Mirko Cro Cop Suffers Bad Cut in Training; Will Still Fight Saturday at UFC 110

Just 24 hours after learning that his kickboxer opponent Ben Rothwell is out ot UFC 110 and will be replaced by a ground fighter, Mirko ‘CroCop’ Filipovic has reportedly had more bad news. According to sources in Croatia, he has received a bad cut in a pre-fight sparring workout and has had to have stitches.

Croatian website MMA Axion reported this morning that Filipovic was sparring with his team mate Sasa Mucnjak when he received a bad cut above the eyeline. The cut was stitched and Filipovic has declined to pull out of the fight, saying he will not let weeks of hard preparation go to waste.

It’s almost funny how fast the texture of Cro Cop’s fight has changed. In twenty-four hours he went from facing a striker to a grappler and now has the handicap of having to protect a cut. Should the stitches give and the cut open up he could lose by TKO. Suddenly there is a much easier avenue to victory open for Perosh.