Dana White denies Cro Cop injury

Mirko Cro Cop confirmed at the event

Mirko cro cop was called up to replace the injured Rodrigo Minotauro and face Frank mir at UFC-119. However, this Friday, rumors in the international press revealed that the Croatian had been injured and would not be able to fight. Without letting the rumor spread, the organization's president, Dana White, took to Twitter and denied the injury, confirming the fighter at the event.

“Mirko is great. The rumors are not true”, said the top hat on his microblog.

The fight between Mirko Cro Cop and Frank mir will be the main attraction of UFC-119, an event that takes place on September 25th, in Indianapolis, in the United States. Check out the full card of the show that will feature Brazilians Rogério Minotouro e Thiago tavares.

Main Card

Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs. Frank mir

Ryan bader vs. Rogério “Minotouro” Nogueira

Chris Lytle vs. Matt Serra

Evan dunham vs. Sean Sherk

Melvin Guillard vs. Jeremy Stephens

Preliminary Card

CB Dollaway vs. Joe Doerksen

Joey Beltran vs. Matt Mitrione

Pat Audinwood vs. Thiago tavares

Steve Lopez vs. Waylon Lowe

T.J. Grant vs. Julio Paulino

Mark Hunt vs. Sean McCorkle

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