{"id":214528,"date":"2016-12-29T10:06:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T18:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=214528"},"modified":"2016-12-29T10:06:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-29T18:06:00","slug":"jeremy-stephens-cody-garbrandt-nearly-brawl-backstage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/jeremy-stephens-cody-garbrandt-nearly-brawl-backstage\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremy Stephens and Cody Garbrandt nearly brawl backstage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the UFC 207 early morning weigh-ins Thursday morning, Jeremy Stephens and Cody Garbrandt were nearly involved in a brawl backstage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dominick-cruz\/breaking-dominick-cruz-vs-cody-garbrandt-is-official-for-ufc-207\/\">Garbrandt of course was in attendance hitting the scales for his UFC 207 co-main event scrap with bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz<\/a>. While Stephens is not fighting at the event, he is one of Cruz&#8217; teammates. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Jeremy-Stephens-wins.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-209998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Jeremy-Stephens-wins.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Jeremy-Stephens-wins-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Jeremy-Stephens-wins-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Jeremy-Stephens-wins-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to ESPN&#8217;s Brett Okamoto, Stephens went after Garbrandt backstage while UFC women&#8217;s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes was hitting the scales. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">According to Garbrandt&#39;s coach Justin Buchholz, the scuffle in the hallway was Jeremy Stephens (Cruz teammate) going after Cody.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bokamotoESPN\/status\/814525476853035008\">December 29, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Not the first time Cody Garbrandt has had an altercation with an opponent&#39;s team during fight week. See: Thomas Almeida fight week.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bokamotoESPN\/status\/814529620544360448\">December 29, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While no footage of the actual incident has surfaced, you can hear things getting heated backstage in the background of Nunes&#8217; weigh-in video as security guards are quick to rush out the door to handle the situation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-video\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is what I could see when the &#39;brawl&#39; broke out! The first thing you see is security bolting out the door to the hallway <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IfyBE09r03\">pic.twitter.com\/IfyBE09r03<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jim Edwards (@MMA_Jim) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MMA_Jim\/status\/814522348447465472\">December 29, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the UFC 207 early morning weigh-ins Thursday morning, Jeremy Stephens and Cody Garbrandt were nearly involved in a brawl backstage. Garbrandt of course was in attendance hitting the scales for his UFC 207 co-main event scrap with bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz. 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