Mirko may retire

[Evan]

“Maybe the ones who have said that I’m done are right. Obviously, I can’t break my mental block in the Octagon. Besides, I’ve been training like a spartan for 20 years now — my body is worn out. The years caught up to me, I’ve been worn out…. [Junior dos Santos] won that fight and would have won it by decision. Simply put, he is younger, more hungry, more aggressive. He wanted to win a lot more…. The mat was slippery like glass. I almost fell down trying to do the left high kick. But I’m not looking for an alibi. This was not the performance the public would pay for. I don’t feel the hunger anymore. I started playing it safe, I’m not ready to take risks. I would like to thank everybody that supported me and stood by me and everyone who helped me to prepare for this fight. I’ve been living a military life for 20 years now. Getting up at 6 a.m. and having physically challenging task up to 8 p.m. I want a normal life. I’m entering a cage and thinking about fishing in Privlaka. You can’t win that way. Maybe I should’ve quit after I won the open weight grand prix.”


http://mmamania.com/2009/09/20/mirko-cro-cop-maybe-i-shouldve-quit-after-i-won-pride-fc-open-weight-grand-prix-in-2006/

[dbreiden83080]

He's looked bad for a while now, it may be his time..

[Rip-Hamilton32]

atleast he knows when his time was up and isn't gonna stick around like some of these other bums

[Evan]

Roger Federer's wife?

yes

[dbreiden83080]

Roger Federer's wife?

not very hot, he settled but he's still the best ever..

[BlackSwordsMan]

I'll be sadder when duncan says the same thing

[polandprzem]

Eeee he might quit for some months and then he can comback and fight in Japan.
It really looks like he was forceing himself to do training and to fight.

[BWS-1994]

atleast he knows when his time was up and isn't gonna stick around like some of these other bums

+1

It'll be sad to see him end this way. Thanks for the memories! :toast

[djohn14]

Mirko Cro Cop has always been overrated IMO. Im not saying he was a bad fighter by any means, but he was very overrated.

[LEONARD]

I'll agree that he was a little over-rated due to his OWGP win in 2006 especially...since Fedor was injured and couldn't participate. He was never the Pride HW champ. He was always 1 dimensional, but so is Chuck Liddell (a little better TD defense than CC though). He was great for a while and he is still good, but just not top 10 material.

[Soul_Patch]

“Maybe the ones who have said that I’m done are right. Obviously, I can’t break my mental block in the Octagon. Besides, I’ve been training like a spartan for 20 years now — my body is worn out. The years caught up to me, I’ve been worn out…. [Junior dos Santos] won that fight and would have won it by decision. Simply put, he is younger, more hungry, more aggressive. He wanted to win a lot more…. The mat was slippery like glass. I almost fell down trying to do the left high kick. But I’m not looking for an alibi. This was not the performance the public would pay for. I don’t feel the hunger anymore. I started playing it safe, I’m not ready to take risks. I would like to thank everybody that supported me and stood by me and everyone who helped me to prepare for this fight. I’ve been living a military life for 20 years now. Getting up at 6 a.m. and having physically challenging task up to 8 p.m. I want a normal life. I’m entering a cage and thinking about fishing in Privlaka. You can’t win that way. Maybe I should’ve quit after I won the open weight grand prix.”


http://mmamania.com/2009/09/20/mirko-cro-cop-maybe-i-shouldve-quit-after-i-won-pride-fc-open-weight-grand-prix-in-2006/



At least he is honest, he looked exactly like someone who didnt want to take any risks or get hurt. No shame in being done, he had a good run, dont fight anymore if you arent into it.