{"id":314369,"date":"2019-05-21T11:30:23","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T18:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=314369"},"modified":"2019-05-21T11:30:23","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T18:30:23","slug":"manager-updates-on-cody-garbrandt-says-there-are-changes-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/manager-updates-on-cody-garbrandt-says-there-are-changes-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"Manager updates on Cody Garbrandt, says there are &#8216;changes coming&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After kickstarting his MMA career with an undefeated run and a brief reign as UFC bantamweight champion, Cody Garbrandt has fallen on tough times. After back-to-back knockout losses to TJ Dillashaw, and a third straight knockout loss at the hands of Pedro Munhoz, it&#8217;s going to take some work for him to work his way back into title contention.<\/p>\n<p>For the moment, however, the plan for Garbrandt to take some time off to recover, according to his manager Ali Abdelaziz.<\/p>\n<p>Abdelaziz provided an update on Garbrandt on Monday&#8217;s edition of The MMA Hour.<\/p>\n<p id=\"El9cWI\">\u201cAt the end of the day, when you get knocked out like that, I don\u2019t think you should be fighting [without taking some time off],&#8221; Abdelaziz said of Cody Garbrandt (transcript <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/5\/21\/18632908\/ali-abdelaziz-talks-max-holloway-vs-frankie-edgar-gives-updates-khabib-nurmagomedov-cody-garbrandt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via MMA Fighting<\/a>). &#8220;The UFC is doing their job, they\u2019re going to Sacramento, they offered Cody a main event spot \u2014 and this is the right thing to do for the UFC, but it\u2019s our job to be like, \u2018You know what, guys? We\u2019re going to go back [and take some time].\u2019 Cody\u2019s been having problems with his hand. Especially getting knocked out like that, I think your brain needs a break.<\/p>\n<p>Abdelaziz continued, adding that he hopes the former champ will adjust his fighting style.<\/p>\n<p id=\"A2auVv\">\u201cBut in a way he\u2019s too much of a fighter,&#8221; he said. &#8220;When you touch this kid, punch him, he wants to come and kill you, right? He\u2019s too much of a fighter and I think he needs to get himself right, physically and mentally. And I think we\u2019re going to see a lot of changes coming up, the way he\u2019s going to fight. He\u2019s got to go back to the Dominick Cruz\u00a0era, when he was having fun, when he was enjoying it, when he was embracing it.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Aha6kS\">&#8220;I think it\u2019s more mental for Cody than anything else, than skill level. Cody has unbelievable jiu-jitsu, he has unbelievable grappling, unbelievable wrestling. But we don\u2019t see it, right? You will see Cody come again, but he\u2019s going to come right.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So there you have it. We won&#8217;t be seeing Cody Garbrandt fight again for a little while, but when we does return, it sounds like he&#8217;ll be looking to revert back to the fighter he was in the earlier phases of his MMA career.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ali Abdelaziz Talks Latest With Khabib Nurmagomedov, Making Of Holloway-Edgar, Garbrandt&#039;s Future\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RjyBpgDtYOY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/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\/21\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After kickstarting his MMA career with an undefeated run and a brief reign as UFC bantamweight champion, Cody Garbrandt has fallen on tough times. After back-to-back knockout losses to TJ Dillashaw, and a third straight knockout loss at the hands of Pedro Munhoz, it&#8217;s going to take some work for him to work his way [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":298468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10166,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Manager updates on Cody Garbrandt, says there are &#039;changes coming&#039; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ali Abdelaziz updates on former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt, hinting that the Team Alpha Male star will be changing his fighting style.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/manager-updates-on-cody-garbrandt-says-there-are-changes-coming\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Manager updates on Cody Garbrandt, says there are &#039;changes coming&#039; 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