| UFC Ultimate Fighter Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic is a nice guy |
Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (21-4-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) makes his much-anticipated UFC debut against Eddie Sanchez (6-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) this Saturday at UFC 67. And while Filipovic enters the fight a massive favorite, he’s not looking past his 24-year-old opponent.
Filipovic recently told Thomas Gerbasi of UFC.com:
“I have only seen one tape of him,” said Cro Cop of Sanchez. “He is a young fighter with a clean record, waiting for a big break. But I’ll never underestimate anyone.”
In fact, while most UFC fans would call the organization’s heavyweight division paper-thin and void of much competition for the Croatian fighter, Filipovic doesn’t agree — publicly, anyway.
Reported Gerbasi:
“Who can say that it is a weak division,” said Cro Cop. “There will always be someone totally unknown to appear all of a sudden from somewhere we never expected.”
Just ask Jake O’Brien, who last Thursday came out of nowhere to upset highly regarded Heath Herring, who like Cro Cop, came from great success in Japan and was expected to use his UFC debut as a springboard to big things in the division.
“That is the nature of our business,” said Cro Cop, who in 2003 was elected to the Croatian Parliament. “Especially, the way it is growing, the UFC will be attracting every tough guy in the world to start training for MMA. We’ll encounter a new threat every day, and that’s what keeps my motivation high to keep on training every day.”
In an organization in which flash and pizazz are not only encouraged but sometimes expected, it’s nice to see that type of modesty. Then again, when you possess perhaps the world’s most danger leg kicks and a top-notch MMA record, you pretty much have no need to resort to trash talking.
In any manner, if you’re not too familiar with the UFC’s new heavyweight, check out the full profile at UFC.com.
| " | “That is the nature of our business,” said Cro Cop, who in 2003 was elected to the Croatian Parliament. “Especially, the way it is growing, the UFC will be attracting every tough guy in the world to start training for MMA. We’ll encounter a new threat every day, and that’s what keeps my motivation high to keep on training every day.” |
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