Mirko Cro Cop To Fight At UFC 99

Mirko Cro Cop says that he’s heading back to the UFC, where he was a rather underwhelming 1-2 through his only three fights. According to Cro Cop, he was fighting injured during his initial UFC run, which may or may not explain the two losses. You could make the argument that Cro Cop simply got caught by the Gonzaga kick, and that he was just unable to get any offense going against Kongo after taking all those knees to the junk, but either way, it’s impossible to deny that Mirko looked nothing like the dominant fighter that everyone feared in Pride.

BUT Dana White is pretty good about recognizing when fighters have nothing left in the tank, and he apparently thinks that Cro Cop still has some juice. Along with BJ and Rampage, Cro Cop remains one of my favorite fighters, so I'm really hoping that we'll see him return to form at UFC 99.