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CroCop Interview
keep in mind this is old, right after his fight with Igor. I hadn't seen it before, and I'm sure hundreds of you have. My question is what the hell is going on in this interview? Is it real? It seems as though someone twisted Mirko's words around and it sounds like his agent is a crackpot too. Sorry if it's been done to death in the past I didn't see anything in the search function.
here's an excerpt:
Japanese magazine Kami no Puroresu recently interviewed Mirko 'Cro Cop' Filipovic after his victory over Igor Vovchanchyn in the PRIDE GP card back on August 10th. Interview translated by Akira S.:
Cro Cop: Why is Yoshida on the front-page of the newspaper? (He was looking at the Japanese news paper suspiciously)
Kami no Puroresu: Because Yoshida was an Olympic gold medalist, and Japanese people were highly concerned with his fight.
Cro Cop: If they watched every fight in PRIDE last night, it would be very obvious that my fight with Vovchanchyn should be on the front page.
Kami no Puroresu: I agree, your fight was great. I'm a bit surprised you are so conscious about the media.
Cro Cop: Well, I am professional fighter and I always hope to get on the front pages. I have asked my agent before why I am not on the front page more often. Then he laughed and said, 'Because you avoid interviews from the media.'
Kami no Puroresu: We have the impression that you don't like the media.
Cro Cop: I don't like the mass media, but someone asked me, 'Why did Bob Sapp become so famous and popular?' He just accepted any interview from the media and became very popular. Since then, I decided to accept interviews.
Kami no Puroresu: I am glad to hear that. Well, let me ask how you feel about yesterday's fight with Vovchanchyn?
Cro Cop: I'm completely content with the way I fought and with the result, so I slept well and woke up feeling very fine. I drank some liquor last night and I felt so great this morning.
Kami no Puroresu: You don't usually drink?
Cro Cop: I usually don't. Last night was an exception because my friends from Croatia visited me. Quinton Jackson joined us too. He joined with us there and I told him, 'You would not have struggled in your fight if you had learned some kicking technique from me.'
Kami no Puroresu: Why was Jackson there with you?
Cro Cop's Agent: Mirko and Jackson are good friends. I would rather say Jackson dotes on Mirko. They have a plan to train together.
Kami no Puroresu: Wow! That's surprising! Anyway, your high kick from yesterday's fight was just terrific! It is very rare to see a knock out by high kick in a mixed martial arts fight, especially in Pride. Do you change the way you kick in K-1 and in Pride?
Cro Cop: I change a bit technically, but it's because of the way the opponent moves more than it is any big difference between K-1 and Pride. To be frank, I decided to a launch high kick and I went for it.
Kami no Puroresu: Wow. Was it your plan to finish the fight with high kick? Were you determined to launch a high kick during that fight?
Cro Cop: Of course, there are not many people who actually launch a bona fide high kick in a mixed martial arts fight. On top of that, nobody is better than me when it comes to the technique of drawing your opponent's attention to somewhere else by combination, and eventually launching a high kick from a knock out angle. You just can't acquire the technique even though you practice hard. Standup striking is a matter of the senses and evaluation of each moment in a fight. I don't usually try the high kick persistently.
the rest is here: fightsport.com/fightsport/news/2003_09_28_fig...
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