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Cro Cop to UFC

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No, correction, WAY TOO SOON.

Just yesterday, we implored the UFC to do something about its lackluster heavyweight division.

Today, MMAWeekly.com is reporting that Mirko ???Cro Cop??? Filipovic (21-4-2) ??? the #2 ranked heavyweight mixed martial artist on the planet ??? has been offered a UFC contract.

Here???s a snip from the article:

According to the supposed contract, as reported by Vecernji-list, Mirko would be offered a $1 million signing bonus in a deal that would secure the Croatian star to the UFC for six fights. Moreover, Mirko would supposedly earn $1.2 million for his first two fights in the UFC, $2 million for the two fights thereafter, and an undisclosed amount for the final two fights on the contract.

We???re utterly speechless. We just can???t stop giggling, actually.

For the first time in its history, it seems as if the UFC is putting up some serious coin to lure insane talent away from the competition to fight in the Octagon. Don???t forget, too, that we posted an entry less than a month ago about discussions between Aleksander Emelianenko and the UFC to bring little Fedor over to fight in the Zuffa cage.

These are both major developments.

Of course, Cro Cop has been a stud for years in the Pride FC heavyweight division. And, if this pans out, it would be a boon for the UFC ??? and its fans.

However, if Cro Cop decides to fight in the states, we???re a bit concerned that the UFC would struggle to find him quality opponents. Naturally, Tim Sylvia would be the obvious choice to face Cro Cop.

But, after that, the talent just isn???t there.

There is the possibility that he cuts a few pounds and fights at light heavyweight. In fact, Cro Cop is svelte for the division, weighing around 215 pounds. Liddell-Filipovic at UFC 75, perhaps?

Man, we???re getting way ahead of ourselves. Regardless, this hopefully signals a serious ??? and exciting ??? shift in the UFC front office in terms of doing whatever it takes to bring in the best MMA fighters from around the globe.

Having said all of that, Cro Cop would really be in a league of his own in the UFC right now ??? he???s just on another level.

So, this falls under the category: ???Think first, ask questions later.???

After all, it???s a fantastic problem to have.
 
That will probably piss a lot of the UFC guys off. Chuck and Tito are only getting 250K for this fight.
 
This came out last week and he said he would make a decision by Sunday, but I can't find anywhere what his decision was.
 
He'd take the lhw and hw titles within a year with no problem
 
I honestly think a Sylvia vs. Cro-cop fight would be alot closer than we think. Sylvia is awkward, unorthodox and flat out ugly, but he seems to rise to the occasion. He's a smart guy and I think he would give Cro-cop a run for his money just based on his sick reach advantage alone. These are exciting times!!
 
I'd be looking through Sherdog for the breaking news on this ... and there aint none. I read that article as "We asked UFC if they were bring in Crocop and they declined to answer." This is very iresponsible journalism on the part of UFCMania and really just an attempt to get hits to their site IMHO.

Their article:

UFC representatives deflected inquiries regarding the potential acquisition of Mirko ???Cro Cop??? Filipovic, winner of Pride Fighting Championship???s 2006 Open Weight Grand Prix. There are rumblings throughout the mixed martial arts industry that the UFC extended a generous contract offer to the Croatian, a soon-to-be free agent. An announcement is said to be imminent.

Using that same method of reporting on current events with just a few changes that paragraph becomes this:

Price of gas to hit $.97 a gallon. Whitehouse representatives deflected inquiries regarding the potential acquisition of Iran, owner of all the gas in the mid-east. There are rumblings throughout the oil industry that the Whitehouse extended a generous contract offer to the Iranians, a soon-to-be nuclear power. An announcement is said to be imminent.

Looking over the MMA Weekly article I read this:

Of course, the most interesting offers are coming from the US, where we have a number of new and promising MMA promotions. However, the leader in the US MMA market is still the UFC and they are joining the battle for top level MMA fighters with full confidence after a few recent successful events. Over the last few days we have read about the UFC's offer to Mirko that allegedly leaked out due to someone's eagle eye from the airplane backseat. Millions of dollars were about to appear on Cro Cop's account if he agreed to fight in the UFC, according to the rumors. Well, that was nothing but the rumors, the offer from the UFC is actually in Cro Cop's hands, but the numbers are entirely different.

Is Cro Cop seriously considering making his UFC appearance? Let's say that Mirko is always open to new challenges and he is looking forward to his US debut, which will happen very soon. The question remains - under which roof?

The bottom line of the whole story is - Mirko is still hoping to fight Fedor for the title in the first half of 2007. If the rematch will never happen under PRIDE's roof, again, then Cro Cop will consider some other options. There are some other interesting challenges waiting for him in MMA, it's not all about PRIDE's Heavyweight belt."

Crocop in UFC for millions? Not.
 
BoneCrusher said:
I'd be looking through Sherdog for the breaking news on this ... and there aint none. I read that article as "We asked UFC if they were bring in Crocop and they declined to answer." This is very iresponsible journalism on the part of UFCMania and really just an attempt to get hits to their site IMHO.

Their article:

UFC representatives deflected inquiries regarding the potential acquisition of Mirko ???Cro Cop??? Filipovic, winner of Pride Fighting Championship???s 2006 Open Weight Grand Prix. There are rumblings throughout the mixed martial arts industry that the UFC extended a generous contract offer to the Croatian, a soon-to-be free agent. An announcement is said to be imminent.

Using that same method of reporting on current events with just a few changes that paragraph becomes this:

Price of gas to hit $.97 a gallon. Whitehouse representatives deflected inquiries regarding the potential acquisition of Iran, owner of all the gas in the mid-east. There are rumblings throughout the oil industry that the Whitehouse extended a generous contract offer to the Iranians, a soon-to-be nuclear power. An announcement is said to be imminent.

Looking over the MMA Weekly article I read this:

Of course, the most interesting offers are coming from the US, where we have a number of new and promising MMA promotions. However, the leader in the US MMA market is still the UFC and they are joining the battle for top level MMA fighters with full confidence after a few recent successful events. Over the last few days we have read about the UFC's offer to Mirko that allegedly leaked out due to someone's eagle eye from the airplane backseat. Millions of dollars were about to appear on Cro Cop's account if he agreed to fight in the UFC, according to the rumors. Well, that was nothing but the rumors, the offer from the UFC is actually in Cro Cop's hands, but the numbers are entirely different.

Is Cro Cop seriously considering making his UFC appearance? Let's say that Mirko is always open to new challenges and he is looking forward to his US debut, which will happen very soon. The question remains - under which roof?

The bottom line of the whole story is - Mirko is still hoping to fight Fedor for the title in the first half of 2007. If the rematch will never happen under PRIDE's roof, again, then Cro Cop will consider some other options. There are some other interesting challenges waiting for him in MMA, it's not all about PRIDE's Heavyweight belt."

Crocop in UFC for millions? Not.
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:cry:
 
FatCatMC said:
I honestly think a Sylvia vs. Cro-cop fight would be alot closer than we think. Sylvia is awkward, unorthodox and flat out ugly, but he seems to rise to the occasion. He's a smart guy and I think he would give Cro-cop a run for his money just based on his sick reach advantage alone. These are exciting times!!
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Cro cop's legs are alot longer than Sylvia's arms.
 
I would love to see this happen and I wouldn't see a match with Sylvia going past the 2nd round. Cro Cop by KO or stoppage. I think it would be interesting if they made him fight Arlovski (who is making his comeback on the 30th) before getting a title shot. Would love to see that fight. This would be similar to the treatment Anderson Silva received... One warm up before a title shot
 
Lets not foget about the young Brandon Vera. This guy is def gonna give Silvia a run for his money.
 
BoneCrusher said:
I'd be looking through Sherdog for the breaking news on this ... and there aint none. I read that article as "We asked UFC if they were bring in Crocop and they declined to answer." This is very iresponsible journalism on the part of UFCMania and really just an attempt to get hits to their site IMHO.

Their article:

UFC representatives deflected inquiries regarding the potential acquisition of Mirko ???Cro Cop??? Filipovic, winner of Pride Fighting Championship???s 2006 Open Weight Grand Prix. There are rumblings throughout the mixed martial arts industry that the UFC extended a generous contract offer to the Croatian, a soon-to-be free agent. An announcement is said to be imminent.

Using that same method of reporting on current events with just a few changes that paragraph becomes this:

Price of gas to hit $.97 a gallon. Whitehouse representatives deflected inquiries regarding the potential acquisition of Iran, owner of all the gas in the mid-east. There are rumblings throughout the oil industry that the Whitehouse extended a generous contract offer to the Iranians, a soon-to-be nuclear power. An announcement is said to be imminent.

Looking over the MMA Weekly article I read this:

Of course, the most interesting offers are coming from the US, where we have a number of new and promising MMA promotions. However, the leader in the US MMA market is still the UFC and they are joining the battle for top level MMA fighters with full confidence after a few recent successful events. Over the last few days we have read about the UFC's offer to Mirko that allegedly leaked out due to someone's eagle eye from the airplane backseat. Millions of dollars were about to appear on Cro Cop's account if he agreed to fight in the UFC, according to the rumors. Well, that was nothing but the rumors, the offer from the UFC is actually in Cro Cop's hands, but the numbers are entirely different.

Is Cro Cop seriously considering making his UFC appearance? Let's say that Mirko is always open to new challenges and he is looking forward to his US debut, which will happen very soon. The question remains - under which roof?

The bottom line of the whole story is - Mirko is still hoping to fight Fedor for the title in the first half of 2007. If the rematch will never happen under PRIDE's roof, again, then Cro Cop will consider some other options. There are some other interesting challenges waiting for him in MMA, it's not all about PRIDE's Heavyweight belt."

Crocop in UFC for millions? Not.
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This was posted on his website in July, his contract ends in January... let's hope things change.
 
the nut said:
This was posted on his website in July, his contract ends in January... let's hope things change.
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The developing ability for top fighters to run one fight contracts opens a very cool window ... :daydream::daydream: ... one with a the peek at a chance to have a belt unification. Imagine Darth Fador fighting Sylvia? Imagine Darth then holding both belts? :rocker:
 
They can't seriously afford to give him that much money for each fight or they have to bump up the purses for all of their fighters. With Liddell getting 250K tops for a fight if they give ANYBODY a million they will have a full scale revolt. It would be like a major league pitcher suddenly getting signed for $50 million - then people of the same level can demand the same amount. Wouldn't make any sense plus they would lose money like crazy.

I don't see why any Pride guys would come over anyway - they make more money, they are gods in Japan and can get much better fights. What Pride needs to do is start marketing to the US like UFC has successfully.
 
ponyboy said:
They can't seriously afford to give him that much money for each fight or they have to bump up the purses for all of their fighters. With Liddell getting 250K tops for a fight if they give ANYBODY a million they will have a full scale revolt.

...

I don't see why any Pride guys would come over anyway - they make more money, they are gods in Japan and can get much better fights. What Pride needs to do is start marketing to the US like UFC has successfully.
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Well.. he has stated that the UFC has offered him more money but that he didn't know yet if that was reason enough for him to "switch jerseys" So he would not be making more money in Pride it seems... however he did say the rumors of the huge contracts are over hyped

Cro Cop dismissed the published terms of the contract, as he told Vecernji-list, "I wish it???s that much... that guy must have seen one extra zero. Even boxers do not get that kind of money."
 
Everyone's a cro cop expert now that he 'may' be coming to the UFC.
 
Everyone has known about Crop-Cop and his talent. BigD tryin to play the "I know about less mainstream fighters than you so I'm cooler" card again. Lame as hell. Crop Cop is old news. He's a great fighter.
 
Dale Mabry said:
Cro cop's legs are alot longer than Sylvia's arms.
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I doubt that, but I'd love to see CroCop whup the shit out of him regardless.

I'm 6'2" not 6'10", 85" reach, and from armpit to fingertip is 30". I dont imagine Cro Cop has a leg which would be "a lot longer than Sylvia's arm" since I already have the arm length of a person's leg.
 
Goodfella9783 said:
Everyone has known about Crop-Cop and his talent. BigD tryin to play the "I know about less mainstream fighters than you so I'm cooler" card again. Lame as hell. Crop Cop is old news. He's a great fighter.
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Riiiiiight..
 
BigDyl said:
Riiiiiight..
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First off, you've probably posted 1000 highlight reels of the dude so it's easy to assume that a lot of people know a lot about him on here. Especially since he is one of the best fighters from PRIDE. Also, it's obvious that more people know about him now that he may come to America to fight. Sort of like how not many people knew about Matsuzaka untile he is about to sign with the Red Sox. Except Cro Cop is more well known in MMA than Matsuzaka is in Baseball. I'm actually surprised you think not many people know about Mirko. You must have some really knowledgable MMA acquaintances :laugh: .
 
A new article on this...

CRO COP READY TO LEAVE PRIDE FOR THE UFC

"Speculation has run rampant for the past couple of weeks that Mirko ???Cro Cop??? Filipovic, ranked #2 in MMAWeekly???s top ten heavyweights, was going to leave Pride for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. It now appears that the speculation is true. Sources from within Filipovic???s camp and an independent source in Las Vegas, have confirmed to MMAWeekly that the Pride Open Weight Grand Prix champion has indeed made the decision to move on to the UFC."
 
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