Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic defeated the 7-foot Korean kickboxer Hong Man Choi in an MMA match today at the K-1 Dynamite show in Japan, and now it's time to start looking toward Cro Cop's future.For starters, Cro Cop confirmed after the fight (via Sherdog) that he needs knee surgery and will be off for the next six months. So we won't be seeing him in the first half of 2009.
But where will we be seeing him beyond that? There's been a lot of speculation that he might return to the UFC, which dropped him after he lost back-to-back fights to Gabriel Gonzaga and Cheick Kongo. I have no inside information about whether that's close to happening, but I'd be in favor of it. Although the 34-year-old Cro Cop isn't the same fighter he was a few years ago, he could still provide a stern test to the UFC's younger generation of heavyweights. If he's willing to come back with the understanding that he's not close to a title shot, I'd love to see Cro Cop back in the Octagon.
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12-31-2008 @ 9:18AM
Frederick said...
I would still love to see crocop fight in the ufc but I dont see him having much succes. I think is best years are behind him
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12-31-2008 @ 10:11AM
Eric said...
Frederick might be right, but his knee has been bothering him in his last few fights ... let's not forget that we are talking about a guy who stopped Wanderlei & Barnett in back-to-back fights just 2 years ago.
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