Manager Orsat Zovko cuts ties with ex-UFC and Pride fighter Mirko 'Cro Cop' Filipovic

Zovko has wished look to Filipovic on his revitalised career outside the UFC

by Andreas Georgiou - @AGeorgiouMMA

Zovko and Filipovic - Credit Fight Channel

It has come to light today that long-term manager of Mirko Cro Cop, Orsat Zovko, has parted ways with the ex-UFC fighter.

Cro-Cop has been on a reinvigorated run after his departure from the UFC, including winning the K-1 2012 World Grand Prix, beating rival Jarrell Miller back at GLORY 17 and most recently winning the IGF title, from Satoshi Ishii.

Below is Orsat Zovko's statement on the termination:

"Dear media representatives, partners, combat sports fans and friends,

I hereby would like to inform you that as of August 25 I am no longer manager of Mirko “Cro Cop“ Filipović. The reason behind the termination of a very successful cooperation lies in the fact that I could not accept Mirko Filipović's new business proposal. Without going into more details, I would like to point out that our cooperation was immensely successful and fruitful.

After the cancellation of the contract with the UFC, Mirko's career started to move upwards again when he returned to kickboxing and after the successful Cro Cop Final Fight event in Zagreb, Croatia, which Fight Channel organized exclusively for Mirko. His return to kickboxing proved to be a good decision since Mirko won K-1 WGP title last year also in Zagreb, Croatia, which is, together with his Pride GP belt, the biggest success of his career. Then he signed with Glory, world's best kickboxing promotion at the moment, and he occasionally fought in free fight matches which culminated with his victory and winning the IGF belt last weekend.

It was a great pleasure to manage the career of one of the greatest fighters of all times and to cooperate with all the members of Cro Cop's team. I would like to thank all the media representatives and all the combat sports fans for cooperation and support. I hope we will successfully cooperate again on some projects in the future.

Sincerely,

Orsat Zovko"

As of right now Cro Cop is yet to release a statement on parting ways with his manager Zovko, however here at Kingdom MMA we will keep you updated.

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