{"id":128867,"date":"2015-02-09T07:30:36","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T15:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=128867"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:51:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:51:01","slug":"cro-cop-ufc-return-didnt-sign-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/cro-cop-ufc-return-didnt-sign-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Cro Cop On UFC Return: &#8216;I Didn&#8217;t Sign For The Money&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-09-at-9.24.35-AM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-09-at-9.24.35-AM.png\" alt=\"Mirko Cro Cop\" width=\"484\" height=\"252\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-128869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-09-at-9.24.35-AM.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-09-at-9.24.35-AM-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-09-at-9.24.35-AM-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-09-at-9.24.35-AM-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As the MMA world anxiously awaits Mirko Cro Cop&#8217;s return to the UFC, which will happen at UFC Krakow on April 11th as he looks to avenge his loss to Gabriel Gonzaga.<\/p>\n<p>When Cro Cop joined the UFC roster in 2007, it was Gonzaga who handed the former Pride FC Grand Prix champion his first UFC loss.  Cro Cop will now have the chance to avenge that loss, nearly a decade later.<\/p>\n<p>Cro Cop says that his re-signing with the UFC had nothing to do with money, and that he will show up to fight in prime form.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p> <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UFCUnitedKingdom\/photos\/a.233491526686805.52989.151624928206799\/802634343105851\/?type=1\" data-width=\"466\">\n<div class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UFCUnitedKingdom\/photos\/a.233491526686805.52989.151624928206799\/802634343105851\/?type=1\">Post<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UFCUnitedKingdom\">UFC<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>(Can&#8217;t see this post? 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