{"id":275991,"date":"2018-05-10T10:18:01","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T17:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=275991"},"modified":"2018-05-10T10:18:01","modified_gmt":"2018-05-10T17:18:01","slug":"cody-garbrandt-explains-why-hes-thankful-he-lost-bantamweight-title-to-tj-dillashaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cody-garbrandt\/cody-garbrandt-explains-why-hes-thankful-he-lost-bantamweight-title-to-tj-dillashaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Cody Garbrandt explains why he’s “thankful” he lost bantamweight title to TJ Dillashaw"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in November, in the co-main event of UFC 217, Cody Garbrandt’s reign as UFC bantamweight champion came to an end, as he was knocked out by his arch-rival TJ Dillashaw.<\/a><\/p>\n

While it was obviously difficult for Garbrandt to swallow this loss to his nemesis Dillashaw, he says he’s thankful it happened, as he believes he’ll learn from it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what made me a world champion,\u201d Garbrandt said on The MMA Hour (transcribed by Alexander K. Lee for MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cHats off to TJ, congrats to you. I\u2019m thankful for that. I\u2019m thankful that I was able to win the world title at a young age, I\u2019m thankful that I was able to lose it at a young age. Because I was already good before that, and this is what\u2019s going to make me great. I\u2019ve always learned so much from my losses.”<\/p>\n

\u201cI lost an amateur fight where it was supposed to be my last amateur fight before going pro and people were like, \u2018Oh, you think you\u2019re going to make this? You just got knocked out as an amateur?\u2019 And I went on to win 13 fights straight and become a world champion, the best in the world. So that\u2019s why I\u2019m so motivated now. I just took it all in, walking out of the Octagon on November 4th [at UFC 217]. Like, alright, we\u2019re on this, I knew 100 percent we\u2019d get this shot again. [I] didn\u2019t care how long it had to take me.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Garbrandt seems to have taken his title loss to Dillashaw in stride, he is still has some lingering issues with the current champ. He’s particularly unhappy with the way Dillashaw got in his face moments after the fight ended \u2014 something Garbrandt doesn’t believe would have happened if there wasn’t a referee nearby.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know damn well that dude would never, ever do that if there wasn\u2019t that referee in there,” he said. “Never, ever.”<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a coward,” he added. “That\u2019s it. He wanted to act like that, he\u2019s not a real champion. Getting in my face like that, flexing on my coaches, I\u2019m going to remember all that and that\u2019s what motivates me in training. So I\u2019m going to get that one back for everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who do you think comes out on top in Cody Garbrandt and TJ Dillashaw’s UFC 227 rematch?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 5\/10\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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