{"id":137317,"date":"2015-04-12T15:51:32","date_gmt":"2015-04-12T22:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=137317"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:38:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:38:02","slug":"cro-cop-must-win-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/cro-cop-must-win-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Cro Cop On Gonzaga Fight: &#8216;This Was A Must-Win For My Career&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Cro-Cop-WINS.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-137201\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Cro-Cop-WINS.png\" alt=\"Cro Cop WINS\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Cro-Cop-WINS.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Cro-Cop-WINS-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Cro-Cop-WINS-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Cro-Cop-WINS-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cro Cop got his revenge against Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC Krakow when he cut him open with elbows and eventually got the TKO stoppage in the third round.<\/p>\n<p>Cro Cop, at the post-fight press conference, told the media that this was a must-win for his career.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;This was a must-win situation for me, not only in UFC, but for my whole career. I knew I had to beat him.<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;I was confident I was going to beat him. I was really confident. I don&#8217;t want to sound like I&#8217;m playing smart, but I knew he was going to be mine in the third or fourth round.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/ryan-miller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryan C. 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