Last night Mirko Filipovic, otherwise known as “Cro Cop”, made his combak to the UFC to take on Mostapha Al-Turk. Now, many were wondering would we see the old Cro Cop of Pride FC or the 1-2 in the UFC. We got our answer in am impressive TKO victory. although there was a poke to the eye that the referee missed. Anyone watching that fight could tell that the outcome was going to remain the same. But, it is what happened after the fight that has most fans stunned. Mirko has not left the UFC again to go back to the promotion DREAM. The question everyone should be asking is why? With UFC adding more and more athletes to their heavyweight roster,Cro Cop would have made a tremendous addition to the weight class. Fights with Randy, Mir, and Brock looked liked ideal fights even rematches with big Nog and Herring looked promising. Now, we start to hear that prior to this fight it was a 1 time deal done over texting, shame on you Dana. And, Cro Cop, who never cared who he was facing, was hand picking his opponent in hoping to get an easy victory. The Cro Cop I know and loved in Pride FC is long gone, MMA now has their version of Randy “The Ram” Robinson.
Raul Rangel
*A note Cro Cop has recently signed a 3 fight deal with the UFC, it’s great to see a man of his word.