Back at UFC 202, Cody Garbrandt put his record and standing in the UFC’s bantamweight division on the line against Takeya Mizugaki in a meeting of contenders.
In short order, the 25-yea…
Back at UFC 202, Cody Garbrandt put his record and standing in the UFC’s bantamweight division on the line against Takeya Mizugaki in a meeting of contenders.
In short order, the 25-year-old Garbrandt proved why he just might be the future of the 135-pound division, taking out Mizugaki and moving into a meeting with champion Dominick Cruz at UFC 207.
Garbrandt and Cruz will square off December 30 in the co-main event of UFC 207 from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Garbrandt, a member of Team Alpha Male, will try to do what mentor Urijah Faber was unable to do in taking the strap off “The Dominator.”
Check out a complete fight replay off the Garbrandt-Mizugaki contest in the video above.
A pair of bantamweights with a combined 43 wins between them will meet at UFC on FOX 22, as Eddie Wineland and Takeya Mizugaki have signed on the dotted line.
Wineland (22-11-1) sports …
A pair of bantamweights with a combined 43 wins between them will meet at UFC on FOX 22, as Eddie Wineland and Takeya Mizugaki have signed on the dotted line.
Wineland (22-11-1) sports a 4-5 record overall inside the Octagon, including just one win in his last three. The 32-year-old finished Frankie Saenz in July, his third finish since 2012.
Mizugaki (21-10-2), who will turn 33 just a day before the card, was stopped by Cody Garbrandt in August in the first round. He is just 1-3 over his last four, falling also to Aljamain Sterling and current division champion Dominick Cruz.
UFC on FOX 22 takes place December 17 from Sacramento, California and features Paige VanZant vs. Michelle Waterson in the main event.
The UFC 202 prelims did an average of average of 1.3 million viewers from 8-10 pm eastern standard time. This is up from the UFC 201 prelims that drew 423,000 viewers. Viewership for the UFC 202 prelims was down 30% from the UFC 196 prelims that did 1,843,000 viewers, which Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz
The UFC 202 prelims did an average of average of 1.3 million viewers from 8-10 pm eastern standard time. This is up from the UFC 201 prelims that drew 423,000 viewers. Viewership for the UFC 202 prelims was down 30% from the UFC 196 prelims that did 1,843,000 viewers, which Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz fought in the main event.
UFC 202 took place on Saturday, August 20th, 2016, at the T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas, Nevada. The UFC Fight Pass prelims aired at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT while the FOX Sports 1 prelims aired at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, and the main card aired on PPV at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. On the four-card FS1 prelims, Cody Garbrandt vs. Takeya Mizugaki, Raquel Pennington vs. Elizabeth Phillips, Chris Avila vs. Artem Lobov, and Cortney Casey vs. Randa Markos were featured.
The UFC 202 prelims went up against stiff competition as the show went up against the Summer Olympics, which did 15 million viewers during prime time.
Here are the viewership numbers for all UFC PPV prelims in 2016:
UFC 202: 1,300,000 viewers.
UFC 201: 423,000 viewers.
UFC 200: 1,786,000 viewers.
UFC 199: 798,000 viewers.
UFC 198: 786,000 viewers.
UFC 197: 835,000 viewers.
UFC 196: 1,843,000 viewers.
UFC 195: 1,023,000 viewers.
The UFC returns to television this Saturday with UFC on FOX 21 from the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia. The early prelims will air on UFC Fight Pass at 4 p.m. ET while the other prelims will air on FOX at 6 p.m. ET. The four-bout main card will air on FOX at 8 p.m. ET.
Following the UFC 202 post-show on FOX Sports, which immediately proceeded the pay-per-view broadcast, highlights of a couple of the fights from Saturday night’s event were made available for free.
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Following the UFC 202 post-show on FOX Sports, which immediately proceeded the pay-per-view broadcast, highlights of a couple of the fights from Saturday night’s event were made available for free.
Featured above are highlights of the Cody Garbrandt vs. Takeya Mizugaki fight, which includes Garbrandt’s brutal shot and follow-up barrage that earned him a 48 second TKO victory, the second fastest stoppage on the show behind Anthony “Rumble” Johnson’s stunning 13-second knockout of Glover Teixeira in the co-main event of the pay-per-view card.
Cody “No Love” Garbrandt continued his climb up the UFC Bantamweight ladder by defeating Takeya Mizugaki via TKO due to strikes at the 0:48 mark of the very first round in the fight that served as the main event for the FS1 televised preliminary card. For those who missed the show, click here to read our detailed round-by-round results.
Current No. 8-ranked UFC bantamweight Cody Garbrandt has been seen frequently in headlines these past few weeks after engaging in a war of words with current 135-pound champ Dominick Cruz. ‘No Love’ has aspirations of one day sitting atop the mountain of the UFC’s bantamweight division; a feat only two men who aren’t named Dominick Cruz have
Current No. 8-ranked UFC bantamweight Cody Garbrandt has been seen frequently in headlines these past few weeks after engaging in a war of words with current 135-pound champ Dominick Cruz.
‘No Love’ has aspirations of one day sitting atop the mountain of the UFC’s bantamweight division; a feat only two men who aren’t named Dominick Cruz have accomplished in the division’s history, however, none of them did it by defeating ‘The Dominator’.
During a recent interview with FOX Sports, Garbrandt stated that he has been dreaming of fighting Cruz since his adolescence and revealed his 135-pound hit list in the process:
“I’ve got a UFC hit list. My UFC hit list goes like this — by default it’s Takeya Mizugaki, he’s my next fight. Then it goes Dominick Cruz, TJ Dillashaw, John Lineker. That’s my UFC hit list,” Garbrandt said.
“I’ve been thinking about whooping his ass since I was a kid, since I was a teenager,” Garbrandt said. “That’s no lie. Since the WEC days and all that.
I’ve had over a million fights with Dominick Cruz in my head and I’ve won every one of them. It’s finally coming. It’s right there and he knows it”
While Garbrandt takes nothing away from Cruz’s legendary accomplishments inside the Octagon, the Team Alpha Male product doesn’t believe Cruz has ever faced a young-and-hungry prospect with fight-ending power like himself:
“When has that guy fought a young, hungry lion that’s been coming up, that’s proved himself, climbed the rankings that’s hungry and had such drive and laser focus to get the top? Coming from nothing.
That’s why I think he’s got the title — he beat TJ (Dillashaw), he beat (Urijah) Faber — and nothing against him, coming back from injury and being out for so long, good for him.
Give him a round of applause for that but when’s the last time he fought a young, hungry, heavy hitting, mean mother (expletive) that loves to fight?” Garbrandt said.
“He hasn’t. That’s why he’s fearful of me. That’s why he doesn’t want to fight me. He knows I’m hungry to get in there. It’s almost there.
I’m more focused, more driven, more motivated and hungrier to do this because it’s right there. It’s within arm’s reach. I want to reach out and grab his throat.”
May 29, 2016; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Cody Garbrandt (blue gloves) punches Thomas Almeida (red gloves) during UFC Fight Night at Mandalay Bay Events Center. Mandatory Credit: Joshua Dahl-USA TODAY Sports
‘No Love’ seems to have it all planned out following his bout with Takeya Mizugaki this Saturday, as he claims he will then challenge Cruz for the belt before defending it against former teammate TJ Dillashaw next:
“I’ll beat Takeya, I’ll fight Dominick for the title, TJ is the first title defense, knock him out, bring on John Lineker, I’ll knock him out. He doesn’t get off the hook that easy.
He was supposed to get that ass whooped in February. That’s my game plan. That’s what I want,” Garbrandt said.
“I don’t see any fighter that’s ever had a hit list out. That’s my hit list and I’m sticking to it.”
Garbrandt will take on Mizugaki on the main card of UFC 202 live on pay-per-view (PPV), from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 20, 2016.
UFC officials are close to announcing an exciting new bantamweight bout for their upcoming UFC 202 pay-per-view event in August.
According to MMAFighting.com, UFC is close to finalizing a deal to add Cody Garbrandt vs. Takeya Mizugaki to the UFC 203…
UFC officials are close to announcing an exciting new bantamweight bout for their upcoming UFC 202 pay-per-view event in August.
According to MMAFighting.com, UFC is close to finalizing a deal to add Cody Garbrandt vs. Takeya Mizugaki to the UFC 203 event.
Garbrandt (9-0) has amasssed a perfect 4-0 record inside the Octagon, with his latest victory coming by way of knockout over previously undefeated Brazilian contender Thomas Almeida in May.
Mizugakki (21-9-2), most recently fought — and defeated — George Roop via unanimous decision back in December.
Headlined by Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz 2, UFC 202 is scheduled to take place on August 20, 2016 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
While Garbrandt takes nothing away from Cruz’s legendary accomplishments inside the Octagon, the Team Alpha Male product doesn’t believe Cruz has ever faced a young-and-hungry prospect with fight-ending power like himself:
