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    Report: Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic replaces "Big Nog" in UFC 119 headliner by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Aug 15, 2010

    Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic (27-7-2 MMA, 3-6 UFC) replaces an injured Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (32-6-1 MMA, 3-2 UFC) and now meets Frank Mir (13-5 MMA, 11-5 UFC) in the headliner of next month's UFC 119 event, according to a report from "Fighters Only."

    Although details of Nogueira's injury were not reported, a source close to the fighter told MMAjunkie.com (UFC blog for UFC news, UFC rumors, fighter interviews and event previews/recaps | MMAjunkie.com) a reoccurring hip injury is to blame.

    UFC 119 takes place Sept. 25 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

    The main card airs on pay-per-view, and two preliminary-card bouts air on Spike TV.

    Mir and Nogueira were slated to rematch at UFC 119. Mir, of course, won his first meeting with Nogueira with an impressive second-round knockout at UFC 92 in December 2008. Only after the fight did we learn that Nogueira was slowed by staph-infection recovery and a knee injury. Still, Nogueira praised his opponent's performance and said he was surprised by Mir's noticeably improved striking skills.

    Mir is just 1-2 since that big win, which marked Nogueira's first stoppage loss, with knockout losses to Brock Lesnar and Shane Carwin and a submission win over Cheick Kongo. The Carwin loss, which came at UFC 111 in March with an interim title on the line, marks his most recent outing.

    Filipovic, a former PRIDE star who's now in his second stint with the UFC, looks to improve upon his recent and impressive 5-1 run. The only loss during the stretch came to current top UFC contender Junior Dos Santos, and Filipovic immediately rebounded from that loss with recent stoppage wins over Anthony Perosh at UFC 110 and Pat Barry at UFC 115.

    Filipovic had been medical suspended 180 days after the UFC 115 event due to head and face contusions, but he could've sought early clearance by a physician.

    The latest UFC 119 card now includes:

    MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)

    •Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs. Frank Mir*•Ryan Bader vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
    •Chris Lytle vs. Matt Serra
    •Evan Dunham vs. Sean Sherk
    •Melvin Guillard vs. Jeremy Stephens
    PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)

    •C.B. Dollaway vs. Joe Doerksen
    •Joey Beltran vs. Matt Mitrione
    PRELIMINARY CARD

    •Steve Lopez vs. Waylon Lowe
    •T.J. Grant vs. Julio Paulino
    •Mark Hunt vs. Sean McCorkle
    •Pat Audinwood vs. Aaron Riley** - Not officially announced

    Report: Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic replaces "Big Nog" in UFC 119 headliner | MMAjunkie.com
    What you think guys, Cro Cop or Mir? I really hate that Nog won't be there. I was looking forward to that rematch
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    Re: Big Nog may be replaced by Cro Cop

    i THINK THIS MIGHT TURN OUT TO BE A BETTER FIGHT HONESTLY. I'm gonna go Mir on this one.

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    • #3
      Re: Big Nog may be replaced by Cro Cop

      •Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs. Frank Mir*

      •Chris Lytle vs. Matt Serra

      •Evan Dunham vs. Sean Sherk


      •Melvin Guillard vs. Jeremy Stephens



      •Joey Beltran vs. Matt Mitrione


      this card is stacked!

      mir has the size and cro cop will fear the takedown.

      lytle vs serra. both guys have power but lytle has really good hands and their BJJ is both really good

      dunham vs sherk WOW. dunham is a monster on his feet and has incredible take down defense. sherk will be tenacious with the takedown but i got dunham

      guillard vs stephens. 40 seconds of slugging and somone is getting KOd

      mitrione has a head of granite and beltran likes to wade in punching furiously with his fat jiggling. the mexicutioner is tough as hell. he has only recently lost to toney lopez another really good fighter
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        Re: Big Nog may be replaced by Cro Cop

        I would like to see crocop win and lytle never was a sera fan.
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          Re: Big Nog may be replaced by Cro Cop

          Originally posted by FUZO View Post
          I would like to see crocop win and lytle never was a sera fan.
          I'd like to see CroCop win as well, but he's had a tough time since coming to the UFC. I've always liked the guy though. But I think Mir, if he uses his hands correctly and uses those boxing skills can pound on CroCop and take this fight.

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            Re: Big Nog may be replaced by Cro Cop

            Lytle is just so hard to beat. It's not that he uses his skill to tear guys up (even though he has a really good ground game) he just bangs it out and usually can take more than his opponent.
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