Cro Cop: “Fedor is afraid of losing his perfect record”

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The highlight of today’s UFC 103 media conference call was undoubtedly the following quote from Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic:

“I don’t want to insult Fedor, but I don’t understand his attitude — I don’t know him well enough to say anymore, I don’t know if someone else controls him. I don’t know. I don’t know the situation. But I really don’t understand why he doesn’t want to enter the UFC. Definitely the UFC offered him the best possible deal, to pay him much more than Dream can offer or Strikeforce can offer, but he’s just refusing to go there. I don’t know why. I think he should take the challenge but why, i don’t know. I don’t think he’s afraid, but I think he wants to keep his perfect record, maybe he thinks the UFC is too tough. I think he should come. Why he’s not there, I don’t know.”

This sentiment is starting to echo through the UFC heavyweight division. Several of the UFC’s upper-echelon heavyweights, including Frank Mir and Shane Carwin, have echoed Cro Cop’s statement in recent weeks.

Noticeably absent on the sounding board, however, is UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar, who has apparently chosen to stay quiet regarding the Emelianenko situation.