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In his last fight with the UFC, Filipović was defeated by Roy Nelson at UFC 137 by TKO due to punches in round 3.

Even though he looked to be in good physical condition for the fight, he still did not look like the same fighter from his days in PRIDE FC.

In an interview to a Croatian television station Filipović revealed that he suffered an arm injury in training 10 days before the fight.

Filipović said the injury came as a result of him sparring with Pat Barry and that the doctors told him he had to go into surgery because a tendon had separated from a bone, but he refused.

Filipović decided to go through with the fight without informing the UFC officials about his injury.