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Rattler

10-11-2009, 10:25 AM

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chuffy

10-11-2009, 10:38 AM

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Thanks Rattler. I've just finnished reading this, I was about to post it myself, you beat me to it. :D I really hope Mirko can put it all together, find peace and finnish his career strongly. He's obviosuly struggling badly at the moment, which is sad to see. The fans are behind you Mirko! :good

boxingcar

10-11-2009, 10:59 AM

"I already know some things that I did wrong both in the fight and in the preparation for the fight, but there are many questions that remain to be answered. I am seriously thinking about hiring a psychiatrist to help me out. I have already made some calls about it."

:sad2 ...he should've retired in 2006...

ufoalf

10-11-2009, 04:21 PM

"I already know some things that I did wrong both in the fight and in the preparation for the fight, but there are many questions that remain to be answered. I am seriously thinking about hiring a psychiatrist to help me out. I have already made some calls about it."

:sad2 ...he should've retired in 2006...
:deal

196osh

10-11-2009, 04:25 PM

:sad2 ...he should've retired in 2006...

This. :-(

MaliSlamusrex

10-11-2009, 05:52 PM

Crop Cop will always be competitive at contender level and could put a string of wins together.

AmericanSugar

10-11-2009, 07:53 PM

its all mental at this point, yeah physically he is past his prime, but he could have definetly won the fights he in the ufc.

jimmie

10-11-2009, 10:10 PM

Its real easy in in 2009 to say Mirko should have retired in 2006. I know people like to think otherwise now since he has been beat up a few times in the UFC but in September 2006 he smashed Wanderlei and Barnett in the same night to win the OWGP and was considered to be the best verison of Cro Cop ever and ready for a Fedor rematch. Why should he have retired then when it appeared he could accomplish so much more ? The UFC Heavyweight Championship was basically handed to him on this forum and every other forum in early 2007.

Tko4

10-11-2009, 10:36 PM

As a huge Cro Cop fan, I can only say, "Hang them up already, Mirko." He's been saying how he needs to get his "head back in the game" and get his mental edge back for the last five or six fights. Then he says that he found his fire, had a great training camp, and comes in and loses again. It's over for him at this point. He's gun shy, and I don't see that changing. Cro Cop at his peak was a striker worthy of fear. His opponents were wary, and Cro Cop attacked with vicious punches and kicks. Now, he sits back and waits and waits and waits. Meanwhile, he takes punishment.

Simply put, he needs to call it a career.

thejokerswild

10-15-2009, 07:03 PM

1 more fight, out with a bang like hopkins shoulda.

his career is over though.

Vitor Belfort

10-15-2009, 09:52 PM

Crocop is one of my favorite MMA fighter ever but he is done. I would like to see him fight andrei arlovski before he retires whether it will be in ufc or another organization.

Kestrel

10-15-2009, 10:27 PM

Only way CroCop can win now if someone shoots him up with some PCP so he becomes absolutely fearless and not gun shy and goes for the kill. Sadly he is done, in all sports the mental aspect is extremely important, if you lose it up there, you can't be the same ever again.

ufoalf

10-15-2009, 11:07 PM

Shame.

OuterDrake

10-15-2009, 11:08 PM

Cro Cop needs freedie roach :good

his boxing is under rated, being that he is a 40-5 amateur boxer and labeled himself as coming from a boxing background. i don't see why he can't just get a well credential boxing coach to teach him how to feint better and decelop a good jab to set up that head kick?:thumbsup

achillesthegreat

10-16-2009, 03:21 AM

Cro Cop needs freedie roach :good

his boxing is under rated, being that he is a 40-5 amateur boxer and labeled himself as coming from a boxing background. i don't see why he can't just get a well credential boxing coach to teach him how to feint better and decelop a good jab to set up that head kick?:thumbsup

Was he really a 40-5 amateur boxer?

OuterDrake

10-16-2009, 07:21 AM

Was he really a 40-5 amateur boxer?

according to wiki.

Filipović started his professional career in 1996 as a kickboxer, following in the footsteps of his compatriot Branko Cikatić. Before turning pro Filipović was said to have accumulated an amateur boxing record of 40-5 (31 ) KO's