Win or Lose, Cro Cop Expected to Retire After UFC 137
By mhbomb on Nov 01, 2011
Despite a third-round TKO loss at UFC 137 this past weekend, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic expected his fight against Roy Nelson to be the final fight of his pro MMA career.
Cutman Stitch Duran had this to say (according to MMA Junkie):
“I was at the weigh-ins, and when I saw ‘Cro Cop,’ he came up to me – the ‘Cro Crop’ I was never used to seeing in Japan, where he never spoke to anybody – he comes up and gives me a hug. The first thing he asks me is, ‘Are you going to be able wrap my hands?’ Then he tells me, ‘This is going to be my last fight.’
As you’d expect, Stitch was more than happy to wrap Cro Cop’s hands before his final MMA fight — and the MMAjunkie article includes a few additional interesting quotes from the veteran cutman.
It’s a shame to see Cro Cop’s MMA career end on a three-fight losing streak in the UFC, but the former PRIDE superstar doesn’t have anything to be ashamed of. Cro Cop has been fighting for 20 years (both MMA and pro kickboxing), has undergone multiple surgeries, and deserves to be able to finally spend time with his family and rest.
Long-term MMA fans will remember Cro Cop for his brutal striking and devastating kicks, but UFC fans simply saw an older, banged up Cro Cop unable to keep pace with the new generation of heavyweights.
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