PRIDE Fighting Championships

By al bundy team(noreply@blogger.com) Lorenzo Fertitta makes Mirko Cro Cop an “offer he cannot refuse” Another turn has been made in the Mirko Cro Cop caseas UFC COO Lorenzo Fertitta took a private plane to Cro Cop’s home in Zagreb, Croatia to make the former PRIDE Open Weight Grand Prix champion an offer he simply cannot refuse.

By Jeremy Botter By and large, they are normal, everyday people who just happen to be world-famous fighters.  Maybe I should have quit after the [PRIDE] Open Weight Grand Prix." 9. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira is just about the nicest person you'll ever meet.

By E. Spencer Kyte Filipovic has faced a Who's Who of champions and challengers over his career, including Fedor and Aleksander Emelianenko, Josh Barnett, Wanderlei Silva and "Minotauro" Noguiera. As impressive as "Cigano" has been in his two UFC wins, the former PRIDE Open Weight Grand Prix champion ha...

By MMAmania The 2006 Pride FC Open Weight Grand Prix winner, Mirko Cro Cop, clarifies the recent brouhaha over his contract status, saying he chose the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) because of the money and level of competition. The Croatian caused quite a controversy after his most recent a...

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - Mark Coleman was fighting on pure instinct. Of course, if you're a UFC Hall of Famer, former UFC heavyweight champion, and PRIDE Open Weight Grand Prix champ, that's not necessarily the kiss of death, but when your opponent is Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua, it's not the ideal...

 OH A longtime PRIDE fighter perhaps best known for winning the organization's 2006 Open-Weight Grand Prix, "Cro Cop" entered the UFC in 2007 ranked as one of the world's top heavyweights. After outclassing Eddie Sanchez in his UFC debut, the Croatian ...

By Colonel Balz AS reported by MMA Junkie: Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (22-6-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) has left the UFC and signed with a new fight promotion called DREAM, it was announced today at a press conference in Japan. Filipovic will make his debut with the organization at DREAM 1, a March 15 show in Saitama, Japan. It’s believed that the UFC requested that Filipovic renegotiate a new deal. During UFC 66 in December 2006, the UFC officially announced that Filipovic, the PRIDE FC 2006 Open Weight Grand Prix champion, had signed a lucrative two-year, six-fight deal with the organization. Apparently, Filipovic was unwilling to do redo the deal, and the UFC opted to let him walk instead.   [read the full post]

By UFCmania PRIDE FC 2006 Open Weight Grand Prix Champion, Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic, will look to rebound from his most recent loss to Gabriel Gonzaga when he faces Cheick Kongo at UFC 75: “Champion vs. Champion” on September 8 from the O2 Arena in London, England. Cro Cop has expressed a desire to also rem...

By Jesse Holland Once considered one of the top 205lb fighters in the world, Silva is coming off two disappointing losses to Mirko Cro Cop at the 2006 Open Weight Grand Prix and to Dan Henderson back in February at PRIDE 33. That is unless Dana White can deliver on the rumored PRIDE vs UFC tournament. An event of...