{"id":239683,"date":"2017-05-30T12:49:25","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T19:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=239683"},"modified":"2017-05-30T12:49:25","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T19:49:25","slug":"cody-garbrandt-love-return-ufc-214","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cody-garbrandt\/cody-garbrandt-love-return-ufc-214\/","title":{"rendered":"Cody Garbrandt would love to return at UFC 214"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If things had gone according to plan for bantamweight champ Cody Garbrandt, he&#8217;d be fighting his arch rival TJ Dillashaw at UFC 213 this July 8. Regrettably, the champ was forced out of this hotly anticipated contest with a back injury.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, Garbrandt has received the necessary treatment for his back troubles, and he&#8217;s now easing toward his recovery and eventual return to the cage.<\/p>\n<p>On the latest edition of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2017\/5\/30\/15709924\/the-mma-hour-with-georges-st-pierre-cody-garbrandt-yoel-romero-sage\" target=\"_blank\">The MMA Hour<\/a>, Garbrandt discussed his recovery and his hopes for his return to the Octagon.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I feel good,&#8221; he said of his current condition. &#8220;I&#8217;m trying not to get too excited. I feel like I&#8217;m a 12 year old kid out trying to climb trees again.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;My coaches and my physical therapist are keeping me on track where I&#8217;m doing enough to feel good, I&#8217;m not overexerting and prolonging this injury longer than it has to be,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I have a lot of ass-whoopings to give out in the 135-pound division. So I&#8217;m going to stay true to that, stay healthy, and get back. I can&#8217;t give you a timeframe, I can only hope.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Garbrandt then explained that, in a perfect world, he&#8217;d like his rescheduled battle with Dillashaw to occur as soon as UFC 214, which goes down this July 29 in Anaheim. Unfortunately, however, this isn&#8217;t something he can commit to just yet.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Hey if it was a perfect world, and everything worked right for me, I would TJ&#8217;s ass July 29th,&#8221; the bantamweight champ said. \u00a0&#8220;I&#8217;m tracking my progress weekly. I&#8217;m not trying to prolong this fight with TJ. Who wants to go around and deal with this dickhead for this long?&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With his fight with Garbrandt momentarily off the table, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tj-dillashaw\/tj-dillashaw-wants-ufc-214-main-event-super-fight-mighty-mouse\/\">Dillashaw has been campaigning for a fight with flyweight champ Demetrious &#8220;Mighty Mouse&#8221; Johnson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s hoping Cody Garbrandt makes a speedy recovery!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 5\/30\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If things had gone according to plan for bantamweight champ Cody Garbrandt, he&#8217;d be fighting his arch rival TJ Dillashaw at UFC 213 this July 8. Regrettably, the champ was forced out of this hotly anticipated contest with a back injury. 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