VIDEO: Interview with Ivana Petrović – first Croatian female UFC fighter
- by croatiaweek
- in Sport
(Photo: Ivana Petrović MMA/Instagram)
Ivana Petrović will become the first Croatian woman to fight in the UFC on Saturday night.
Ivana will fight Brazilian Luana Carolina on her UFC debut on the prelim card at ‘UFC on ESPN 47’ in the UFC APEX center in Las Vegas tomorrow night.
Ahead of this weekend’s fight, Ivan was a guest on the latest episode of the All Things Croatia podcast.
Ivana, who now resides in Norway, talks about why she wanted to become a fighter and how she would watch the legendary Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipović with her dad as a kid.
Ivana talks also about signing with the UFC, and reveals her favourite Croatian food and what makes Croatia so special.
Watch the interview below:
