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  Junior dos SantosMMA Record: 8 - 1 - 0 Age: 25 Height: 6'4" Weight: 236 lbs Mirko CrocopMMA Record: 25 - 6 - 2 - 1 NC Age: 35 Height: 6'2" Weight: 226 lbs UFC Promo Vid - Crocop vs Junior Dos Santos (fast forward to 5 min) http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=videoPlayer.home&gid=22209UFC 103 teleconference interview - Crocop http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE_GXWixMJYJunior Dos Santos - Preparing for Mirko interview http://www.nokaut.com/MMA/videos/?l=e&solo_id=207&title=Cigano+-+prefight+talkingJunior Dos Santos - Hitting the mits for Mirko Vid http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid23589110001?bctid=34982120001
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Video interview here: http://www.index.hr/sport/clanak/video-cro-copov-hi-kick-ponovno-salje-u-grob/450952.aspxQuote:About JDS:
He's very impressive, young, only 25. Even if he loses this fight he's gonna have a big career in UFC. I don't know much about him. He finished his first two fights in UFC under a minute, didn't have time to see what he is about. I watched some of his older fights from Brasil but that was a "village league", you can't get proper information from that.
I'm ready. The results of the last few trainings and sparrings showed I'm in great shape. And I expect a win. But It's ungratful to predict anything. I said before - I could play tennis with Federer 100 times and I would lose 100 times - but when two men at 240 lbs engter the cage, evvn if there is a big difference in quality anything can happen.
Tactics? I have no tactics. There is no tactics in this sport. You have to adjust the tactic in a fraction of a second. IO don't know if he's gonna stand with me, is he gonna try and take me dow, is he gonna try with lowkicks, will he rush in al try to do it slow. Only tactics in this sport is to come in great shape and have a big desire to win. You have to make decisions in a second and ajust yourself in a fight.
What Werdum did wrong? I don't know. He got hit with a big uppercut and there is where story ends. It could happen to ANY fighter in the world. If his hands were a little different, inch there or there who knows what would happen. THey could fight 10 times more and Werdum could win all ten times. It's fighting, anything can happen.
Hows my knee? It's fine now and I'm certainly gonna throw some kicks if neccesary.
About his conditiong. I'm in as good shape as a grandpa can be. I'm in my 36th year now.
My only wish for my birthday is to stay away from injuries
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jutarnji.hr http://www.jutarnji.hr/sport/borilacki_sportovi/clanak/art-2009,9,20,,176969.jlQuote:Cro cop admited after ufc 103 that he dosnt have the passion for mma.
Croatian gladiator Mirko Filipovic didnt make any excuses for him self or anyone else after a new failure in the UFC octagon in Dallas. Defeat from the brazilian "stallion" Junior dos Santos best describes hes own sentance: I fucked up, and thats it.
Its obvius your far from a champion form?
- Maybe those who say i'm for old metal scrap yard are right. Its obvius i cant break the psychological barrier in the octagon. In addition there is 20 years of spartanic training behind me, its come to some fatigue. Years have caught up to me, "i'm eaten by saturation" (hes a bit fed up).
What exactly happend at to stoppage in the 3rd round?
- Dos Santos hit me with hes fist in the eye and slashed my eyelid. Blood and sweet compliantly blurred my sight field, i stood like a blind man in the cage. In one moment at the end of the fight i confused the referee and the opponent. Later on it was reviled that the inside from my eyelid broke from the punch.
In the locker room I got four stitches.
Did you on surrender on your own or was it the referees initiative?
- No, i didnt give up, nor did i asked the referee to stop it. It was hes call.
Did the refree stop the fight prematurle ?
- It dosnt matter, i would have lost on points regardless.
Did Dos Santos surprise u with hes aggressiveness and strength?
- Simply, hes younger, hungrier, more motivated. He wanted to win more.
The blood on Santos face shows that you were not completely harmless?
I broke hes arcade, several times I hit well, but overall speaking, it was my failure.
Where did that lethal HK vanish?
The surface was slippery as glass. A couple of times i almost landed on my butt trying to do the high-kick.
However, thats no alibi. That was not a performance people would buy tickets for.
So what did hinder you in Dallas?
The hunger for wining is missing. I became a "ziheras" (some who only does safe things. dose not take risks) , i'm not wiling to risk anymore. I thank everyone who supported me, all who cheered for me and everyone who helped me to prepare for a duel against Dos Santos. I'm sorry I have disappointed them.
These sound like farewell words from ultimate fight?
For two decades, I feel like i'm on military time. Every morning i get up at 6 and i dont stop with sport activities till night.
I wishing some civilian life. I enter the cage, and i'm thinking of fishing in Privlaca. You cant win that way
If this was your last fight in his career?
- Maybe I should have said my goodbyes in 2006, after I won the Pride Grand Prix ...
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sad way to end but thats usually how it ends for everyone
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