Mirko Filipović, one of the biggest stars of Croatian's sport, was born in small place in Croatia Vinkovci, 10. rujna 1974.. He got nickname "Cro Cop" because he was member of special anti-terrorist unit Lučko that's where COP is coming from in nickname and CRO is short for Croatia (Hrvatska). Hi started in garage with poor exercise equipement as he didn't grown up in a wealthy family. For short period he was training karater but soon after he started with boxing where he made his first great results.
At the age of 21 he started K1 career and in my opnion if he stayed there he would be champion even today.
Probably cause of financial matter Mirko tryed his luck in PRIDE where he reached the peak of his career.
He made total euphoria in Croatia and even globaly. Many kids started training because of him and I was one of them.
After some time stories began to circulate about his transition from Pride to the UFC, the Ultimate Fighting Championship. On the previous day of 2006, he confirmed these stories and soon signed a contract binding him to the 6th fight.
Defeats from Gonzaga and Congo were the first two consecutive defeats in Mirko's career. And after that he started to retreat slowely.
Here you can see his highlights:
Video source: https://www.youtube.com
His name will be marked in stars forever.
