Don’t expect Cody Garbrandt and T.J. Dillashaw to be chummy anytime soon. The two bantamweights are on a collision course for Garbrandt’s Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 135-pound title in July. Before they collide this summer, “No Love” and Dillashaw will be opposing coached on season 25 of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF). This season is being […]
Don’t expect Cody Garbrandt and T.J. Dillashaw to be chummy anytime soon. The two bantamweights are on a collision course for Garbrandt’s Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 135-pound title in July. Before they collide this summer, “No Love” and Dillashaw will be opposing coached on season 25 of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF). This season is being […]
Former Team Alpha Male teammates Cody Garbrandt and TJ Dillashaw will fight for Garbrandt’s newly acquired UFC bantamweight title later this year after they coach opposite each other on the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter. Since losing his title to Dominick Cruz last January, Dillashaw has won two straight over Raphael Assuncao and John
Former Team Alpha Male teammates Cody Garbrandt and TJ Dillashaw will fight for Garbrandt’s newly acquired UFC bantamweight title later this year after they coach opposite each other on the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter.
Since losing his title to Dominick Cruz last January, Dillashaw has won two straight over Raphael Assuncao and John Lineker to earn another shot at divisional supremacy. Garbrandt, on the other hand, recently dominated Cruz over the course of five rounds to steal the title at this past December’s UFC 207.
The two bantamweights have seemed to stir up a rivalry since Dillashaw’s departure from the Sacramento-based Team Alpha Male, but the ex-champion recently told Submission Radio that him and “No Love” were never close. He also said that the champion tends to put on an act when the cameras are rolling:
“I was never close with him, I was never friends with him and he’s just obsessed with what I’m doing and how I’m living and what’s going on in my life,” Dillashaw said. “I don’t question anything of what he’s got going on cause that’s him. I could care less. You know, I just kind of feel like they’re just obsessed with what I’ve got going on. Off-camera, not on interviews, things are fine. Things are perfectly fine. We’re in rooms together and things are nothing, but as soon as the camera’s on and doing interviews, he’s the tough guy because he wants to look cool. For him it’s all about looking cool and getting his social media followers up. It’s a lot of petty stuff. He’s getting his hair lined up and his eyebrows waxed and looking as cool as he possibly can, but really I think it makes him look just kinda dumb, you know, to buy into all that. He really doesn’t have the wits behind him. He can talk, but really it’s just him getting angry. You saw with Cruz as well, he just kinda gets angry and loses it. He really doesn’t have any valid points.”
Who do you expect to walk away with 135-pound gold when Garbrandt and Dillashaw settle their bad blood later this year?
Dominant UFC flyweight champion Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson has come dangerously close to cleaning out the 125-pound division, as he’s unbeaten at the weight, having defended his title an impressive nine consecutive times. Due to his vast success at flyweight, Johnson has been linked to multiple super fights, as some have suggested he move back
Dominant UFC flyweight champion Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson has come dangerously close to cleaning out the 125-pound division, as he’s unbeaten at the weight, having defended his title an impressive nine consecutive times.
Due to his vast success at flyweight, Johnson has been linked to multiple super fights, as some have suggested he move back up to 135-pounds to further test himself.
Recently speaking on the matter, “Mighty Mouse” said that he’d fight bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt if the money was right, although his focus currently lies on breaking Anderson Silva’s title defense record, which he is one defense shy of:
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All About The Money
“Yeah definitely, if the money’s right,” Johnson told NESN when asked about a potential bout with ‘No Love’. “It’s always about the money aspect of it, you know. I need to have an incentive to go up and do it, you know. When you look at the best athletes around the world – a good example is Usain Bolt – he runs the 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash every single year at the Olympics, and he breaks his own record, but no one ever tells him, ‘Why don’t you run a 400? Why don’t you run a mile? I mean, you’re fast.’ Because he’s always focused on his craft, which is trying to beat his record, and that’s why I’m trying to do. I’m trying to beat my record. I’m trying to always improve myself, better myself and trying to beat Anderson Silva’s record.”
Johnson doesn’t currently have his next fight scheduled, although it will likely be another defense of his flyweight title.
Would you like to see “Mighty Mouse” eventually move up for a blockbuster fight?
The sounds of fans calling for a bantamweight “super fight” are all too familiar to Demetrious Johnson. The reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) flyweight title holder has had nine straight successful title defenses. He is just one away from tying Anderson Silva’s record. “Mighty Mouse” is heavily focused on tying and beating the record. Many […]
The sounds of fans calling for a bantamweight “super fight” are all too familiar to Demetrious Johnson. The reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) flyweight title holder has had nine straight successful title defenses. He is just one away from tying Anderson Silva’s record. “Mighty Mouse” is heavily focused on tying and beating the record. Many […]
If you’ve wondered how they can make the “reality show” side of The Ultimate Fighter any better than previous seasons, the upcoming 25th version of the series might take the cake. With Cody Garbrandt and TJ Dillashaw serving as head coaches, we’re sure to get plenty of back-and-forth trash-talk between the former Team Alpha Male […]
If you’ve wondered how they can make the “reality show” side of The Ultimate Fighter any better than previous seasons, the upcoming 25th version of the series might take the cake. With Cody Garbrandt and TJ Dillashaw serving as head coaches, we’re sure to get plenty of back-and-forth trash-talk between the former Team Alpha Male […]
Various renown names in MMA including Cody Garbrandt, Vitor Belfort and Hector Lombard took to social media in their reaction to the new president of the U.S.A, Donald J. Trump.
Trump’s inauguration today ensured that there was a buzz on the social media platform. Various names across the world of MMA had their say on the man of the hour, with the majority of tweets and Instagram posts supporting the 45th president of the United States.
While politics and sports should usually be kept apart, some of the world’s biggest names in Mixed Martial Arts sent their congratulations to the new man inside the White House, or at least were diplomatic in response to his “swearing in” as president:
Various renown names in MMA including Cody Garbrandt, Vitor Belfort and Hector Lombard took to social media in their reaction to the new president of the U.S.A, Donald J. Trump.
Trump’s inauguration today ensured that there was a buzz on the social media platform. Various names across the world of MMA had their say on the man of the hour, with the majority of tweets and Instagram posts supporting the 45th president of the United States.
While politics and sports should usually be kept apart, some of the world’s biggest names in Mixed Martial Arts sent their congratulations to the new man inside the White House, or at least were diplomatic in response to his “swearing in” as president:
