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Ending a quick financial standoff that temporarily turned the MMA world on its head, Mirko "CroCop" Filipovic has announced he will compete at the September 10th PRIDE Openweight Grand Prix finals.
Late last week, the former K-1-turned-PRIDE superstar told Croatian =newspapers Jutarnji List and Vecernji List that he would not compete in the Openweight Grand Prix Finals on September 10th due to contractual and financial issues with Dream Stage Entertainment. "CroCop" said that he would leave on Monday to begin vacationing in Pula, and with rumors swirling of lucrative offers from American promotions, Filipovic's PRIDE future seemed to be in jeopardy.
Today, Vecernji List has reported that Filipovic and PRIDE promoter Dream Stage Entertainment have reached an agreement, and that Filipovic will indeed compete on September 10th against PRIDE middleweight champion Wanderlei Silva in the Openweight Grand Prix semifinals.
"I'm happy that we reached an agreement," said Filipovic. "I will now have a chance to make my sports dream come true: to become an undisputed champion, competing with Silva, Barnett and 'Minotauro'."
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