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Cro Cop confesses his hunger has gone

ESPN staff
March 23, 2011
Mirko Cro Cop may have walked to the Octagon for the final time © Getty Images
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Mirko Filipovic has added to speculation that he will hang up his gloves by admitting that he no longer has the hunger or ambition to fight.

Cro Cop suffered his second straight knockout loss at UFC 128, falling in the third round to Brendan Schaub. UFC president Dana White predicted after the bout that the Croation had "fought his last fight."

The Schaub loss means Cro Cop has now lost three of his last five, and he confessed he no longer feels like a fighter, with an ambassadorial role beckoning at the UFC.

"I feel like somebody stole something from me," he told Jutarnji.hr regarding the defeat to Schaub. "I am disappointed by the result, but congratulations to Schaub and thanks to my fans for their support.

"It's clear that in this sport without hunger, wish and ambition to win there is no success, and it's also clear that there is no more left of those in me.

"He surprised me with that strike, everything was same like against Frank Mir. It seemed to me like I was better. What am I saying? If I was better, I would have won!"

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