{"id":195360,"date":"2016-05-28T07:37:46","date_gmt":"2016-05-28T14:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=195360"},"modified":"2016-05-28T07:37:46","modified_gmt":"2016-05-28T14:37:46","slug":"cody-garbrandt-as-confident-as-can-be-ahead-of-main-event-slot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tj-dillashaw\/cody-garbrandt-as-confident-as-can-be-ahead-of-main-event-slot\/","title":{"rendered":"Cody Garbrandt as confident as can be ahead of main event slot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow night in Las Vegas, Team Alpha Male product Cody &#8216;No Love&#8217; Garbrandt will face <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/thomas-almeida\/video-thomas-almeida-knocks-brad-pickett-flying-knee\/\">undefeated bantamweight Thomas Almeida<\/a> in a highly anticipated bantamweight showdown.  <\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the fight, Garbrandt is as confident as can be, likely given his training regimen as well as his <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-results\/ufn-83-results-cody-garbrandt-vs-augusto-mendes\/\">undefeated 8-0 record<\/a>, with all his wins coming by  KO\/TKO.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke to the <a href=\"http:\/\/m.lasvegassun.com\/news\/2016\/may\/28\/brash-cody-garbrandt-not-going-into-first-ufc-main\/\" target=\"_blank\">Las Vegas Sun<\/a> to discuss the bout:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cA lot of people seem to forget that I asked for this fight,\u201d Garbrandt said. \u201cI asked for (John) Lineker, I asked for Almeida and then I\u2019m asking for a title shot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like the street-fight mentality,\u201d Garbrandt said. \u201cKill or be killed and that\u2019s what I\u2019m there to do. I like to engage in the emotions and the adrenaline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce I hit him once it\u2019s going to turn into a brawl I know it,\u201d Garbrandt said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s what I\u2019m waiting for because I\u2019m a better brawler than him, I\u2019m a better fighter than him and I\u2019m a better martial artist than him.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Almeida is currently 21-0 in his professional MMA career, going 4-0 in the UFC so far, with 3 of those wins coming by KO.  In addition, he sits at #8 on the UFC&#8217;s bantamweight ladder.  Given that, a win for both men could mean a #1 contender fight against the winner of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tj-dillashaw\/tj-dillashaw-vs-raphael-assuncao-possible-for-ufc-200\/\">TJ Dillashaw vs. Raphael Assuncao<\/a> at UFC 200.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow night in Las Vegas, Team Alpha Male product Cody &#8216;No Love&#8217; Garbrandt will face undefeated bantamweight Thomas Almeida in a highly anticipated bantamweight showdown. Ahead of the fight, Garbrandt is as confident as can be, likely given his training regimen as well as his undefeated 8-0 record, with all his wins coming by KO\/TKO. 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