{"id":267252,"date":"2018-01-04T10:37:01","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T18:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=267252"},"modified":"2018-01-04T10:37:01","modified_gmt":"2018-01-04T18:37:01","slug":"cody-garbrandt-puts-tj-dillashaw-blast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cody-garbrandt\/cody-garbrandt-puts-tj-dillashaw-blast\/","title":{"rendered":"Cody Garbrandt puts TJ Dillashaw on blast"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having reclaimed the UFC bantamweight championship with an incredible November knockout<\/a> of his arch rival Cody Garbrandt, TJ Dillashaw is now hellbent on dropping down to flyweight to unseat the division’s seemingly unstoppable<\/a> champion, Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson.<\/p>\n

If Dillashaw hopes to topple Mighty Mouse \u2013 something the flyweight champ’s last 14 opponents have failed to do \u2013 he’ll have his work cut out for him. Before any battle with the flyweight champ occurs, however, Dillashaw will face another challenge, and that’s his battle with the scale.<\/p>\n

Though Dillashaw has repeatedly assured he will be able to make the flyweight division’s 125-pound limit with proper preparations<\/a>, it’s likely to be a tough cut all the same. So tough, in fact, that Garbrandt believes it’ll end in failure.<\/p>\n

On Thursday afternoon the former champ took to Twitter to share his doubts about Dillashaw’s ability to get down to 125. In his opinion, he himself is far better suited for this cut to flyweight, though he’s content to keep fighting at bantamweight and wait for Dillashaw to return.<\/p>\n

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I’d make 125 in a month! This fool can’t make 125, he knows what it is. I’ll be here cleaning the division out again, waiting for him🏃🏼🏃🏼 https:\/\/t.co\/XzybIfRWNv<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Cody Garbrandt (@Cody_Nolove) January 4, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n