{"id":352129,"date":"2020-06-03T11:57:38","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T18:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=352129"},"modified":"2020-06-03T11:57:38","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T18:57:38","slug":"cody-garbrandt-says-his-demons-are-in-the-past-sets-sights-on-bantamweight-belt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/cody-garbrandt-says-his-demons-are-in-the-past-sets-sights-on-bantamweight-belt\/","title":{"rendered":"Cody Garbrandt says his &#8220;demons&#8221; are in the past, sets sights on bantamweight belt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt has lost his last three fights, and all by way of knockout. As he gears up for his UFC 250 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/cody-garbrandt\/former-ufc-bantamweight-champion-cody-garbrandt-set-to-return-on-june-6\/\">fight<\/a> with Raphael Assuncao, he says his troubles are behind him.<\/p>\n<p id=\"jQrUeF\">\u201cI just needed for me, first and foremost, to get out of my comfort zone and go rekindle that love for fighting,\u201d Garbrandt told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2020\/6\/3\/21277323\/cody-garbrandt-ive-battled-my-demons-im-here-to-take-the-throne-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting<\/a> ahead of UFC 250, explaining what he&#8217;s changed since his third straight loss. \u201cI don\u2019t know if I was going through the motions or if it was just the same thing but I needed a switch up.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Oz1mJv\">\u201cThe only way that I could truly test myself was get out of my comfort zone, in a way that I\u2019m away from my family, that comfort that you build inside of your life,&#8221; Garbrandt added.<\/p>\n<p id=\"iwC37T\">\u201cI don\u2019t need to reinvent the wheel. It was little things that I necessarily wasn\u2019t doing or wasn\u2019t knowing that I was doing in terms of technical errors or things I was doing off rhythm or not off rhythm. They just broke me down to my strengths, my weaknesses and it\u2019s been clicking.<\/p>\n<p id=\"fbdY3H\">\u201cI\u2019m obsessed with this sport. I\u2019m obsessed with getting better. I\u2019m obsessed with winning. Losing\u2019s part of it. It challenges you to grow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Having had time to meditate on his defeats, Garbrandt is now determined to reclaim the UFC bantamweight strap and hold it until he retires.<\/p>\n<p id=\"V0AMAU\">\u201cFor me, I\u2019m in the sport to be the best,\u201d Garbrandt said. \u201cIt was never chasing money. I never even thought of money until I got money. It was like \u2018oh sh*t I won some fights and here\u2019s some money.\u2019 That\u2019s cool, that\u2019s a plus side to it but money was never the motivating factor. It was always being the best. That\u2019s my quest to get back to the title. I wanted to be the best in the world. I worked towards that. Dreamed of that. That was what was pushing me. This sport is a marathon, not a sprint. Just like life.<\/p>\n<p id=\"4Oe3iP\">\u201cI\u2019ve battled my demons. I\u2019m here to take the throne again. Whoever that is when my time comes for another title shot, I\u2019ll be ready. I\u2019m going to capitalize on it. I\u2019m going to hold onto this title until it\u2019s time to walk away from this sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How do you think Cody Garbrandt will look at UFC 250?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt has lost his last three fights, and all by way of knockout. 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