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Returning to home to his native Croatia fresh of his victory over Pat Barry at Saturday nights UFC 115 event, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovi? told a local news agency, Net.hr, that after arriving in Canada for his fight that Canadian customs threatened to deport him for possible “war crimes.”

Canada customs held Filipovi?’s for four hours wanting to know about his war time service during the Yugoslav Wars in the 90’s and whether or not he had been involved in any war crimes.

“The first day I was kept for four hours and two more the next day. Although they were not satisfied with my answers let me to sleep through the city, the hotel, and asked to think about the questions raised. I was threatened deportation, but rose to Croatian Embassy, the Consul urgently flown in from Ottawa, and the UFC hired the best lawyer for immigration issues. They obviously knew what would happen because my lawyer welcomed the runway at the airport, “retells the Croatian gladiator and discovered the unpleasant details of the conversation:

“Testing has been painful for me, but I must say that the Immigration Bureau officials very correctly perform their job. They used what they have to, but there are obviously very interested in the military and police matters from the former Yugoslavia. Most of them are interested in my military service that I served the 1993rd and 1994th time, as conscripts, but I was not involved in combat activities. They asked me if I was involved in the torture of civilians, asking for names of command lines and tactical commander. are asking for my activities in Port ATJ where I joined a few years after the war. They gave me a list of names to be confirmed, but I did it. No one not named because it is still a matter of dignity and principles. I said to myself, if this bid is ready to return home. They could do with me what they wanted, yet they’ll let me fight, “revealed the Vecernji Cro Cop.

The article was translated from Croatian to English using Google Translate.

Fresh off his stunning first round knockout win over Lyoto Machida, the current UFC light-heavyweight champion, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (19-4) say’s he’d be willing to face middleweight champ Anderson Silva.

In this months issue of Tatame magazine, Rua notes that he and Anderson “were never close” and “were never friends,” and if the UFC wanted to stick both men in the cage he’d be willing to take that fight.

“We’ve always had a good relationship, but we were never close. I’ve always admired Anderson on the gym, but we were never friends… If UFC wanted to, I’d confront Anderson”, said Maurício, who used to train with Anderson on Chute Boxe. “Anderson is a very good guy, had a good technique and conditioning, he’s one of the three best pound for pound, but I’m used to challenges. I’d be a tough fight, but I like tough challenges”, guarantees.

First, the champ will have to face Rashad Evans before he can think about facing Silva in the octagon. Evans won the right to fight for the light-heavyweight title last month by defeating Quinton “Rampage” Jackson at UFC 114 in Las Vegas.

This would definitely be a fight fans would want to see, as well as one that UFC president Dana White could get behind and make happen. If Silva is successful in his next fight against Chael Sonnen in August, the UFC president may push for a Rua vs. Silva bout for next year as White has already expressed his desire to move the middleweight champ up a weight class.