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Cody Garbrandt vs. T.J. Dillashaw Announced as UFC 213 Co-Main Event

UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt and T.J. Dillashaw will bring their rivalry to the Octagon at UFC 213 as the co-main event.
Per Damon Martin of Fox Sports, UFC President Dana White confirmed the bout during the UFC 210 post-event press c…

UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt and T.J. Dillashaw will bring their rivalry to the Octagon at UFC 213 as the co-main event.

Per Damon Martin of Fox Sports, UFC President Dana White confirmed the bout during the UFC 210 post-event press conference: “Obviously, Cody and T.J. are already on that card [at UFC 213], so yeah, we’ll see how that goes.”

Garbrandt also confirmed he’ll be fighting on the card:

Garbrandt and Dillashaw are the coaches on The Ultimate Fighter 25, so fans already knew the two would eventually face each other.

They haven’t made a secret of their dislike for one another, either. The preview for TUF 25 showed the current champion grabbing his future opponent by the throat, amid plenty of trash talking (warning: NSFW language):

Dillashaw is a former bantamweight title holder, losing the belt to Dominick Cruz in January 2016. Garbrandt dominated Cruz at UFC 207 in December to claim the title for himself.

The rivalry between the two has been brewing for some time, as reported by Lewis Mckeever of BloodyElbow.com. During TUF 22, lightweight champion Conor McGregor called Dillashaw a snake, and Garbrandt believes he was right:

According to Martin, White still hopes to make the bout between middleweight champion Michael Bisping and veteran star Georges St-Pierre the main event for UFC 213.

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Cody Garbrandt Wants Fight With Demetrious Johnson After He’s Finished With TJ Dillashaw

UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt has set his goals very high as he believes he can be the one to stop Demetrious Johnson from breaking Anderson Silva’s longstanding UFC title defense record. The key to all of that is for him to drop weight in order to accept the fight, which is willing to do.

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Johnson (25-2-1) is the only flyweight champion in UFC history and will attempt to match Silva’s record of 10 consecutive defenses when he faces Wilson Reis at UFC on FOX 24 next month. If Johnson can win that fight, then he would have to win one more fight to set a new record. However, Garbrandt (11-0) believes he can prevent that from happening.

Despite being the champion at bantamweight, Garbrandt is more interested in fight Johnson if he can successfully defend his belt against T.J. Dillashaw (14-3) in the summer.

“I’d rather go down (a weight class) before I go up,” Garbrandt said in an interview with Onnit CEO Aubrey Marcus. “Demetrious has a fight with Wilson Reis in the not too distant future that’s coming up. He’ll tie Anderson Silva’s record, then his next fight would be the all-time record. He’s going for the huge record. Make him earn it (by fighting me).”

Garbrandt is coaching against Dillashaw on the upcoming “The Ultimate Fighter 25” series, but after that, he thinks that he has several options including expressing interest in showdowns with UFC featherweight champ Jose Aldo and UFC lightweight champ Conor McGregor. However, those fights are not realistic, but a fight with Johnson is a possible fight that can be booked.

“Obviously T.J. is first and foremost – I’m focused on him – but you have to think about other things,” Garbrandt said. “Conor’s not fighting, Aldo and (Max) Holloway are fighting (at UFC 212 in June), so that ties up (everyone but) Demetrious, and he’s pound-for-pound best, incredible fighter, great human. I like him a lot and his family, but for me it’s a legacy I set out to build. Friendships are friendships, but it’s business at the end of the day, and I think it could go on as a huge fight, especially for that division because it’s kind of lackluster a lot.”

“I’m young, 25, so if I go down (in weight) now, the time is now for that fight (with Johnson) to be on the rise,” Garbrandt said. “I really think that should be (the next fight) – after the T.J. fight of course. … I’ll wait and see if Dominick comes back, but if not I’m going to go after ‘DJ.’”

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TJ Dillashaw: Conor McGregor Has Big Holes In His Game

TJ Dillashaw knows there are some big holes in UFC lightweight champ Conor McGregor’s game. Dillashaw is currently attempting to re-claim the 135-pound title that he lost to Dominick Cruz back in January of last year. Cruz would eventually suffer his first loss in almost a decade and drop the strap to Dillashaw’s former training

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TJ Dillashaw knows there are some big holes in UFC lightweight champ Conor McGregor’s game.

Dillashaw is currently attempting to re-claim the 135-pound title that he lost to Dominick Cruz back in January of last year. Cruz would eventually suffer his first loss in almost a decade and drop the strap to Dillashaw’s former training partner, Cody Garbrandt.

Now the two former friends will coach opposite one another on the 25th season of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF 25), with an inevitable title bout on the docket for the second half of the year. While recently speaking to Fight Hub TV ahead of the pending title bout, Dillashaw recently commented on the rumored boxing match between UFC lightweight champ Conor McGregor and boxing great Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Dillashaw has a small bit of history against ‘The Notorious One’, having helped former training partner Chad Mendes prepare for his interim featherweight title bout against the Irishman at UFC 189 back in 2015. The former bantamweight champ says he and ‘Money’ exploited some big holes in McGregor’s game, as Mendes took ‘Mystic Mac’ down and bludgeoned him for the first two rounds of the fight.

McGregor was able to get back to his feet after Mendes tired out in the latter half of the second round and win the interim strap via knockout, going on to UFC 194 five months later to knock out Jose Aldo in just 13 seconds to unify the titles and become the 145-pound division’s undisputed champion.

Heading into Mendes’ meeting against McGregor in ‘Sin City’ Dillashaw doubted the then up-and-coming knockout artist’s ability to hang with ‘Money’, but he has a way of proving his doubters wrong on frequent occasion, and he could do the same against Mayweather:

“Mayweather man, I think so. Just cause of the experience. I always doubt him though, I always doubt McGregor. We’ll see, he’s big – my training partner Chad Mendes made fun of him. Going into that fight we knew of some big holes in Conor’s game, Chad exploited it. Chad got to train ten days for that fight, beat him up for two rounds, then gassed out and got beat.

“I just doubted the holes he had in his game, Diaz exploited it as well that he does have some big holes. Now he’s going to fight the best boxer ever and it’s pretty huge but, McGregor’s huge man. He’s a big dude. He walks around at like 180 probably. That’s a big difference between Mayweather.”

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Dominick Cruz Wants The Next Title Shot

Dominick Cruz wants his title back. The former UFC bantamweight champ is coming off of his first loss in nearly a decade when he dropped a unanimous decision to Cody Garbrandt in the co-main event of UFC 207 live on pay-per-view (PPV). ‘The Dominator’s’ 13-fight win streak was snapped after the lopsided defeat, but Cruz’s

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Dominick Cruz wants his title back.

The former UFC bantamweight champ is coming off of his first loss in nearly a decade when he dropped a unanimous decision to Cody Garbrandt in the co-main event of UFC 207 live on pay-per-view (PPV). ‘The Dominator’s’ 13-fight win streak was snapped after the lopsided defeat, but Cruz’s confidence remained intact.

Cruz’s longtime head coach at Alliance MMA, Eric Del Fierro, says the former champ is doing well after the loss, and is focusing on getting back to 100 percent before he steps back into the Octagon (quotes via MMA Junkie):

“Whomever’s got the belt, that’s who (Cruz) wants next. Dominick is good,” said Del Fierro. “You guys have seen him around – he stays positive, he does his thing. Right now, he’s just taking care of his body. He’s training – not 100 percent, full time – but he’s here training and just kind of letting his body heal.

“With that plantar fasciitis, that seems to be the one of the most complicated injuries he’s ever had, and I say that because anybody that’s had that injury, or that condition, it just doesn’t go away. And the only thing that really helps it is rest.”

Del Fierro went on to praise Garbrandt for him composure inside of the Octagon, and believes that ‘No Love’ has not yet shown the world everything he has stored up in his arsenal:

“I think Cody’s slick,” Del Fierro said. “He’s slick, and I think what he showed is a lot of composure. I think he’s got a lot more that he hasn’t shown. Rematches are always difficult, and teammates fighting teammates is a whole different level of mental battle, so the question is who can put it aside more than the other and I would kind of give that edge to Cody – but I don’t know.”

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