Perfect is also how you could describe her finishing rate heading into Saturday’s bout with Lisboa.
Through her six wins, Croden has yet to see the scorecards, having earned stoppages in each of the first, second, and third rounds, including her victories over Katharina Lehner and Ashley Dean last year under the LFA banner.
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“I think being raised as a fighter, I was always told, ‘If you go to a decision, you both lose,’” said the bantamweight, whose two setbacks have come by decision. “Nobody wants it to go to the judges, but I think early on, even before I had my amateur career, it was instilled in my mind that ‘You have to finish these fights. You have to finish. You have to be aggressive where it’s appropriate. Be patient until the time is there, until you know you have that finish and you can feel the ref beside you.’
“Usually that’s a pretty good sign of when to go and slam your foot on the gas,” she added with a smirk. “But in the UFC, the level of talent is gonna be higher, so the likelihood of getting a finish is gonna start to decrease. I’m just trying to not tunnel vision into myself of maintaining a 100-percent finishing rate or whatever. That’s the goal, of course, but my plan is to go in there and fight.
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