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The brutal setback marked Cody\u2019s fifth loss in his last six fights, with four of the losses coming by way of knockout. Due to his recent rough stretch, many pundits were calling for Cody Garbrandt to hang up his gloves.<\/p>\n
With that said, \u2018No Love\u2019 has made it clear that he has no plans of calling it a career and even suggested that a fight with Sean O\u2019Malley is \u201clooming\u201d:<\/p>\n
\u201cLike I said, I felt great at 125. I think that\u2019s something I have to decide, whether I \u2013 35, 25, I feel great at both. I think if I went to 35, I would do things a little differently. Keep my weight up throughout the camp. There\u2019s a lot of good matchups. Sean O\u2019Malley, I really want to whoop his ass. That\u2019s a fight that\u2019s looming.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Garbrandt\u2019s callout of \u2018Suga\u2019 drew criticism from some fight fans, as O\u2019Malley is currently boasting a winning streak and competes in a higher weight class (135). However, for former UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen, the time is now for fans to get behind Cody instead of showing him \u2018No Love\u2019:<\/p>\n \u201cCody Garbrandt came out in a interview and said something I found confusing. He said that he felt great at 125lbs but that a fight with Sean O\u2019Malley was looming. That\u2019s tough. I read that thing and then I read it a third time. You\u2019re 125, Sean is 135, these two things don\u2019t go together. They don\u2019t have to. I don\u2019t have to understand everything. But, I still focused on this. Now my problem with Cody Garbrandt\u2026Look, I believe Cody is the best 135 pounder the world has ever seen. You want to give me a hard time about that go ahead. I believe the Cody Garbrandt that beat Dominick Cruz can beat any man that can tip the scale at a 135lbs.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Chael Sonnen continued:<\/p>\n \u201cSome guys\u2019 (title) reign isn\u2019t long. Some guys don\u2019t defend, and re-defend and go on to defend that thing 5, 6 or 7 times. Those guys that do, wow. There\u2019s a real adoration for that, but it doesn\u2019t take away from the guy who did it one time. So the rules are different for Cody Garbrandt as I see them. When you become a world champion the rules are now changed. Cody doesn’t have a whole bunch of options. You want to give him a hard time (for calling out O’Malley), he doesn’t have a lot of options. Fight or not fight? What do you want to do? He’s made it clear that he’s going to fight. Accept it! For some guys, they’d be given their walking papers and it wouldn’t even be a conversation. Make sure you understand, there are laurels here. One hundred percent. This is a world champion who is desperately trying, that’s what changing weight classes, doing whatever it takes, taking on all comers. He\u2019s desperately trying to recapture something. Let’s get behind that. Let’s not give Cody a hard time.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Check out the full video<\/a> below:<\/p>\n