Originally posted by: The Green_Wombat
Date: July 24, 2009 at 06:54 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/huge-news-from-kevin-iole-affliction-folds.15739/
Re: HUGE NEWS FROM KEVIN IOLE
dizie said:
iceman22 said:
Do we not remember that whole, Cro Cop Leaves UFC and signs a 3 fight deal with dream???
Yea that was Iole.
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From Kevin Lole: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=ki-mmamailbag072109&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
At the conclusion of UFC 99, I was tipped off that Cro Cop had told White sometime on the day of that fight card that he wasn’t signing the contract he’d verbally agreed to and was then signing with DREAM. Cro Cop, as is his custom, failed to attend the postfight news conference at UFC 99. He RARELY does interviews and almost never makes himself available to the media. When the news conference ended, I approached White to ask him. Neil M. Davidson, the sports editor of the Canadian Press, saw us and joined in the conversation. I asked White if the rumors I’d heard that Cro Cop was headed to DREAM were true. He replied that it was and that Cro Cop had told him earlier in the night, but he said he didn’t want to talk about it with Davidson or myself.
I knew Yahoo! Sports readers would have great interest, so I pushed until White provided details. When I returned to the U.S. from Germany, I read a USA Today.com report quoting a DREAM official confirming it had a deal with Filipovic, but I also read reports in which it stated Cro Cop was waffling. I contacted White to ask about the conflicting positions and he told me Filipovic told him, “The Japanese are expecting me.” And, indeed, at that time, DREAM had a match between Cro Cop and Mighty Mo listed on its Web site for its July 20 event. White went on to relay other details of the conversation which he asked me not to make public. But I subsequently answered a mailbag question about Filipovic’s denials and said Filipovic was trying to save face. He was receiving much heat for reneging on UFC. He made it clear he wants to run for political office again in Croatia and did not like the adverse publicity.
He met with UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta and agreed to accept the deal he had orginally agreed to over the telephone. I reported that as soon as I knew he’d actually signed the document.
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Thank you for making my point for me. shot off his mouth, and spoke too soon about this and created a huge rumor and mess. Same situation here. Hes shooting off with out all the details finalized. Is this going to go down? yea it appears that way, but he shouldnt break the story until all the details are finalized.
When did he post this BTW?
