Memories of Mirko Filipovic’s exploits remain as fresh today as the day they occurred, a testament to his well-earned reputation as one of MMA’s foremost purveyors of violence.
The 2006 Pride Fighting Championships Openweight Grand Prix winner will go down as one of the greatest heavyweights of all-time, alongside such contemporaries as Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Fabricio Werdum and chief rival Fedor Emelianenko. Filipovic’s extensive ledger includes 30 finishes among his 38 professional victories, many of them immortalized on highlight reels across the globe. He retired on the heels of a stroke in 2019 while riding a career-best 10-fight winning streak, much of which took place after the age of 40.