Gonzaga ready to start title run
Gabriel Gonzaga: “I trained hard to go there and finish the fight…I still have a few more years in me, and I’m training to earn another shot at the UFC title.”
Gabriel Gonzaga came into the UFC in 2005 and made a quick name for himself and earned a heavyweight title fight he lost to Randy Couture. Gonzaga later left the organization came back and has been trying to get back to title form ever since. 2-2 in his last four, Gonzaga hopes that his fight at UFC on FOX 13 puts him back on another run at the heavyweight strap:
“I trained hard to go there and finish the fight,” he said.
At 4-2 since returning to the UFC in 2012, Gonzaga hopes to get back among the very best in the heavyweight division with a win on Saturday night. The Brazilian veteran, who fought for the UFC gold in 2007 against then-champion Randy Couture after scoring one of the best knockouts in the history of the UFC against Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, feels he’s capable of starting a new run towards the heavyweight championship.
“I believe that this win will put me back at the top 10,” Gonzaga said. “I still have a few more years in me, and I’m training to earn another shot at the UFC title.”