Mirko Cro Cop Quotes

Mirko Cro Cop

Profession : Athlete

Birth : September 10, 1974

Nobody should underestimate me. When you have a self-made fighter like I am with the Pride belt I earned, it's not good to underestimate him.

Mirko Cro Cop

Conditioning is the most important thing in MMA.

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It's not up to me. I will fight whoever the UFC puts in front of me. If it was up to me, I want to fight Dana White.

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I really believe that I'm a better fighter than Gabriel Gonzaga.

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I don't know if I will take the UFC title, but I will die trying.

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I had 33 kickboxing fights, 37 MMA fights, plus 44 amateur boxing fights, which most of them were international. I will keep fighting as long as I feel good, but I will repeat once more, any fight could be the last one.

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I won a lot of money in UFC. I earned that money. The money wasn't given to me as a present. I earned every dollar of it.

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The UFC has been so good to me over the years, and it is hard to leave this company and this sport.

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Even though I didn't do as well in the UFC as the rest of my career, I feel like I did everything that I could to have an overall successful career.

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Training is not the key. Head is the key. For me, it's head. How aggressive you will be. Who will attack first? But you need to be good in your head, and there will be no problem.

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Gabriel Gonzaga is a very solid fighter, and I've seen some of his fights. He's a tough guy.

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The cage is bigger than the ring, and it's a little bit different.

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K-1 is the sport where I started. This is my first love, and I find K-1 more attractive and more suitable for our Croatian fans than MMA.

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I was a professional and did my best to prepare for every fight, but after PRIDE Grand Prix, to be honest, I didn't have motivation to go on.

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This fire in me will last forever.

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To be a successful fighter now, you have to go to a camp.

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It was a mistake of mine to train like that, with friends, at home. It was a handicap I should not have given myself. In Croatia, we do not have big camps like in other countries, but I was not willing to go away to train.

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When my shoulder problems started, basic methods like massages and icing the shoulder did not help.

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