{"id":396351,"date":"2021-10-05T18:08:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T01:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=396351"},"modified":"2021-10-05T18:08:17","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T01:08:17","slug":"cody-garbrandt-admits-flyweight-moves-scares-him-but-expects-to-make-a-statement-against-kai-kara-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/cody-garbrandt-admits-flyweight-moves-scares-him-but-expects-to-make-a-statement-against-kai-kara-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Cody Garbrandt admits flyweight moves ‘scares’ him but expects to make a ‘statement’ against Kai Kara-France"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cody Garbrandt says all the unanswered questions around his flyweight move are scaring him but also motivating him.<\/p>\n

Garbrandt is the former UFC bantamweight champion but has struggled as of late and decided to drop down to flyweight<\/a>. He will make his flyweight debut at UFC 269 on December 11 against Kai Kara-France and Garbrandt says he’s ready to make a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re getting that mental fortitude to push and (I\u2019m) ready to put on a pace and go in there and put a statement on this division that this is a pawn that was brought in,\u201d Garbrandt said on his\u00a0\u201cRollin with the Homies\u201d<\/a> podcast (via MMAJunkie<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Cody Garbrandt is coming off a decision loss to Rob Font and he knows this fight is crucial for his career. He says he has a lot of the same unanswered questions going into this fight as he did going into the Dominick Cruz title fight, which of course, he dominated to win the belt.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, Garbrandt is just excited to get back in there and knows when he makes weight it will be a big sigh of relief.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got to make a statement, and I\u2019m known to,\u201d Garbrandt said. \u201cThis is a huge fight for me, (a) huge opportunity for my career. I\u2019m as scared of this as any fight because I\u2019ve never made 125. I\u2019ve never fought here. There\u2019s a lot of unanswered questions. Just like going into the Dominick Cruz fight \u2013 yeah, I could go in there and knock him out. But could I go five rounds? Could I do this? Could I do that?<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s so many unanswered questions that it scares me and motivates me in the sense of doing the extra. Not that I haven\u2019t in the past, but it\u2019s more,” Garbrandt continued. “You have to add more onto it, then figure it out. So I think that this will be a great weight for me. My energy levels feel good. I\u2019ve been on a diet for about two months now, so I\u2019ve already shaved off five to seven pounds, give or take. I\u2019m feeling good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Do you think Cody Garbrandt will beat Kai Kara-France?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cody Garbrandt says all the unanswered questions around his flyweight move are scaring him but also motivating him. Garbrandt is the former UFC bantamweight champion but has struggled as of late and decided to drop down to flyweight. 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