and Nelson
I love Penn and Condit
I look forward to Hioki and Roop (and hope the Japanese hoo-doo doesn’t hit him as it has others)
and
tho I do not care for Diaz
this should be a great chance for GSP to look like the P4P superstar he is
MD or HY for Evans?
will he move up or down
after this loss to Machida?
For there is no way the Dragon is gonna take this lightly
by kah on Jul 13, 2011 11:48 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I have Nelson winning this one, but it wouldn’t surprise me if it was more competitive than some may think. CroCop doesn’t have terrible hands, and throws a good left hand.
I was kind of surprised about this quote: “The UFC does not like when fighters choose their opponents.” No wonder fighters say during the post-fight interview that they’ll fight whoever the UFC gives them.
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Why would you be surprised that the UFC doesn’t like it when fighters call out other fighters? They like to control things (and rightfully so) and prefer when their matchmaking guys (Joe Silva, Dana White, I suppose) do the actual matchmaking…
It’s not credible (probably a comment or something), but I remember hearing the opposite. Not exactly that the UFC likes it that fighters choose their opponents, but when fighters take more initiative in calling out opponents and such. Like I said though, it wasn’t credible, and I should have taken it less seriously.
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by chrisbboy82 on Jul 13, 2011 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Well because of the UFC 133 main card speculation
"When the first thing a doctor says to you is 'Can I get an autograph?' it's pretty easy to get any drugs you want." - James Irvin
well....maybe if the roy that fought mir shows up
and all the planets align
then LHK will have one last hoorah….maybe
………….possibbly
Fine! I'll go build my own lunar lander, with blackjack and hookers. In fact, forget the lunar lander and the blackjack.
PRIDE fan boy
Damnit Mirko
How many times does this need to happen before you hang them up?
He’s the heavyweight Wanderlei Silva.
by Jared1984 on Jul 13, 2011 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
some excuses
gabe just caught him
frank wore him down with wrestling/size
brendan was on the way to losing that fight cro cop got caught temple punch. how many people shrug off temple shots everyones not leben.
GODDAMN YOU, MIRKO, QUIT DOING THIS TO ME!
Bastard needs to get a boat and spend his days fishing on some lake in Croatia… =\
I love to see him in his checkered shorts… stalking his way to the octagon, and then I get butterflies as they announce his name… then I get a friggin’ ulcer waiting on him to get KTFO’d =\
The dude abides.
by wrxdonkey on Jul 13, 2011 4:06 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I was so sad, when he said he's fighting again,
Mirko’s my childhood hero. I remember seing my first MMA fight, when my dad called me into the living room on one morning to see something. It was Cro Cop vs. Nogueira. It made me a fan of both the guys and the sport. it’s just sad to see him get KO’ed again and again…
If Nelson wins by KO I hope Cro Cop Retires
If he wins I don’t know where he goes from there. Maybe like a Nogueira fight or Kongo rematch. I think Dave Herman would be a fun fight even.
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screw losers leaves town
this ones got “loser sucks the winners choda in middle of the cage” written all over it.
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