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Thanks to Robert K. from BigOddsMike for the story, which he gleaned from Croatian site index.hr. Make sure to go there for all your UFC 100 odds.

After making a successful UFC comeback against Al Turk, Mirko Cro Cop's next fight will most likely be on September 19th , at UFC 103, in Dellas, Texas. Although we're still awaiting an official confirmation, Mirko's opponent will likely be 24-year Brazilian Junior Dos Santos.

The rising star exploded into the heavyweight division against former UFC contender Fabricio Werdum. The fight lasted only 81 seconds.

Dos Santos, known as "The Gypsy" in Brazil was set to fight in August, but UFC organizers cancelled the bout planned for UFC 102 in favor of a possible main event with the Croatian.

"I think I'll fight September 19. They took me off the August 29 show," he said, also announcing he will no longer be facing the same opponent. "My opponent's changed. I'll probably face Cro Cop. If I beat him I'll be in really good standing. If that's truly the case, I'm guaranteed on the main card and in the main event of the evening. If I were to fight now it wouldn't be on the main card," he said

After UFC 99, Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic drew the ire of the MMA community when he announced he was leaving the UFC, although it had been reported he was supposed to fight several more times there. Most speculated he was jumping back to DREAm, the Japanese promotion he had fought under after leaving the UFC the first time. here's an exclusive from Robert K from Big Odds Mike who translated an article from the Croatian site index.hr.

Exclusive UFC owner visiting Cro Cop in Croatia

Index understands that Lorenzo Fertitta, the head honcho and part owner of the UFC flew to Zagreb with his own private jet earlier this morning. He was driven to Mirko's residents shortly after, where he stayed for two hours talking with the Croatian fighter. He returned to the airport afterwards, smiling, where his private jet flew off in to an unknown destination.

On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman speaks with
"The Fight Professor", the veteran broadcaster, actor, and musician
Stephen Quadros (http://stephenquadros.com/).

In a lengthy interview and analysis, we discussed the upcoming May 23
Art of War Fighting Championship (http://mmachina.com) mixed martial
arts card in Beijing, China, and the prospects of the Art of War
Fighting Championship becoming as popular worldwide as were the Pride
Fighting Championships. We discussed the fighters on this card, the
rules, what they need to do to become a major world-class promotion,
and more. We will both be attending this card in Beijing.

Plus, we also discussed the Strikeforce Challengers mixed martial arts
card which will take place this Friday, May 15, at the Save Mart
Center in Fresno, Calif., and which will be telecast live in the U.S.
on Showtime, with the announcing being done by Mauro Ranallo, Stephen
Quadros, and Pat Miletich. This card will feature a lightweight fight
between Billy Evangelista (9-0) and Mike Aina (11-6-1), and a bout
between Meisha Tate (6-1) against Sara Kaufman (8-0, 8 TKOs).

You can play or download No Holds Barred at
http://nhbnews.podOmatic.com/entry/2009-05-12T13_43_40-07_00.

You can also download No Holds Barred at http://www.mediafire.com/?jmlymwhzmmk.