Mirko Cro Cop Quotes
Now I am training with sparring partners who are nice people, sure, but not my friends. These are sparring partners who want to knock me out in sparring. In the Croatian media, they said it was 'life and death' sparring - it was not quite life and death, but it was all-out fighting, very hard.
Filipović, Mirko. Interview. Fighters Only Magazine, 10 Sep. 2010.
Mirko Filipović, known by the nickname Cro Cop, is a retired Croatian professional mixed martial artist, kickboxer and amateur boxer. He is mostly known for his time in Pride Fighting Championships. Cro Cop fought in the UFC, K-1, RIZIN and Bellator. He is widely considered as one of the greatest Heavyweight Kickboxers and MMA fighters of all time. He holds notable kickboxing victories over Jerome Le Banner, Mike Bernardo, Sam Greco, Musashi, Glaube Feitosa, Peter Aerts, Mark Hunt, Remy Bonjasky, Ray Sefo, Bob Sapp and Ismael Londt. He holds notable MMA victories over Kazuyuki Fujita (twice), Kazushi Sakuraba, Heath Herring, Alexander Emelianenko, Josh Barnett (three times), Kevin Randleman, Mark Coleman, Wanderlei Silva, Choi Hong-man, Pat Berry, Gabriel Gonzaga and Roy Nelson.
