UFC President Dana White Reveals That Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic Will Fight Again

What does the future hold for Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic?

Many Ultimate Fighting Championship fans are wondering what’s left for the popular Croatian fighter after his recent third-round KO loss to Brendan Schaub at UFC 128 back in March.

The former PRIDE Fighting Championships standout has now lost back-to-back fights with back-to-back KO’s. In the days following the loss to Schaub, UFC President Dana White openly stated that he thought the loss signaled the end of Cro Cop’s fighting career.

However, White has recently confirmed that Mirko Cro Cop will fight at least one more time.

Courtesy of MMA Fighting, White revealed that Cro Cop would fight again and had this to say in regards to Cro Cop’s future: “Do I think he should have retired? Yeah. But I don't think he's in one of these situations like Chuck Liddell, who needed to retire right then. He's a man, a grown man, and if he wants to continue to fight, that's his right. And he still has a fight with me.”

Mirko Filipovic is best known as the winner of PRIDE’s 2006 Open-Weight Grand Prix, beating Wanderlei Silva and Josh Barnett on the same day and finishing both opponents.

In total, Cro Cop fought over twenty times in PRIDE and was one of its biggest stars.

Since debuting in the UFC at UFC 67 in 2007, Mirko Cro Cop has compiled a record of 6-5 with one no contest. Inside the UFC, Cro Cop’s record stands at 4-5.

All four of those wins were stoppages, although four of his five losses were also via stoppage.

Cro Cop’s recent two-fight losing-streak is only the second time in his career that he’s lost back-to-back fights, and the first time he has ever lost by back-to-back KO.