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Mirko Filipović (; born 10 September 1974) is a retired Croatian heavyweight mixed martial artist, kickboxer, boxer, politician, and law enforcement officer. As of 13 April 2015, he is #15 in official UFC Heavyweight rankings. Filipović is the 2006 Pride Open-Weight Grand Prix Champion and the 2012 K-1 World Grand Prix Champion becoming the second fighter in the world to win mixed martial arts and kickboxing championships and tournaments. He is also a former IGF Champion. His nickname, Cro Cop, short for "Croatian Cop", comes from his membership in the Lučko Anti-Terrorist Unit, Croatia's elite Police Special Forces tactical unit. Filipović's signature move was his lightning quick left head-kick, once famously described as "right leg, hospital; left leg, cemetery."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mirko Cro Cop – UFC Take Two )〕 He was a successful amateur boxer and medalled numerous times in international competition, and was also a member of Croatia's world team when he competed at the 1997 Amateur Boxing World Championships. He is considered one of the greatest heavyweights in kickboxing and mixed martials arts in history. ==Background== Filipović was born 10 September 1974 in Vinkovci, Vukovar-Srijem County, Socialist Republic of Croatia, Socialist Federal Republic Yugoslavia (today Republic of Croatia). He was raised in a working-class family with his sister, who is three years his senior. His early martial arts inspirations were Bruce Lee and Jean-Claude Van Damme, and he began training in his parents' garage with his father's boxing equipment and weights. His father, who worked as an electrician for a railway company, fashioned his son a crude but effective punching bag filled with sand and cotton, and would bring home track scraps for Mirko to use as for weight training. Filipovic began training officially in Tae Kwon Do at the age of 7 and later studied karate. Filipović's father died in 1994 when Filipovic was 19 years old and that same year, he joined the Croatian Army. The Croatian War of Independence was entering its final year, and he was sent to train in Zagreb where he joined a boxing club. After joining the Croatian police force in 1996 following a year in the army, he embarked on a career in professional kickboxing in March that year and defeated Jérôme Le Banner in his debut. After losing to Ernesto Hoost in his next kickboxing match, he turned his attention back to amateur boxing and his law enforcement career. He had success in both areas as a three-time national amateur boxing champion and later joined the Lučko Anti-Terrorist Unit where he served for four years until he was elected to the Croatian Parliament.〔(Normally reclusive, content 'Cro Cop' Filipovic finally opens up ), sportsillustrated.cnn.com; accessed 16 May 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mirko Filipović」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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