{"id":368264,"date":"2020-11-18T18:56:52","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T02:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=368264"},"modified":"2020-11-18T18:56:52","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T02:56:52","slug":"cody-garbrandt-fires-back-at-alex-perez-for-suggesting-he-tried-to-take-a-shortcut-to-a-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/cody-garbrandt-fires-back-at-alex-perez-for-suggesting-he-tried-to-take-a-shortcut-to-a-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Cody Garbrandt fires back at Alex Perez for suggesting he tried to take a shortcut to a title"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cody Garbrandt was supposed to be fighting for the flyweight title this Saturday against Deiveson Figueiredo.<\/p>\n

Garbrandt announced a move down to 125-pounds and was immediately getting a title shot. However, he tore his bicep and was forced to withdraw<\/a> from the bout and Alex Perez stepped in to face Figueiredo.<\/p>\n

Now, just days away from the fight, Perez slammed Garbrandt saying he couldn’t hang at bantamweight anymore which is why he dropped down in weight.<\/p>\n

“I just think Cody can’t hang with those ’35ers, so he came down to try and fight us smaller guys,” Perez said to ESPN<\/a>. “I just feel like he didn’t want to put in the work, kinda tried to take a shortcut to a title.”<\/p>\n

Cody Garbrandt, of course, saw what Perez said and fired back at the title challenger.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/cody_nolove\/status\/1329135223083323399?s=21<\/p>\n

“Alex can hang off deez (nuts),” Garbrandt responded.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is obviously disappointing for Garbrandt to not be fighting for the title this weekend. It would’ve been a fun fight but Perez believes having him fight Figueiredo is a much more competitive scrap<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“For the fans, Cody and Deiveson is a straight stand up fight,” Perez said on Just Scrap Radio on BJPENN.com<\/a>. “They will try and kill each other. With me, I have the wrestling the jiu-jitsu no one has seen Cody take anyone down. Stylistically, I bring something different, it will be a different fight.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alex Perez is currently on a three-fight winning streak and is 6-1 in the UFC. He is looking to pull off an upset on Saturday night by dethroning Figueiredo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cody Garbrandt, meanwhile, returned to the win column last time out with a highlight-reel KO win over Raphael Assuncao. Before that, he suffered three straight knockout losses to Pedro Munhoz and T.J. Dillashaw twice.<\/p>\n

What do you make of Cody Garbrandt blasting Alex Perez for saying he tried to take a shortcut to a title by moving to 125lbs?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cody Garbrandt was supposed to be fighting for the flyweight title this Saturday against Deiveson Figueiredo. Garbrandt announced a move down to 125-pounds and was immediately getting a title shot. However, he tore his bicep and was forced to withdraw from the bout and Alex Perez stepped in to face Figueiredo. 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