Elvis Sinosic & Rothwell Out - Cro Cop Gets a New Opponent

[keithlewis]

WTF?

A shoulder injury suffered by Elvis Sinosic has forced the cancellation of his rematch with countryman Chris Haseman, and heavyweight Ben Rothwell has been sidelined by an illness, forcing him out of his bout with Mirko Cro Cop. Australian veteran Anthony Perosh will step in to face Mirko Cro Cop.

The rest of the now nine bout UFC 110 card remains unchanged.

http://www.UFC.com

[broncofan]

Perosh is either gonna get Ko'ed in 30 seconds or he will sub CC. This blows.

[NWOWolfpack]

Still a couple of good fights on the card but yea Perosh is a middleweight and has 2 days to prepare..........................it will be CC via Murder.

[broncofan]

Here is what Perosh said on the UFC website.

"I actually said ‘no’ (to replacing Ben Rothwell) originally. I look up to Cro Cop and he’s a fellow Croatian. My parents are Croatian and I’ve actually been training the other Croatians appearing on this UFC 110 card. I then went and watched yesterday’s (Thursday) press conference and listened to the comment Dana White made about how many fighters actually turn down opportunities. That just made me realize what a big chance this was. How could I turn down the opportunity to fight on the main card at UFC 110 against one of the best guys in the world? Not only that, the fight takes place on the UFC’s first ever show in Australia. I quickly called Joe Silva back and said, ‘yeah – I’ll do it’. There were just far too many positives than negatives as far as this opportunity was concerned. I’m not looking to make any excuses after the fight, whatever happens. I won’t complain about not being fit or taking the fight on short notice. Luckily, I have a lot of experience in this sport. I’m just treating this as another match. He’s just another opponent for me. I’m not putting Cro Cop on any kind of pedestal for this fight. It’s no secret that I’m going to try and take him down, ground-and-pound him and then choke him out. I believe I have the ground skills to do this. I always hoped I’d be back and here is my chance."

“My last seven fights have taken place at light heavyweight. I’ve actually been cutting a bit of weight recently, as I thought there was the chance I may step in for Elvis to fight Chris Haseman. I’ll probably walk into the ring at around 220-pounds. I’m comfortable at this weight and not worried about my shape or fitness. I’m ready to fight now.”


Good Luck Perosh!

[longlivemma]

I read on another forum that Cro Cop has been cut on some portion of his eye and he needed stiches. This just happened i suppose. Here is the source. It is Croation so i know nothing about it, nor do i know how true all this could be.

SOURCE

[NWOWolfpack]

No way he doesn't fight.....................Dana's head would explode.