Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic reveals knee injury has hampered recent performances
When Mirko Filipovic steps into the cage next Saturday night against fellow striker Pat Barry, he'll do so at full strength for the first time in two years.
Yesterday at a press conference to promote the event, Filipovic revealed that he'd been fighting with a badly injured knee which has prevented him from utilizing his vaunted kicks.
"I had a very bad injury two years ago," said Filipovic. "The knee was completely broken. I had three surgeries for the knee and, of course, it reflected in my kicking. I was afraid to kick, it was still very fresh, but I decided to take the risk for the Cologne fight one year ago."
Fans long wondered why Filipovic refrained from kicking against UFC heavyweight standout Junior dos Santos when he was soundly beaten down over the course of three rounds.
According to Filipovic, he just didn't feel stable.
"If you noticed I didn't even try to do a kick with my German opponent (Mustafa Al-Turk), and I didn't try, or I tried only once, to kick Junior dos Santos because I didn't feel very stable in kicking. I didn't feel like my leg was good so I just didn't kick. So of course it frustrated me a lot, but it was my decision to enter the cage. It was my decision to accept the fight. Nobody forced me to do that, but thank god it's behind me now and my legs are okay."
After getting the final surgery on the knee, Filipovic was advised by doctors not to take his fight against Al Turk at UFC 99. He took the fight however, and won via controversial TKO in the first round.
"The wound was still fresh," Filipovic explained. "It was only less than six months after the surgery so it was ‘suicide' according to the doctor. But I decided to take the fight. And I decided to take another fight with Dos Santos, which wasn't a smart idea in that condition.
"But I'm just a fighter and I like the sport. I like fighting. I like competition, but obviously you need to make decisions with the head, not with the heart."
http://www.fiveknuckles.com/mma-news/Mirko-Cro-Cop-Filipovic-reveals-knee-injury-has-hampered-recent-performances.htmlZa one kojim slabije ide engleski potrudicu se da prevedem teks,, Uglavno Mirko je gostovao na radiju i promovirao borbu .
Kad Mirko Filipovic udje u kavez sledece subote protiv Barija ,bice to prvi put u dve godine da je potpuno spreman!
Juce na press konferenicji Filipovic je napomenuo da se borio sa losom povredom koljena koje ga je sprecavala da lansira svoje ubojite udarce !
Imao sam veoma losu povredu pre dve godine , Koljeno je bilo totalno polomljeno imao sam tri operacije na koljeno i to se dakako odrazilo na moje udarce ,bojao sam se udariti ,bilo je veoma sveze ,ali sam odlucio preuzeti rizik i boriti se u Kelnu pre godinu dana!
Fanovi su se dugo pitali zasto je Filipovic odbio primeniti svoje udarce protiv JDS ,kada je bio brutalno pretucen !
Prema Filipovicu, nije se osjecao dovoljno stabilnim!
"Ako ste obavjesteni nisam cak ni pokusao da udarim nogom mog njemackog protivnika (al turka) ,i cak nisam pokusao,ili sam jednom pokusao da udarim JDS jer nisam se osjecao dovoljno stablilnim da udarim!Nisam osjecao da je moja noga dovoljno dobra ,zato nisam ni udarao!To me je naravno frustriralo mnogo,ali bila je moja odluka da udjem u kavez ,bila je moja odluka da prihvatim borbe .Niko me nije prisilio ni na sta,ali hvala bogu to je iza mene i sada su moje noge u redu!
Kada je prosla poslednja operacija,savjet doktora je bio da se ne borim protiv al turka na ufc 99,ali prihvatio je borbu i pobedio kontroverznim nakautom!
Rana je bila jos sveza,proslo je samo pola godine od operacije,i prema doktoru bilo je suicidalno uci u borbu ,ali sam odlucio da se borim,i odlucio sam da se borim sa JDS, sto nije bila dobra ideja jer nisam bio u kondiciji!
Ali,ja sam borac i volim ovaj sport,volim se boriti,volim se natjecati..Ali treba se odlucivati sa glavom ,ne sa srcem!!!
