On Sunday evening, undefeated rising UFC contenders Thomas Almeida and Cody Garbrandt will meet in the UFC Fight Night 88 main event, live on FOX Sports 1. Before that, however, they must go through the usual fight week …
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On Sunday evening, undefeated rising UFC contenders Thomas Almeida and Cody Garbrandt will meet in the UFC Fight Night 88 main event, live on FOX Sports 1. Before that, however, they must go through the usual fight week activities.
Embedded above are some video highlights of the official UFC Fight Night 88 open workouts from Las Vegas, Nevada this weekend.
Check back here at MMANews.com on Sunday evening for a complete UFC Fight Night 88 report.
On Saturday, the official weigh-ins will be held for what UFC President Dana White is referring to as the “sleeper card of the year,” as UFC Fight Night 88 goes down live this Sunday.
Featuring a main event of Thomas …
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On Saturday, the official weigh-ins will be held for what UFC President Dana White is referring to as the “sleeper card of the year,” as UFC Fight Night 88 goes down live this Sunday.
Featuring a main event of Thomas Almeida vs. Cody Garbrandt and a stacked undercard, UFN 88 will air live on FOX Sports 1.
Below is the scheduled lineup for this Sunday’s event in Las Vegas, Nevada:
FOX Sports 1 Main Card (9pm EST):
Thomas Almeida () vs. Cody Garbrandt ()
Renan Barao () vs. Jeremy Stephens ()
Rick Story () vs. Tarec Saffiedine ()
Chris Camozzi () vs. Vitor Miranda ()
Jorge Masvidal () vs. Lorenz Larkin ()
Josh Burkman () vs. Paul Felder ()
FOX Sports 1 Preliminary Card (7pm EST):
Jessica Eye () vs. Sara McMann ()
Abel Trujillo () vs. Jordan Rinaldi ()
Alberto Uda () vs. Jake Collier ()
Erik Koch () vs. Eric Campbell ()
UFC Fight Pass Preliminary Card (6pm EST):
Aljamain Sterling () vs. Bryan Caraway ()
Chris DeLaRocha () vs. Adam Milstead ()
Heading into the biggest fight of his MMA career when he takes on fellow rising prospect Thomas Almeida in the main event of this Sunday night’s (May 29, 2016) UFC Fight Night 88 from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, bantamweight knockout artist Cody Garbrandt has had a surprisingly distraction-free training camp. In
Heading into the biggest fight of his MMA career when he takes on fellow rising prospect Thomas Almeida in the main event of this Sunday night’s (May 29, 2016) UFC Fight Night 88 from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, bantamweight knockout artist Cody Garbrandt has had a surprisingly distraction-free training camp.
In a recent interview with MMA Junkie’s Mike Bohn, Garbrandt said that while the drama of the departures of former UFC champ TJ Dillashaw and longtime team mainstay Joseph Benavidez had previously thrown a wrench into his preparation, that hasn’t been the case for his pivotal showdown with Almeida this weekend:
“I wish there was more drama. I always felt like when I’m invested in ways or put in situations where I have to overcome a lot of adversity going into fights. This is the first time where I’m just training and that’s it. Nothing really gets in my mind, and nothing blocks my focus from what I have to do when the fight comes on that day when I step in the octagon.
“It doesn’t really bother me if there’s drama with the team or if people believe in something or talk (expletive) about the team. I don’t let it enter my training or my thought process. When I leave the gym, I don’t think about fighting. I think about being with my family and other things from just fighting. That’s why I can stay in my own lane with stuff like that. I think about what I cherish the most. That drama is a small percentage of my life.”
With the beef between Dillashaw and Team Alpha Male founder Urijah Faber obviously the biggest story from the Sacramento-based camp over the past year, it would seem that Garbrandt has been able to rise above (despite some measured outbursts at Dillashaw in the media) and focus on the fight ahead.
That’s probably a good thing, as the 20-0 Almeida is rightfully regarded as the future of the suddenly burgeoning 135-pound landscape, something that will be all but confirmed if he can hand the 8-0 Garbrandt his first-ever professional loss on Sunday.
But Garbrandt obviously doesn’t see that happening, and he has a very specific reason why. Read on to the next page to find out why Garbrandt said his style beats Almeida’s everyday…