{"id":184807,"date":"2016-02-02T13:59:13","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T21:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=184807"},"modified":"2016-02-02T13:59:13","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T21:59:13","slug":"on-this-day-mirko-cro-cop-gets-soccer-kick-tko-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/mirko-cro-cop\/on-this-day-mirko-cro-cop-gets-soccer-kick-tko-win\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Mirko &#8216;Cro Cop&#8217; Filipovic gets soccer kick TKO win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/aRnovrOR2Yw<\/p>\n<p>On this day in MMA history, legendary fighter <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/new-fights-added-to-ufc-croatia-cro-cop-not-coming-out-of-retirement\/\">Mirko &#8216;Cro Cop&#8217; Filipovic<\/a> picked up an impressive 1st round TKO win 12 years ago at Pride 27.<\/p>\n<p>The win for Cro Cop came by way of soccer kick, and was just Cro Cop&#8217;s 11th professional fight.  It extended his professional record to 8-1-2.  In addition, it put Cro Cop back in the win column after losing his Pride Conflict 2003 interim heavyweight championship fight against Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira in the bout prior.<\/p>\n<p>While the UFC recently booked an <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/new-fights-added-to-ufc-croatia-cro-cop-not-coming-out-of-retirement\/\">event in Croatia<\/a>, Cro Cop will not be coming out of retirement for it, and is currently suspended due to a <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/officials-reveal-cro-cop-potentially-violated-anti-doping-policy\/\">failed drug test.<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Re-live the moment above!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/aRnovrOR2Yw On this day in MMA history, legendary fighter Mirko &#8216;Cro Cop&#8217; Filipovic picked up an impressive 1st round TKO win 12 years ago at Pride 27. 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