At UFC 103, Cro Cop suffered his 3rd loss in the octogon in what may have been his worst performance in his career. Throughout the entire fight, the most offence he did was pushing Junior Dos Santo away to help give himself enough room to run away from his heavy strikes. He did try to through a few high kicks but could never connect. Throughout the fight, Cro Cop was slipping and slidding all over the mat causing him to never get a clear shot on his opponent.Judging from passed experience, you would think Dana White would have lashed out against Cro Cop for his performance however one thing you have to admit is Dana White is sympathetic to those he feels may be losing due to reaching the end of there careers.
"You get to a certain age where you remember what you used to be able to do, and you can see all the openings. You just can't pull the trigger. I think that's where he's at." Dana said. "It happens to the best of us. It takes nothing away from who he is or what he's accomplished. We just all get old." White continured. "I don't know; I've got to talk to him," White said. "I'm pretty sure that he would say that to me right now, anyway. Mirko and I have always had a pretty good relationship. We'll see what happens."
Cro Cop did not disagree with White going on to admit he was thinking about fighing rather then the fight while in the octogon and that he should have quit fighting after winning the grand pre in PRIDE.
I think White said it best that after a while and when your career has been established, you tend to lose that killer instinct. You don;t jump at the openings when they are there and you take less risks. I hate because I'm a huge Cro Cop fan but all good things come to an end.
Check the links below for more details.
http://mmajunkie.com/news/16253/lackluster-ufc-103-loss-for-cro-cop-could-be-filipovics-last-in-organization.mma
http://mmamania.com/2009/09/20/mirko-cro-cop-maybe-i-shouldve-quit-after-i-won-pride-fc-open-weight-grand-prix-in-2006/
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