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Cro Cop withdraws from DREAM 5; schedules surgery
Published 7/7/2008 by Jesse Holland at UFC blog for UFC news, results, videos, rumors, fights, pics and tickets -- MMAmania.com
... Former PRIDE and UFC heavyweight Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic has withdrawn from the July 21 DREAM card due to a bum elbow and a mishandling of opponents according to his official blog. ...

No Mirko till September
Published 7/7/2008 by fightlinker at Fightlinker.com
No Mirko till September July 7, 2008 – 11:10 am by fightlinker [image] I dunno why it seems so hard to get all those former PRIDE superstars into the ring/cage. I think I’d have an easier time getting Mandy Moore to let me put a dead squirrel in her vagina than sort out the magic condition where the stars are in alignment and guys like Fedor or Mirko or Mark Hunt can fight. This time we’ve got Mirko CroCop pulling out of DREAM.5 (which follows him pulling out of DREAM.4 , which follows him fighting some fatty at DREAM.1): unfortunately I have some bad news– I won’t be fighting at DREAM 5 at all. I was about to ...

Cro Cop Out of DREAM 5
Published 7/7/2008 by Martin Alexander at MMA on Tap
An official statement was posted in regards to Mirko Cro Cop not being able to compete against Jerome LeBanner on July 21st: Hello everyone, unfortunately I have some bad news I won’t be fighting at DREAM 5 at all. I was about to face Jerome LeBanner but he decided to fight in K1 against Schilt. Mighty Mo was the alternative and I accepted this challenge, but unfortunately Mighty Mo pulled off from the fight. I was ready to face Mo, but maybe this scenario wasn’t that bad for me at all and I’ll tell you why. I’ve been having problems with my right elbow for years and the injury got ...

Mirko “Cro Cop” Withdraws From DREAM 5, To Undergo Surgery
Published 7/7/2008 by Kris Karkoski at MMAFrenzy.com
Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic has been forced off the July 21st DREAM 5 card due to elbow and knee injuries, according to his official blog: Unfortunately I have some bad news– I won’t be fighting at DREAM 5 at all. I was about to face Jerome LeBanner but he decided to fight in K1 against Schilt. Mighty Mo was the alternative and I accepted this challenge, but unfortunately Mighty Mo pulled off from the fight. I was ready to face Mo, but maybe this scenario wasn’t that bad for me at all and I’ll tell you why. I’ve been having problems with my right elbow for years and ...

Cro Cop announces he won’t fight at DREAM.5
Published 7/7/2008 by Sam Caplan at Five Ounces of Pain
tn_cc6.jpg Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic announced on his personal blog today that he is no longer scheduled to fight at DREAM.5 on July 21. He had been slated to fight Jerome Banner , who apparently pulled out of the fight vs. Cro Cop in order to fight Semmy Schilt on a K-1 card in a kickboxing match. Instead of fighting an alternate, Cro Cop has pulled off the card entirely and will instead use the time to rest an injured elbow and to also undergo arthroscopic surgery on his knee, possibly as early as tomorrow. According to Cro Cop, he could be ready to resume fighting in time for DREAM.6 on Sept. 23. He expressed that he ...

Japanese Round-Up: Mirko Cro Cop Sidelined, Yoshihiro Akiyama Challenged
Published 7/7/2008 by ChrisNelson at Bloody Elbow: Front Page Posts
... from the July 21st DREAM card. Originally slated to face kickboxer Jerome Le Banner in an MMA rules match, and then "Mighty Mo" Siligia after Le Banner was injured in a K-1 championship bout against Semmy Schilt on June 29th, Filipovic revealed on his blog today that he has instead opted for surgery on his apparently long-ailing right elbow and knee after learning that Siligia too would withdraw. Said the Cro Cop: ...

Quick Hits: Cro Cop, Fedor, the Colossus + More
Published 7/8/2008 by ben at Cage Potato - MMA News, Knockout Videos, and the Hottest Ring Girls
... — Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic has pulled out of DREAM.5 (July 21st; Osaka, Japan) due to nagging injuries to his elbow and knee, as well as an absence of opponents; Mighty Mo Siligia, who was slated to replace Jerome LeBanner against Filipovic, recently withdrew from the event. Cro Cop expects to be ready to compete at DREAM.6 on September 23rd. “I would really like to fight Alistair Overeem, we all know why and I won’t let it go,” Filipovic said. “My career is far from being over, I’ll be fighting some strong competitors ...

Cro Cop Suffers Another Setback, Overeem Next?
Published 7/9/2008 by Tim Ngo at 5thRound.com - UFC 89 Play-by-Play, UFC News, MMA News, Interviews
Cro Cop Suffers Another Setback, Overeem Next? Mirko Cro Cop Mirko Cro Cop was originally scheduled to fight K-1 star Jerome LeBanner in an MMA match at DREAM.5 on July 21st but LeBanner had decided to fight Sammy Schilt in a K-1 event. LeBanner’s replacement was “Mighty” Mo at DREAM.5 but after he was forced to pull out of the fight, Cro Cop determined that maybe it would be better if he took some time off himself. “I’ve been having problems with my right elbow for years… The second problem is a knee injury, something that troubles me for quite a while.” Cro Cop explained via his blog . Cro Cop plans to be available to fight again in ...