{"id":218023,"date":"2017-01-17T08:18:02","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T16:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=218023"},"modified":"2017-01-17T11:57:23","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T19:57:23","slug":"cody-garbrandt-advanced-drug-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cody-garbrandt\/cody-garbrandt-advanced-drug-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Cody Garbrandt calls for “advance drug testing” ahead of title fight with TJ Dillashaw"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since winning the UFC bantamweight title from Dominick Cruz<\/a> in the co-main event of December’s UFC 207, Cody Garbrandt has had some interesting ideas for his next fight. He’s called for a rematch with Cruz<\/a>. He’s called for a “money fight” with featherweight champ Jose Aldo<\/a>. He’s suggested interest in a super fight with Conor McGregor. He has not, however, expressed much in the way of interest in a fight with the bantamweight division’s indisputable number one contender, TJ Dillashaw.<\/p>\n

Late last week, however, news broke that Cody Garbrandt and TJ Dillashaw would be coaching the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter against one another<\/a>. This, of course, implies that they will indeed fight \u2013 probably sometime in the first half of 2017.<\/p>\n

Now that this matchup is all but confirmed, Garbrandt has taken to Twitter to explain that he wants “advance drug testing” from the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) in the buildup to his fight. While we won’t ready too <\/em>much into this Tweet, Garbrandt’s inclusion of the ever-suggestive syringe emoji does seem to imply that he doubts Dillashaw is a clean fighter.<\/p>\n

See his Tweet below.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cody_Nolove\/status\/821050716873625602<\/p>\n

It’s worth noting, of course, that both Dillashaw and Garbrandt have entirely clean records as pro mixed martial artists.<\/p>\n

Prior to his title-winning defeat of Dominick Cruz, Garbrandt burst into title contention with first-round destructions of Augusto Mendes, Thomas Almeida, and Takeya Mizugaki. Dillashaw, meanwhile, has rebounded from a January 2016 title loss to Cruz with dominant defeats of game contenders in Raphael Assuncao and John Lineker<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At the moment, it is not known when Garbrandt and Dillashaw will collide for the bantamweight strap. Their grudge-infused season of The Ultimate Fighter, has started filming and is expected to air in April.<\/p>\n

Who do you think comes out on top when Cody Garbrandt and TJ Dillashaw battle for the UFC bantamweight title? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n