{"id":282040,"date":"2018-08-02T06:01:35","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T13:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=282040"},"modified":"2018-08-02T06:01:35","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T13:01:35","slug":"cody-garbrandt-says-the-ufc-wants-him-to-be-champ-thats-why-they-gave-me-the-rematch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cody-garbrandt\/cody-garbrandt-says-the-ufc-wants-him-to-be-champ-thats-why-they-gave-me-the-rematch\/","title":{"rendered":"Cody Garbrandt says the UFC wants him to be champ: “that’s why they gave me the rematch”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in November, Cody Garbrandt lost the UFC bantamweight title to TJ Dillashaw. This Saturday night, in the main event of UFC 227, he’ll have the chance to reclaim it when he meets Dillashaw in an immediate rematch.<\/p>\n

Given that Garbrandt was knocked out by Dillashaw, and that he never defended his title, his being given an immediate rematch with the champ was somewhat controversial among fans. Garbrandt, however, believes he knows why he’s getting this rare opportunity to reclaim his title.<\/p>\n

The UFC wants him to be a champion.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe simple fact is, TJ didn\u2019t want this fight, [the UFC] had to basically tell him,\u201d Garbrandt said at the UFC 227 open workouts Wednesday (transcribed by Jed Meshew for MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cHe wanted to go down and fight Mighty Mouse<\/a>. Even if he didn\u2019t want to fight me, you didn\u2019t see him wanting to fight Dominick [Cruz]. Dom has a win against him. He wants the easiest style match-up. He didn\u2019t want to fight me – lord knows he doesn\u2019t want to fight me, he knows what I bring to the table – Dominick\u2019s already in his head with a win over him so he says, \u2018I\u2019m gonna go after Mighty Mouse.\u2019 For what? Mighty Mouse is 125 pounds.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the thing, that was my whole idea<\/a>,\u201d Garbrandt continued. \u201cI ended up hitting up\u00a0Sean Shelby\u00a0and\u00a0Dana White, saying I\u2019m gonna knock TJ out and then go down and fight Mighty Mouse. That was my original thought. TJ stole that from me, stole everything from me. If the UFC wanted that fight to prosper, they would have made that fight happen. They don\u2019t want that to happen. They already moved on. They want me to be the champ, that\u2019s why the gave me the rematch. They called me and offered me the fight in March, TJ turned it down and made all these excuses and I had to wait all the way until August to fight him. I was ready to go way before that.”<\/p>\n

Do you think the UFC is hoping Cody Garbrandt wins at UFC 227 this weekend?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 8\/2\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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