anatoly Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Oh no... “Maybe the ones who have said that I’m done are right. Obviously, I can’t break my mental block in the Octagon. Besides, I’ve been training like a spartan for 20 years now — my body is worn out. The years caught up to me, I’ve been worn out…. [Junior dos Santos] won that fight and would have won it by decision. Simply put, he is younger, more hungry, more aggressive. He wanted to win a lot more…. The mat was slippery like glass. I almost fell down trying to do the left high kick. But I’m not looking for an alibi. This was not the performance the public would pay for. I don’t feel the hunger anymore. I started playing it safe, I’m not ready to take risks. I would like to thank everybody that supported me and stood by me and everyone who helped me to prepare for this fight. I’ve been living a military life for 20 years now. Getting up at 6 a.m. and having physically challenging task up to 8 p.m. I want a normal life. I’m entering a cage and thinking about fishing in Privlaka. You can’t win that way. Maybe I should’ve quit after I won the open weight grand prix.”- Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovici am somewhat relieved that he decided to step down...sure changing his training methods could work in his favor, but over his previous fights in the ufc it has become obvious that his will to win has diminished each time. he really looks like a fighter that has NOT evolved since his pride days IMO. regardless, whether he decides to step down as fighter or not, he will always be regarded as a legend in MMA Quote Link to comment
ixnay Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 saw that coming after he lost the fight... Quote Link to comment
anatoly Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 ei sevenzerofive, ano nga pala ang source mo dun sa crocop statement?? Quote Link to comment
riceb0i Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Question. Before ka maging legit na jiu-jitsu instructor, anong belt na dapat ang hawak mo?blue belt sir pwede ka na magturo depende sa mga belt seniors mo sa dojo Quote Link to comment
Solitude00 Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 ei sevenzerofive, ano nga pala ang source mo dun sa crocop statement?? Post-Fight interview. Original language here: http://www.jutarnji.hr/sport/borilacki_spo...9,20,,176969.jl And translated here: http://mmamania.com/2009/09/20/mirko-cro-c...d-prix-in-2006/ Quote Link to comment
Olympus Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Question. Before ka maging legit na jiu-jitsu instructor, anong belt na dapat ang hawak mo? for BJJ at least blue belt Quote Link to comment
SevenZeroFive Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Thanks Solitude00 for posting the source, I was so shocked by Mirko's statement I forgot to indicate my source. Wala lang, realistically he'll never be as dominant as he was back in his PRIDE days, pero as a fan I wanted him to be feared again. Pareng riceboi & Boss Olympus, I just wanna ask (since my training was under an informal system unlike in most training camps), does the hierarchy system also take effect in BJJ camps? Like, a blue belt is qualified to teach but someone not a black belt but a higher rank will take over if he's present? Quote Link to comment
Olympus Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Pareng riceboi & Boss Olympus, I just wanna ask (since my training was under an informal system unlike in most training camps), does the hierarchy system also take effect in BJJ camps? Like, a blue belt is qualified to teach but someone not a black belt but a higher rank will take over if he's present? Normally it applies.. however, there are times the higher belt observes and just gives insights and lets the lower ranked instructor handle the class Quote Link to comment
geneticfreak Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Normally it applies.. however, there are times the higher belt observes and just gives insights and lets the lower ranked instructor handle the class Well that or normally the blue belt will only instruct if a purple or any other higher belt is not present during a particular class. Quote Link to comment
judy2three Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Yehey here comes one of my Idol Machida just cant wait till the next fight of Machida in October Itaguyod and KARATE dicipline Quote Link to comment
maddromeo Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Oh no... “Maybe the ones who have said that I’m done are right. Obviously, I can’t break my mental block in the Octagon. Besides, I’ve been training like a spartan for 20 years now — my body is worn out. The years caught up to me, I’ve been worn out…. [Junior dos Santos] won that fight and would have won it by decision. Simply put, he is younger, more hungry, more aggressive. He wanted to win a lot more…. The mat was slippery like glass. I almost fell down trying to do the left high kick. But I’m not looking for an alibi. This was not the performance the public would pay for. I don’t feel the hunger anymore. I started playing it safe, I’m not ready to take risks. I would like to thank everybody that supported me and stood by me and everyone who helped me to prepare for this fight. I’ve been living a military life for 20 years now. Getting up at 6 a.m. and having physically challenging task up to 8 p.m. I want a normal life. I’m entering a cage and thinking about fishing in Privlaka. You can’t win that way. Maybe I should’ve quit after I won the open weight grand prix.”- Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic This is Mirko being humble after a big loss... I dont think his skills are diminished or body getting wornt out. He was doing good in the first round, but he kept on his gameplan even when it wasnt working for him! Dos Santos had a good gameplan and executed well! Just a question... How come Mirko lost and Dana starts bashing his mouth and wants to put him away while Randy Couture gets a 6 figh contract extension!? Hmm... Biased talaga! Bakit di nila i-set up Couture vs. Mirko!!! Dapat ata mag karon na ng UFC seniors divison eh! Hehehe... :thumbsupsmiley: Quote Link to comment
SevenZeroFive Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 (edited) This is Mirko being humble after a big loss... I dont think his skills are diminished or body getting wornt out. He was doing good in the first round, but he kept on his gameplan even when it wasnt working for him! Dos Santos had a good gameplan and executed well! Just a question... How come Mirko lost and Dana starts bashing his mouth and wants to put him away while Randy Couture gets a 6 figh contract extension!? Hmm... Biased talaga! Bakit di nila i-set up Couture vs. Mirko!!! Dapat ata mag karon na ng UFC seniors divison eh! Hehehe... :thumbsupsmiley: Actually, I have to defend Dana on this one (and this is rare, I tell you). On the post fight presser that I watched over at UFC.com, I never felt that Dana belittled Mirko's skills and/or his accomplishments. He's just acknowledging the grim reality that, for some fighters, age and collateral damage will catch up sooner than later. Mirko has been competing at the highest level since way back in the early 1990's in K-1. As early as when K-1 started he was already one of their Aces, alongside Ernesto Hoost, Peter Aerts, Jerome LeBanner, & the late Andy Hug. So, his career wasn't like it was gradually climbing up in competition; he was already facing the elite of his sport as early as the mid-90's. When he transitioned to MMA, he didn't have it easy too. He faced Fujita, who was the only fighter to come close to KO'ing Fedor during his peak in PRIDE. Then he faced Nobuhiko Takada, Wanderlei Silva, and in his first official MMA fight (all his prior fights were under some form of special rules) he broke Sakuraba's orbital bone, same thing that he did to Bob Sapp. Now, compared to Randy's career progression, and we'll see that Randy has longevity at his side just based on the progression of his life inside & beyond the fight game. Randy was fighting, but Mirko was fighting AND serving his duties in the Croatian Anti-Terrorist unit, and subsequently the Croatian Parliament. Mirko will still be a draw, no matter what happens, and almost everybody is in agreement with you that he should fight Randy in his final professional fight. Actually, that matchup was what convinced Mirko to jump from PRIDE to the UFC, and after Randy's fight with Brandon Vera, win or lose, he should fight Mirko next as FINAL PRIDE VS. UFC FIGHT, which will make the hardcores (like myself) crazier than Heidi Montag in Algebra class. Speaking of fighters going away, apparently Roger Huerta isn't going away just yet: “I think it could have gone either way and it’s my fault I let it go to the judges and I can’t go out like that,” Huerta told Sherdog.com Sunday. “I can’t go out with two losses in a row. I don’t think I’m going to call it quits anytime soon.” It's that old saying once again: you can take the dog out of the fight, but you can't take the fight out of the dog. Good for you, Roger. One more. Quinton "Rampage" Jackson is retiring from MMA: (courtesy BloodyElbow.com)"The UFC has done a lot for me but I think I have done more for them … this movie role came about that I have been trying to get for over a year & as soon as I found out I was close to getting it, I called Dana right away & asked to push the Memphis fight back just a month or so. I told him what this movie role meant to me. I told him that I used to bond with my father watching the tv show as a kid when my parents where still married & it represents the memories I had with my father when we lived together. My dad became an alcohalic & addicted to drugs & we grew apart. But after my dad got his life back together, I was so proud of my dad & I told him I would always take care of him in the future & make him proud of me. My dad & I are still very big fans of the show & I am basically doing this for the childhood memories I had spending time in front of the tv with my dad. Dana went on the internet & mocked me because of that & I still did nothing. Dana & I finally talked & we made up & then after that he went back on the internet & said some bullshit & he was talking bad about the movie when information is not even supposed to be released & talking about payments which is not even true could really hurt my future acting career, which could very well last longer than my fighting career. I’m not like Randy Couture. My body has been getting so many different injuries that I wont be able to fight until my forties & neither do I want to fight that long. So I feel like my second career could be in jeopardy.. so I’m done fighting. I’ve been getting negative reviews from the dumb ass fans that don’t pay my bills or put my kids though college. So I’m hanging it up. I’m gonna miss all my loyal fans but hopefully they’ll follow me to my new career & I will gain more loyal fans along the way. & all you hater fans out there can kiss my big black hairy ass! & anybody that don’t like what I just said can come try to kick my ass! I still feel the UFC is a great organization and I felt like I was very loyal to them but they didn’t respect my loyalty but I wish the UFC the best. I did a lot of things for them. I wish no bad blood between us but I have kids & a family back in Memphis to provide for & thats all that matters to me!" Fireworks, commence! LOL Edited September 23, 2009 by SevenZeroFive Quote Link to comment
JustSmile=) Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 ^ IMO best time for Rampage to leave MMA. He cant beat Machida anyway so why not pursue a career in acting. I think he'll do good in acting. Especially comedy, first episode of TUF10, i was laughing my ass off when he did that impression of Rashad gasping for air. Goodluck Rampage! Quote Link to comment
SevenZeroFive Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 ^ IMO best time for Rampage to leave MMA. He cant beat Machida anyway so why not pursue a career in acting. I think he'll do good in acting. Especially comedy, first episode of TUF10, i was laughing my ass off when he did that impression of Rashad gasping for air. Goodluck Rampage! See, the problem with this is that the reason why Rampage was in Season 10 in the first place is, in principle he committed to fighting Rashad @ UFC 107. Zuffa (Not just Dana, the entire company) pushed for the card to be in Rampage's hometown because they were expecting Rampage to fight Rashad. Sabihin na natin na doing "The A-Team" is a once in a lifetime opportunity, but that doesn't give someone the license to back off their commitment to the guys who made him who he is. Now he says "he did more for the UFC, not the other way around"? Didn't the UFC give their full support when he entered the psych ward & almost got charged with vehicular manslaughter after his hit and run deal? :thumbsdownsmiley: The main issue here is not the level of competition that Rampage has to deal with, but the commitment he gave to the company. Quote Link to comment
Guest megalodon Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 ^ IMO best time for Rampage to leave MMA. He cant beat Machida anyway so why not pursue a career in acting.I agree. I don't think anyone can beat Machida in the LH division at this point. Quote Link to comment
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