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Cody Garbrandt says he’s the number one contender at 125lbs, wants Deiveson Figueiredo next
Cody Garbrandt believes he is the number one contender at flyweight and wants the next title shot. After Deiveson Figueiredo beat Joseph Benavidez many wondered what would be next for the new flyweight king. Three names came up in Alex Perez, Brandon Moreno, and Askar Askarov. Yet, the former bantamweight champion in Garbrandt has been […]
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Chael Sonnen thinks Petr Yan created ‘confusing’ situation in UFC bantamweight division
Chael Sonnen feels the UFC bantamweight division is a mess and we have Petr Yan to thank. Yan competed for the vacant UFC bantamweight title on July 11. He met Jose Aldo on the main card of UFC 251. Yan scored a fifth-round TKO victory to capture UFC gold for the first time in his […]
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Report | Cody Garbrandt interested in dropping to flyweight for title fight with Deiveson Figueiredo
According to ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, bantamweight contender Cody Garbrandt may be interested in dropping down to flyweight in order to challenge Deiveson Figueiredo for the 125-pound title. “No Love” has been on quite the journey throughout his first five years in the UFC, starting off with a 6-0 run that saw him capture the Bantamweight […]
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Petr Yan and Cody Garbrandt trade shots online after ‘No Mercy’ poses with Urijah Faber
New UFC bantamweight champion Petr Yan has been getting into it with resurgent contender Cody Garbrandt on social media. “No Love” was less than impressed with Yan’s UFC 251 performance against Jose Aldo which he won by TKO in the fifth round. Garbrandt was quick to call out the star but “No Mercy” was just […]
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Marlon Moraes tests positive for COVID-19 after accepting Cody Garbrandt fight
No. 1 UFC bantamweight contender Marlon Moraes and his wife have both tested positive for COVID-19. His children, thankfully, both tested negative. Moraes announced this news to ESPN Brazil. The Brazilian finisher says he began to feel symptoms about 10 days ago. “Unfortunately, I got the virus — me and my wife. We were very […]
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Cody Garbrandt says he has “unfinished business” with Petr Yan, promises to break him in 2 rounds
UFC bantamweight contender Cody Garbrandt believes that he has unfinished business with rival Petr Yan, promising that if they ever met inside the Octagon, he would finish him inside two rounds. “No Love” is coming off the back of his first win since December 2016, as he was able to knock Raphael Assuncao out late […]
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UFC President Dana White pumps the brakes on potential Sean O’Malley vs. Cody Garbrandt matchup
UFC president Dana White has put a possible Sean O’Malley vs. Cody Garbrandt matchup on hold. Sean O’Malley is becoming quite a star, especially following his knockout victory over Eddie Wineland two weeks ago at UFC 250. He has tallied a 12 fight win streak and remains undefeated since going professional in 2015. He’s a […]
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Sean O’Malley downplays Cody Garbrandt’s UFC 250 KO: “There’s levels to striking”
Sean O’Malley firmly believes that his UFC 250 knockout win was better than the one Cody Garbrandt scored later on the main card. O’Malley, an undefeated prospect, picked up a dazzling first-round knockout win over WEC champ Eddie Wineland in the pay-per-view opener. Garbrandt, the former UFC bantamweight champion, delivered a brutal, one-punch KO over […]
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Chael Sonnen discusses potential Sean O’Malley vs. Cody Garbrandt matchup
Chael Sonnen has given his thoughts on a potential showdown between bantamweight contenders Cody Garbrandt and Sean O’Malley. This past weekend at UFC 250, Garbrandt and O’Malley put the rest of the division on notice with spectacular knockouts over Raphael Assuncao and Eddie Wineland respectively. Ever since then, fans have been curious as to what […]
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Sean O’Malley says a fight with former UFC champ Cody Garbrandt will “100% happen”
Sean O’Malley is set on a fight against former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt. The UFC standout is convinced that a fight against “No Love” will “100% happen,” even if takes a few years. Both fighters fought on the UFC 250 card last Saturday. O’Malley used a right hand to finish Eddie Wineland by KO […]
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Cody Garbrandt fires back at Sean O’Malley: My UFC 250 KO was “way better”
Cody Garbrandt and Sean O’Malley both picked up huge knockout wins at UFC 250, but Garbrandt feels his was the better of the two. O’Malley, an undefeated prospect, picked up a dazzling first-round knockout win over WEC champ Eddie Wineland in the pay-per-view opener. Garbrandt, the former UFC bantamweight champion, delivered a brutal, one-punch KO […]
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Sean O’Malley claims he would KO Cody Garbrandt, but believes there’s “no way” the former champ accepts the fight
Sean O’Malley is confident he would knockout Cody Garbrandt if they squared off in the Octagon. O’Malley and Garbrandt are both coming off stellar knockout wins at UFC 250. ‘Sugar’ tweeted “decent” following Garbrandt’s win, insinuating that he was not all that impressed by the KO. Following last weekend’s pay-per-view event, many fans and analysts […]
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Raphael Assuncao reacts to KO loss to Cody Garbrandt
Long-time UFC bantamweight contender Raphael Assuncao has issued a quick statement on his violent, knockout loss to Cody Garbrandt. Assuncao and Garbrandt, the former UFC bantamweight champion, met in the co-main event of UFC 250 last Saturday night at the UFC APEX facility in Las Vegas. Assuncao had some success early, out-landing his foe in […]
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Cody Garbrandt would like a third shot at TJ Dillashaw: “We all know what he was on”
Former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt says he wants a trilogy fight with long-time rival TJ Dillashaw when he returns from his USADA suspension. Garbrandt and Dillashaw have fought twice previously, with Dillashaw getting the better of Garbrandt both times. The two first locked horns at UFC 217, with Dillashaw scoring an upset with via […]
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Raphael Assuncao not focusing on Cody Garbrandt’s past losses, knows a win puts him in title contention
Raphael Assuncao believes his UFC 250 co-main event fight against Cody Garbrandt could very well have title implications on the line. Assuncao is currently on a two-fight losing streak while Garbrandt is on a three-fight skid. Yet, both are still ranked in the top-10, with Assuncao at five. So, the Brazilian contender knows this fight […]
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Cody Garbrandt says his “demons” are in the past, sets sights on bantamweight belt
Former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt has lost his last three fights, and all by way of knockout. As he gears up for his UFC 250 fight with Raphael Assuncao, he says his troubles are behind him. “I just needed for me, first and foremost, to get out of my comfort zone and go rekindle […]
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Former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt set to return on June 6
Former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt is set to make his highly anticipated return to the Octagon on June 6. According to the folks at MMAFighting.com, ‘No Love’ has been rebooked to fight Raphael Assuncao on the June 6 fight card. Garbrandt and Assuncao were originally slated to square off at last month’s scheduled UFC […]
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Cody Garbrandt bashes Cejudo vs. Cruz fight, champ issues savage response
Cody Garbrandt is not a fan of the bantamweight title fight between champ Henry Cejudo and challenger Dominick Cruz that was briefly on the table for the postponed UFC 250 card. Garbrandt, who is a former UFC bantamweight champ, shared his gripes with the matchup on Twitter on Monday. Here’s is what I think of […]
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Cody Garbrandt responds to callouts from Henry Cejudo and Petr Yan
Former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt responded to callouts from Henry Cejudo and Petr Yan after announcing he will soon drop down to flyweight. Garbrandt revealed this weekend that his plan is to fight Raphael Assuncao in his last bout at 135lbs before making the move down to 125lbs. Both Cejudo and Yan have been […]
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Cody Garbrandt announces plan for move to flyweight, Henry Cejudo responds
Former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt is planning on dropping down to flyweight and has already received a warning from Henry Cejudo. In an interview with ESPN, ‘No Love’ announced his future plans which include a move down to 125-pounds to “save the flyweight division”. “First we’re focused on Raphael, and that’s still the fight […]
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Cody Garbrandt hospitalized, out of Raphael Assuncao fight
Former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt will have to wait to mount his comeback. On Thursday, Brazilian publication agfight.com broke the news that Garbrandt has been hospitalized with kidney issues and forced out of his UFC Columbus matchup with Raphael Assuncao. Shortly after this news surfaced, ESPN spoke to Garbrandt about this situation. “I honestly […]
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Petr Yan would love to ‘put on a Russian boxing clinic’ against ‘no chin’ Cody Garbrandt in the future
After Petr Yan beat Urijah Faber at UFC 245, Faber’s teammate, Cody Garbrandt, accosted the Russian backstage. According to Yan, nothing really happened backstage other than Garbrandt being all talk and not backing up his words. “Nothing really happened. Cody wrote ‘get this mfer’ on Dana White’s Instagram page, I jokingly replied that ‘you are […]
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VIDEO | Cody Garbrandt and Petr Yan forced to be separated backstage at UFC 245
UFC bantamweight stars Petr Yan and Cody Garbrandt had to be separated backstage at UFC 245 after getting into a heated argument. In the first fight on the main pay-per-view card, Yan picked up the biggest win of his young career to date when he knocked out aging legend Urijah Faber with a head kick […]
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Cody Garbrandt blasts ‘coward’ TJ Dillashaw: ‘He’s been on EPO for years’
There are many people who believe that TJ Dillashaw has handled his recent USADA suspension as well as anybody could. Cody Garbrandt is not one of those people. Dillashaw recently appeared on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show to address his failed drug test for recombinant human erythropoietin, which he used to get down to 125 pounds for […]
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Cody Garbrandt injured, out until 2020
Former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt is injured and will not be able to return to the Octagon until 2020 after he undergoes surgery. Garbrandt tore a tendon in a training session last week and he will not be able to resume training until he has surgery and recovers from it. He was previously on […]
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Man jailed for using photo of Cody Garbrandt on Tinder in Catfish Scam
A Welsh supermarket worker has been jailed after using a photo of former UFC champ Cody Garbrandt in a Tinder catfish scam. According to police reports obtained by MMAJunkie, 30-year-old Paul Davies used a photo of Cody Garbrandt as his Tinder profile under a phony name, Aaron Edwards, this while posing as a successful businessman […]
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Cody Garbrandt on TJ DIllashaw’s EPO use: ‘I knew TJ was on that’
Former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt is maintaining that he knew his arch rival TJ Dillashaw was using banned substances. The surprise, Garbrandt says, was not that Dillashaw tested positive, but that it took so long for him to get caught. Garbrandt believes that Dillashaw was able to evade detection because the United States Anti-Doping […]
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Cody Garbrandt targeting November return to the Octagon
Although former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt was unable to compete at UFC Fight Night 155 in Sacramento, he attended the event as a guest fighter and spoke to the media to give an update on his health. Speaking to reporters backstage, Garbrandt said he hopes to return to the Octagon before the end of […]