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Cro Cop Confirms Eye Injury, Disobeying Doctor to Fight Frank Mir at UFC 119
Written by Tom Ngo
September 18th, 2010
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While Frank Mir may believe Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic has a “built-in” excuse for their UFC 119 showdown, it appears the eye injury Octagon president Dana White denied Cro Cop sustaining yesterday is indeed true. For those that think he just conjured up another out, CC’s got the witnesses and video footage to prove it.

“It was the very last minute, of the very last round, of the very last sparring [session],” Cro Cop told Fighters Only. “We were sparring in UFC gloves and my sparring partner – who is about 120 kilos, Croatia’s best Thai boxer – he poked me in the eye. The pain was like … I can’t even describe it, the pain was so big I thought he had blinded me.

“Luckily there was a TV crew in the room and also some reporters from two websites. Frank Mir has talked this and that, maybe if nobody had seen this and there was no video, he would again be saying I am trying to make excuses. But no excuses, it is just bad luck. All I need now is for my plane to be hit by lightning tomorrow and crash into the Atlantic.”

On Friday, the normally reliable Croatian website Index.hr reported that Filipovic had suffered an eye injury while training and couldn’t obtain medical clearance for his September 25th scrap with Mir.

White immediately shot down the news by tweeting, “Cro cop is fine. Rumor is not true.”

That was apparently just promoter talk for, ‘Please read the fine print.’

“I went to see a doctor and he advised that the eye should be rested minimum two weeks, but I have made a commitment to the UFC and a commitment to the fans,” he said. “So there is no question of backing out of the fight. I do not want to let anyone down, I know they could not find a replacement for me at this short notice and many fans have already bought tickets for the show.”

Although the former Pride superstar’s heart is in the right place, logic would lead us to believe Mirko would still have to be cleared by Indiana’s governing body before he’s allowed to enter the Octagon.

According to the FO’s John Joe O’Regan, Cro Cop is currently using a saline solution and gauze to protect his injured eye. The striker claims his vision is “almost normal” and is hopeful his sight will be fully recovered by the time the curtain is drawn next Saturday.

UFC 119 will be jumping off inside the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The heavyweight clash will (probably) headline the pay-per-view broadcast.

(At the time of publication, the footage of Cro Cop’s injury was not available on YouTube or the Internet.)

So it is possible that CroCop doesn't get cleared for this fight by the State Doctors.

[beau420]

Originally Posted by kickass32

Cro Cop Confirms Eye Injury, Disobeying Doctor to Fight Frank Mir at UFC 119 | 5thRound.com – UFC News, Strikeforce and MMA News, UFC 119 Play-by-Play Results




So it is possible that CroCop doesn't get cleared for this fight by the State Doctors.

Unless his cornea is scratched or something, I doubt there will be any problems. Even if it's black and puffy and causing CroCop a little blurred vision, I don't see it being a problem. But if it visibly scratched the eye itself, he shouldn't be cleared. Hopefully the Croatian doctors checked it out nicely. And I hope CroCop keeps ice and pressure and some polysporin on that.

[Sakara=Excitement]

I posted this, like 3 different articles are in that Cro Cop thread I started.

[kickass32]

Originally Posted by Sakara=Excitement

I posted this, like 3 different articles are in that Cro Cop thread I started.

Sorry dude, you're right, I didn't check back far enough in that article...my bad!

[claycollett3]

Lets just hope its not as severe as alan belcher's. I really respect and love watching both fighters, so I hope the injury in not too serious and CC dosen't make it worse, but more power to him for being a true warrior!

[snakebite]

What. Shot in the heart for me! I am really looking forward to this fight so I really hope he gets cleared!!

[noahm]

Fortunately eye surface injuries often heal very quickly. If it was something more serious, I doubt his doc would have put only a 2 week rest period on it. I once took a big divot out of my eye with a branch and couldn't see jack for a couple of days, but within a week it was basically normal. Hope he is fine.

[dudefella]

Lots of blood vessels near the surface of the eye, so any minor injury will heal very quickly. Hopefully this news will make Mir want to stand with him, and we get to see one more epic LHK (from Mirko this time).

[noahm]

Originally Posted by dudefella

Lots of blood vessels near the surface of the eye, so any minor injury will heal very quickly. Hopefully this news will make Mir want to stand with him, and we get to see one more epic LHK (from Mirko this time).

Yeah, the logic in me is saying Mir, but I sure would love to see CC knock some of the douche out him with the LHK.

[Sniggles]

It would be beyond epic to see Mir get a headkick from CC.