FALSE ALARM: CRO COP EYE UNINJURED, STILL FACING MIR

Rumors started flying fast and furious on Friday when a report out of Croatia, from index.hr (popular but totally sensationalist and frivolous Croatian web portal), said that Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic suffered an eye injury in his final training session that put his UFC 119 headline bout with Frank Mir in jeopardy.

The calls immediately went out and all indications are that the report was a false alarm.

Everyone from Cro Cop’s new best buddy, Pat Barry, to his boss, UFC president Dana White, say that there is nothing wrong with the Croatian and that he is planning on fighting Mir in Indianapolis as planned.

White shot the rumor down via his Twitter account on Friday, saying, “Cro cop is fine. Rumor is not true.”

Barry told MMAWeekly.com that he spoke to Cro Cop on the phone on Friday and was reassured that everything was fine.

“He’s cool,” said Barry.

So as of Friday afternoon, everything is still a go for former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir and former Pride Openweight Grand Prix champ Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic to headline UFC 119 next Saturday night.