Mirko Cro Cop Answers Questions on Fedor Emelianenko Leading Into UFC 103

Every fight is an MMA fighter's biggest one yet.  That said, coming into UFC 103 Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic certainly has the opportunity to re-announce himself as a valid UFC heavyweight contender with a convincing win over up and comer Junior Dos Santos.  But during the recent UFC 103 conference call the gravity of his situation hardly made him immune to the everyday Fedor Emelianenko questions we've all become accustomed to.  Here's what he had to say about Fedor's decision to not sign with the UFC.

"I like Fedor as a fighter, as a man, 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," Cro Cop said. "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."

Now Fedor has already let us know that the UFC's refusal to co-promote with M-1 Global was a major reason why he decided to sign with Strikeforce.  It's just that many of us out there still have difficulty understanding how something like that could've gotten in the way.