Cody Garbrandt News

Tom Taylor - June 25, 2017

Over the last few weeks, the MMA community has watched on in bewilderment as bodybuilder Matthew Kline Kader and UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt engaged in a heated Twitter beef, and ultimately agreed to fight inside Team Alpha Male, Garbrandt’s home base in Sacramento, California. Contrary to widespread doubt that this weird beef would actually go anywhere, Kader showed up in Sacramento earlier today. Through various posts on Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat, the fitness star documented his arrival in the city, and his plans to storm Team Alpha Male.

Chris Taylor - June 25, 2017

Matthew Kline Kader claims he has arrived, Cody Garbrandt states otherwise Well today is the big day.

bjpenndotcom - June 1, 2017

Several months ago, it was announced that UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt would be making his first bantamweight title defense against TJ Dillashaw following a season of coaching on The Ultimate Fighter. Unfortunately, a back injury delayed the potential fight when Cody Garbrandt was flown to Germany by UFC President Dana White for a procedure on his back that would hopefully speed up his recovery. While the champ is currently back in the united States and recovering, he will be unable to fight TJ Dillashaw in July as initially planned.

Tom Taylor - May 31, 2017

When UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt was forced out of his UFC 213 fight with TJ Dillashaw with a back injury, his sizzling beef with Dillashaw was pushed onto the back burner. With this beef on the back burner, Garbrandt has thrust himself into another feud – and it’s a weird one. Over the last week or so, Garbrandt has been getting into it on Twitter with bodybuilder Matthew Kline Kader. The pair’s beef reached a head when Garbrandt challenged Kader to come out to Sacramento and fight. Almost immediately, Kader expressed interest in doing so. Now, Kader has added fuel to the fire by releasing a bizarre promo video for his alleged gym fight with Garbrandt, complete with an introduction by Octagon announcer Bruce Buffer. See this video, which Kader shared to his official Twitter, below:

Russell Ess - May 26, 2017

We could be seeing UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt fight sooner than we thought. Earlier this week, Garbrandt got into a heated Twitter exchange with a bodybuilder named Matthew Kline Kader. It all started after Garbrandt replied to one of Dillashaw’s tweets about fighting UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson.

Russell Ess - May 25, 2017

It is too bad that Cody Garbrandt and TJ Dillashaw will not be settling their feud at UFC 213 as originally planned. Garbrandt suffered a back injury and will not be recovered in time to train for the fight by the July 8 event in Las Vegas, Nevada.

bjpenndotcom - May 20, 2017

Over the course of this week, there has been much speculation as to whether or not UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt would be able to make his first title defense at UFC 213 on July 8th. While Garbrandt was slated to fight TJ Dillashaw on the highly anticipated card, news surfaced earlier this week that Garbrandt was being flown to see UFC President Dana White’s doctor in Germany about a back injury that could potentially keep him off UFC 213. While Garbrandt and the MMA community were skeptical that the treatment would leave Garbrandt in a position to recover and fight so soon, UFC President Dana White held out hope.

bjpenndotcom - May 19, 2017

On July 8th, UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt is set to step into the Octagon to defend his title against former teammate, and former UFC bantamweight champion, TJ Dillashaw at UFC 213. Unfortunately, ahead of the fight, Garbrandt has revealed that his back is injured. The champ was sent to UFC President Dana White’s doctor in Germany who cured White’s Meneires Disease. While White is extremely confident that Garbrandt will come home from Germany healthy enough to fight, a backup plan is in place. Should ‘No Love’ be unable to defend his title, TJ Dillashaw will likely drop down to flyweight and challenge Demetrious Johnson for the UFC flyweight title, where Johnson will look to set the record for most UFC title defenses.

Russell Ess - May 12, 2017

The UFC 213 bantamweight title fight between champion Cody Garbrandt and former champion TJ Dillashaw may be on rocky roads. The two former teammates are slated to settle their differences in the Octagon at UFC 213 following their stints as coaches on the current season of The Ultimate Fighter. However, both fighters took to social media on Friday to reveal some information that could potentially push the fight back to a later date.

bjpenndotcom - May 2, 2017

This July, UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt will step into the Octagon against his former teammate, former bantamweight champion, TJ Dillashaw at UFC 213. Prior to the pair fighting, they have coached opposite one another on The Ultimate Fighter, where they engaged in several heated exchanges, the most noteworthy saw Garbrandt choke his former teammate. Interestingly enough, former bantamweight kingpin Dominick Cruz, who has fought both men, believes that Garbrandt will win the fight. During a recent appearance on The MMA Hour, Dominick Cruz elaborated on how Dillashaw’s style makes him a good matchup for his former teammate, but why it won’t be enough:

Tom Taylor - May 1, 2017

This July 8, when the UFC takes over Las Vegas with UFC 213, bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt will attempt to defend his title against a former champion – and former teammate – in TJ Dillashaw. On Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour, another former champion in Dominick Cruz gave his take on this upcoming battle. Given that Cruz has fought both Dillashaw and Garbrandt – beating the first and losing to the latter – his thoughts on their fight are especially interesting.

bjpenndotcom - April 27, 2017

While former UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw, and UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt certainly have a very public and very longstanding feud, the pair momentarily put their beef aside recently after Garbrandt revealed via social media that he was engaged to be married. Garbrandt posted a photo with his fiancé to social media, which prompted a response from Dillashaw:

Tom Taylor - April 26, 2017

Bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt and former bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw used to train together at Team Alpha Male. Now, they don’t. Instead, they seem to share a real, reciprocal disdain for one another – a disdain that will come to a head when they battle for the divisional title at UFC 213 this July. Before they battle for gold at UFC 213, Garbrandt and Dillashaw are serving as rival coaches on the latest season of The Ultimate Fighter. This platform, when paired with the power of social media, is giving them ample opportunity to take their beef to new heights.

Tom Taylor - April 25, 2017

Bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt and former bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw used to train together at Team Alpha Male. Now, they don’t. Instead, they seem to share a real, reciprocal disdain for one another – a disdain that will come to a head when they battle for the divisional title at UFC 213 this July. Much of Dillashaw and Garbrandt’s beef can be attributed to Garbrandt’s frequent claims that he has footage of himself knocking Dillashaw out in a training session. This alleged video recently started generating headlines again when Garbrandt suggested he’d sell it and give the profits to charity.

Tom Taylor - April 24, 2017

Back in November of 2013, Team Alpha Male‘s Chris Holdsworth won season 18 of The Ultimate Fighter with a second-round rear-naked choke win over Davey Grant. In May of 2014, he scored a decision win over Chico Camus, moving to 2-0 in the Octagon and 6-0 overall, and establishing himself as one of the brightest young prospects in the UFC bantamweight division. He has not been seen in the cage since.

Russell Ess - April 21, 2017

The UFC bantamweight title fight between champion Cody Garbrandt and former champion TJ Dillashaw is heating up as they are set to meet in the Octagon at UFC 213 on July 8. With the two former teammates also starring as opposing coaches in the current season of The Ultimate Fighter, there is a ton of history between the two opponents. Once friends and training partners, they now find themselves on opposite sides set to do battle in the Octagon.

Russell Ess - April 18, 2017

Many fans are hoping to see a superfight between UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson and bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt for Johnson’s chance to make history by beating Anderson Silva’s title defense record. With Johnson getting his hand raised in his 10th title defense against Wilson Reis at UFC on FOX 24 over the weekend, “Mighty Mouse” tied Silva’s record for the most consecutive title defenses in UFC history.

Russell Ess - April 14, 2017

UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt and former champion TJ Dillashaw are set to settle their feud in the Octagon. The two former Team Alpha Male teammates will surely look to use their expereience with training together in the past to capitalize on each other during their UFC 213 title fight taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 8. Here we get a glimpse of the action between Garbrandt and Dillashaw in another amazing poster done by the creative artist Boss Logic.