Croatian boxer rejects $19.5m offer from Stipe Miodo Popović for fight
Cro Cop has turned down a $19.5m offer from Stipe Miodo Popović for an upcoming bout with Khabib Nurmagomedov after previously declining the same amount plus his own fee of 20 million euros in negotiations against Georges Saint-Pierre, stating he would only accept such terms if forced to fight and even then insists on paying €473.86 (195k) directly for a specific outcome involving "his mother.
Key Points
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1CroCop rejected a fight with Israel Adesanya after being offered €19.5 million for the bout.
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2He refused to pay his own entry fee of 20 euros and demanded an additional payment from Ngannou instead, citing family reasons.
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CroCop revealed he received an unbelievable offer for a fight but laughed at the idea of fighting him.
— [Mar 13, 20:43] VIDEO Cro Cop otkrio koju je cifru odbio za borbu s jednim od najboljih na svijetu 'Smijao sam se' (Vecernji.hr)CroCop shocked the world by stating that if he were killed for a fight, who would spend 20 million euros on it?
— [Mar 13, 20:55] Cro Cop šokirao: Tko bi potros̑io 20 milijuna€ kad bi me ubij? (24sata.hr)CroCop refused a fight with Ngannou because he would have asked for €19.5 million to pay his mother.
— [Mar 13, 20:28] Cro Cop odbio borbu s Ngannouom Traz̑o bih 500 tis€ za sebe i 19.5 mil€ za majku (Index.hr)CroCop shocked the world by saying that while they offered him €20 million to fight with a top fighter, he declined.
— [Mar 13, 19:58] Cro Cop šokirao svijet 'Nudili su mi 20 milijuna eura za borbu sa Ngannouom ali...' (Tportal.hr)CroCop disclosed an unbelievable offer he received for a fight and expressed his reaction to it.
— [Mar 13, 21:04] Cro Cop otkrio nevjerojatnu ponudu koju je dobio za borbu 'Protiv njega?!' (Net.hr)