{"id":213175,"date":"2016-12-20T10:27:59","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T18:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=213175"},"modified":"2016-12-20T10:27:59","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T18:27:59","slug":"cody-garbrandt-weighs-training-partner-paige-vanzants-fighting-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cody-garbrandt\/cody-garbrandt-weighs-training-partner-paige-vanzants-fighting-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Cody Garbrandt weighs in on training partner Paige VanZant’s fighting future"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last weekend, the UFC touched down in Sacramento, California with UFC on Fox 22<\/a>. In the card’s main event, 22-year-old strawweight prospect Paige VanZant had the opportunity to score a huge win in front of her adopted hometown as she took on former Invicta atomweight champion Michelle Waterson.<\/p>\n

Regrettably for VanZant and her fans in attendance, she was quickly put to sleep by a Waterson rear-naked choke<\/a>, coming up short for the third time in three fights.<\/p>\n

In the wake of this win, VanZant’s long-time training partner and ex-boyfriend Cody Garbrandt weighed in on the state of her career. He did so during a media luncheon in the buildup to his UFC 207 title fight with bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cShe\u2019s young,\u201d Garbrandt said of VanZant. \u201cShe\u2019s very skilled, very athletic. We have a great team and great coaches. She\u2019ll find her groove again. She\u2019ll find her groove.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"Paige<\/a><\/p>\n

Garbrandt went on to remind how VanZant rebounded from her second most recent loss, which was dealt by Rose Namajunas last December.<\/p>\n

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“It\u2019s a crazy sport,” he said. “You win some, you lose some, but it\u2019s how you bounce back. Look how she bounced back from the Rose loss. Coming off of \u2018Dancing With The Stars\u2019 with all that pressure and she only had six weeks to get ready \u2014 has an amazing, highlight-reel knockout [over Bec Rawlings]”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Finally, Garbrandt weighed in on VanZant’s many options outside fighting \u2013 such as her recent run on Dancing with the Stars \u2013 and gave his take on whether or not these things would hurt her fighting career or not.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s something that she\u2019s gonna have to decide \u2014 if she\u2019s gonna be a fighter or an entertainer,\u201d Garbrandt said. \u201cIt\u2019s not a bad position that she\u2019s in, to be able to dabble in both. I tell you, if I could dance like that, I wouldn\u2019t be fighting. I\u2019ll be dancing. I love fighting. It\u2019s something i want to do. If something were to arise out of this, I\u2019ll take it. But I\u2019m focused on fighting and she should be, too. She\u2019s young and she has so many years of getting better. It\u2019s about her, what she wants to do, at the end of the day.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How do you think Paige VanZant will bounce back from her recent loss to Michelle Waterson? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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