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Thursday, Jul 12

Cro Cop’s newest addition: A whale of two cities

Looks like Mirko Cro Cop (22-5-2) is calling in the big guns in preparation for his match against Cheick Kongo at UFC 75. As we reported here back in May, Filipovic added a cage to his training facility after a vicious ground-and-pound by Gabriel Gonzaga left him blurry-eyed and ripe for a ma...

Wednesday, Jun 27

UFC 75: White confirms Cro Cop-Kongo clash

Tim Sylvia, Andrei Arlovski, Brandon Vera, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Randy Couture, Chuck Liddell (who has expressed a willingness to move up to heavyweight to fight Cro Cop) and Fedor Emelianenko (not a UFC fighter) are all better fights than Kongo just to name a few.

Tuesday, Jun 12

UFC 75 tickets on sale this week for London show

There’s also some speculation that Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic and Cheick Kongo will face off in a heavyweight showdown. All in all, it’s shaping up to be a great night of fights. If you live in the London area I wouldn’t wait too long to purchase tickets.

Sunday, Jun 10

UFC 75: Mirko Cro Cop vs. Cheick Kongo?

Rumors are swirling this morning that Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (22-5-2) and Cheick Kongo (10-3-1) are scheduled to throwdown in a heavyweight bout at UFC 75 in London, England, on September 8. Cro Cop is coming off of a brutal loss to Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 70: “Nations Collide” in April. In...

Friday, May 25

UFC Quick Quote: Cro Cop confirms retirement talk

“Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic announced today on Croatian television his intentions to retire from mixed martial arts after his contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship expires … Cro Cop says he has four fights remaining on his contract with the Las Vegas-based promotion, begin...

Sunday, May 20

Couture predicts Jackson over Liddell at UFC 71

Historically, “The Natural” has been incredibly accurate with his analysis and fight breakdowns. His most recent prediction — which flew in the face of common consensus — of Gabriel Gonzaga to defeat Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic seemed like a reach at the time.

Sunday, May 6

UFC Quick Quote: Cro Cop seeks cage, clearance and UFC 73

The boxing ring is now the past for the Croatian master of free fight Mirko Filipovic. In the basement underneath his family’s home in Zagreb a new fighting ground will be installed: An eight-sided cage similar to the one used in the UFC. Due to limited space, his cage will be somewhat smalle...

Tuesday, May 1

UFC Quick Quote: Gonzaga to respect Couture at UFC 74

– UFC heavyweight fighter Gabriel Gonzaga tells Sherdog.com about his gameplan and extensive preparation for Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, as well as his thoughts on facing current UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture at UFC 74 later this year.

Friday, Apr 27

The 10 greatest UFC upsets

Gonzaga was a talented fighter before the bout but his TKO loss to Croat associate Fabricio Werdum made it hard to believe he could withstand the strikes of Cro Cop. Mirko later admitted to having blurry vision courtesy of Gonzaga elbows and never saw it coming. Don’t worry Mr. Filipovic, nei...

Thursday, Apr 26

Gabriel Gonzaga returns home on top of the world

Naturally, Gabriel Gonzaga received the hero’s welcome when he returned to his Team Link training facility at the Marco Alvan Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Training Center in Ludlow, Massachusetts. That’s because the Brazilian grappler annihilated one of the top mixed martial artists on the pl...

Wednesday, Apr 25

UFC 70 draws solid ratings for Spike television

During the main event between Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic and Gabriel Gonzaga, the ratings peaked at 3.5 million viewers, according to the Canadian Press. Hopefully — with the success of UFC 70 — the UFC makes good on its recent statements to also air UFC 72 on Spike, which is slated for Belfast...

Tuesday, Apr 24

UFC Quick Quote: Elbows contributed to Cro Cop KO

– UFC heavyweight Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic discusses the moments before his knockout loss via a Gabriel Gonzaga head kick at UFC 70 with Vecernji.hr. In PRIDE FC — where Cro Cop fought for nearly five years — elbows were illegal. (Thanks to UFCmania reader “YouTapped” for the assist and tran...

Monday, Apr 23

UFC 74: Randy Couture vs. Gabriel Gonzaga

With his thrilling destruction of Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic at UFC 70: “Nations Collide,” Gabriel Gonzaga is set to face Randy Couture for the heavyweight title. Prior to UFC 70, Couture predicted that Gonzaga would beat the Croatian (certainly not by head kick, of course).

Sunday, Apr 22

UFC 70: Karma is a twist for Cro Cop

Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic was on the receiving end of a devastating head kick last night — something he’s been doing to dudes for years with sensational success. Without a doubt, Gabriel Gonzaga stunned UFC 70: “Nations Collide” viewers with the way in which he finished Cro Cop. Prior to the...

Saturday, Apr 21

UFC 70 results via tape delay

In this post, we’re just going to give some quick results and recaps of the main card bouts, as well as the main event between Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic and Gabriel Gonzaga. Gabriel Gonzaga defeats Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic via knockout (head kick) in round one Fight recap: Speechless.

Friday, Apr 20

UFC Quick Quote: Couture picks Napao at UFC 70

“I see Gonzaga bursting through, getting his hands on Cro Cop, and putting him on the ground and keeping him there. He probably submit him from there.” – UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture predicts that Gabriel Gonzaga will defeat Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic at UFC 70 later on today as tol...

UFC Quick Quote: Mirko ‘Tree Trunks’ Filipovic

– Not-so talkative UFC heavyweight fighter Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic comments on his insane kicking power and about his upcoming bout at UFC 70 with Gabriel Gonzaga in an MSNBC.com article. (My man-crush on Cro Cop has hit an all-time low).

UFC 70 weigh-in results for ‘Nations Collide’

Hvywt: Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (225) vs. Gabriel Gonzaga (243) 205 lb.: Michael Bisping (204) vs. Elvis Sinosic (205) Hvywt. : Andrei Arlovski (238) vs. Fabricio Werdum (233) 205 lb.: Ryoto Machida (199) vs. David Heath (205) Hvywt. : Cheick Kongo (229) vs. Assuerio Silva (241)

Tuesday, Apr 17

Cro Cop on Gonzaga, Liddell, Fedor and more

Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic today participated in his first conference call as a UFC fighter with international media to market his upcoming bout with Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 70: “Nations Collide” this Saturday in Manchester, England.

UFC Quick Quote: Jess Liaudin really doesn’t want to attack Cro Cop at UFC 70

“… I did an interview with a French magazine, the guy that interviewed me said, ‘Don’t you think you are going to be a bit overshadowed by Mirko [Filipovic] and [Andrei] Arlovski on the show?’ It’s a fairly obvious thing — both of them are very big names and I’m not — so the guy [...] “… I did an inter...

UFC 72: Eddie Sanchez vs. Colin Robinson

UFC heavyweight Eddie Sanchez (6-1) is slated to get back in the Octagon at UFC 72 on June 16 after surviving almost five minutes locked in a cage with Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic , according to FightNetwork.com. His tentative opponent — Colin Robinson (6-1) — will make his UFC debut in front of...

Monday, Apr 16

Rumor: ‘Big Nog’ to make UFC debut against Brandon Vera?

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (29-4-1) could face Brandon Vera (8-0) in his first bout inside the Octagon, according to Sam Caplan at FiveOuncesOfPain.com. With Randy Couture, Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic, Gabriel Gonzaga, Andrei Arlovski and Fabricio Werdum all tied up in the near future, ther...