{"id":213307,"date":"2016-12-22T08:38:17","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T16:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=213307"},"modified":"2016-12-22T08:38:17","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T16:38:17","slug":"cody-garbrandt-predicts-ko-dominick-cruz-ufc-207","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cody-garbrandt\/cody-garbrandt-predicts-ko-dominick-cruz-ufc-207\/","title":{"rendered":"Cody Garbrandt predicts KO of Dominick Cruz at UFC 207"},"content":{"rendered":"

In just over a week, UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz will step into the Octagon against undefeated bantamweight prospect Cody Garbrandt<\/a> in a highly anticipated showdown for the bantamweight title.<\/p>\n

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Prior to the fight ever being announced, the pair were already trading verbal jabs at one another, with things escalating to the point of the two men getting into a verbal confrontation backstage at UFC 202, where Garbrandt TKOd Takeya Mizugaki in the very first round. Fortunately, UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier was on-hand, and leapt into action, separating the two men before things hit a boiling point.<\/a><\/p>\n

“Dominick and Cody passed each other and both came face to face. Cody is in a nice suit and Dominick is in a nice suit. And these two guys are in each other\u2019s face now.. All of our bosses from the UFC and the TV bosses were there, but no one knew what to do. Everyone just kind of stood back. It got to the point that I thought I had to get in the middle and separate those two guys. If it wasn\u2019t for me at UFC 202, I think Dominick and Cody would\u2019ve fought in August because none of our bosses and TV crew was willing to actually get in the middle of two 135-pound men”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now, with the pair set to fight in just over a week, Garbrandt is boldly predicting that he will pick up a KO\/TKO win over the champ, who has never been KOd. The way ‘No Love’ sees it, the only reason Cruz is bringing up his amateur KO loss, is because he himself is worried about being finished.<\/p>\n

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

He spoke to MMAJunkie<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt stems back to me getting knocked out as an amateur,\u201d Garbrandt said at a recent media luncheon (h\/t MMAjunkie.com) \u201cIt happens. But it stems back to his insecurities. Have you ever seen his interview about him getting knocked out in practice? He talks about that. It\u2019s something that he fears. It\u2019s something he thinks about. He\u2019s trying to pass that on to me. You\u2019ve been knocked out, there\u2019s video of it. He fears me knocking him out. He\u2019s damn right, that\u2019s what I\u2019m going to do in there. I\u2019m knocking him out.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In just over a week, UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz will step into the Octagon against undefeated bantamweight prospect Cody Garbrandt in a highly anticipated showdown for the bantamweight title. 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