Mirko Filipovic
Croatia’s Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic is a true legend in the sport of mixed martial arts. Before it was bought out by the UFC, Pride Fighting Championships was putting on mixed martial arts fight cards in front of 90,000+ spectators out in Japan as early as the year 2000. Mirko earned one of the sport’s coolest nicknames in “Cro Cop” because of his membership to his country’s elite Police Special Forces, the Lučko Anti-Terrorist Unit. Think Croatian SWAT.
“Cro Cop” was crowned the Pride FC Openweight Grand Prix Champion in 2006, K-1 Kickboxing World Grand Prix Champion in 2012, and Rizin Openweight Champion last year. Infamous for the devastating kicking power he possessed, he once stated, “right leg is hospital, left is cemetery”. With kicks like those, who needs a taser?
