Mirko CroCop Filipovic
Mirko “CroCop” Filipovic told UFC president Dana White after his victory at UFC 99 he couldn’t sign a deal with the UFC as he had already signed a three fight deal with DREAM in Japan.
Rather surprising news and unfortunate. It appeared Filipovic wanted to make his run back towards the top of the division and take a stab at the UFC belt. Now it looks like he’ll be headed to Japan to fight in DREAM.
Dana White was obviously upset. Here’s his take on it from Yahoo Sports:
“Isn’t that a dirty (expletive) thing to do?” White asked rhetorically after being queried about Filipovic’s deal with DREAM. “He (expletived) me. The first time in the history of the company I do one over the phone. He promised me a three-fight deal and he (expletived) me.”
White seemed pretty excited about the prospect of having Filipovic on his roster, and he was quite pleased in this interview right after Filipovic’s victory, but right before CroCop told him the unpleasant news.













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