The MMA Digest

According to the Croatian website javno.com, Mirko Filipovic said, “..I have already mentioned that I will take part in three fights for Dream, and that then I will return to the UFC. And to all internet know-it-alls I say to put gloves on and to enter the ring or the cage themselves before insulting whatever fighter. I repeat, I am not avoiding the UFC, and will come back by the end of the year.”

Additionally, evidently Filipovic fell into a “psychological crisis” around the time he entered into the UFC:

“Even in the first fight against Sanchez it was visible I was not the old Mirko. Maybe I was fulfilled with the Grand Prix title. It is hard to explain. I only know that I did not have that killing instinct. I lost 5 kilos before the performance, and trainings went bad. On the day of the fight against Kongo I woke up and thought “what do I need this for, why do I fight with a man I have never seen before’, I had enough of it ….Now everything is OK. The old fire and desire for fighting woke up in me again. I have never felt this good, I am in great shape. Once I fought for a living, today I fight for my pride.”