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New interview with Cody Garbrandt over the weekend on Submission Radio
Some Topics Covered:
-his upcoming fight against John Lineker at Fight Night Pittsburgh
-how he plans on embarrassing John and why he doesn't fear his knockout power
-recently cross-training at Jackson/Winkeljohn's
-if he would ever train at Team Elevation
-Joseph Benavidez and Lance Palmer training in Colorado not going over so well
-why fighting TJ Dillashaw wouldn't be awkward
-Urijah Faber's plans to retire after he wins the belt from Dominick Cruz
-his tattoos
-why he has so many and which one hurt the most
-if it's awkward in training between him and ex-girlfriend Paige VanZant
-his Tinder experiences with catfish and what the best place is to pick up
-and lots more.
Some Quotes:
If Urijah Faber potentially becoming champion complicates things for Cody in regards to going for the title
“If Urijah would be the champion I think he would beat Cruz in the next fight. We talked about it before, he’ll go out as champion, retire, you know? Like, Urijah has done so much for the sport and been a world champion, he’s been the Featherweight king at the WEC - and people seem to forget Urijah ruled that era for a very long time, fought some of the best fighters. What else would he have to prove? You win the title and go out, storybook ending. Boom, done. If he goes two and one against Cruz, wins a world title and then goes on and lives his life. He’s the California Kid, he does what he always does. He’s always in the gym, he’s got his other business endeavours you know. We’ve been talking about it, that would be the perfect storybook ending. So…then the title would be up for grabs, but yeah, I don’t think I could ever fight Urijah. For sure, never. I would never want to, and I don’t think that would be a possibility. He’s only got a few more fights left, maybe the one, maybe the Cruz fight. So yeah, I hope that never had to come down to it. He’s given me so much in my life and helped out so much, with letting me on the team and just opened a bunch of doors for me. He knows that I would never want to fight him, world title or not. That’s where if something happened, I would really probably walk away probably, because I have so much respect for Urijah and just as a human being and a person that he is.”
If Cody and Urijah actually spoke about him retiring after fighting Cruz for the title
“Yeah we talked about it. I mean, what else does he do? You beat Cruz, who just beat TJ for the title.”
“Yeah we talked about it, we talked about it. His fight with Cruz is a storybook ending. He’s had his career, being champion and then fighting back, losing the title, coming back, dropping a weight class, losing a close fight to the champion, another title fight, losing these close title fights and then coming back and then winning the last fight to win the title. That’s the story book ending. That’s how I want to be done with my career. I don’t want to crawl away from the UFC, I wanna walk with my head held high, say I’ve done everything that I could to my best ability, and you know, I want to be something that the sport and passion I love for so long. A lot of fighters don’t get to do that. A lot of fighters crawl away from fighting and it leaves a bad taste in there mouth. I wanna remember these years that I have been blessed with and these opportunities that I was blessed with, to be able to walk away with my head held high and say ‘hey, I did every single thing that I could with my God-given abilities to be the world champion and have the longevity in my career’, not to crawl away from fighting, to be able to walk away with my head held high and be like, hey, moving on to my next chapter of my life.”
On how Cody plans on dealing with John Lineker’s KO power
“If you get hit by that shit, you just deserve to get hit by that. He can’t throw a straight punch to save his life. I think honestly he closes his eyes and swings when he’s in the pocket. I have an extensive boxing background, my skills are definitely developing with the work with [Justin] Buchholz and these coaches. So I have the perfect game plan for him. I’m gonna fight my pace, dictate where this fight goes. He’s gonna be dancing to my tune, you know. So I don’t know. Everyone wants to say he has knock out power, but it’s the same thing, I’ve dropped everybody that I fought, from the amateurs all the way up. I’ve not touched someone’s chin that hasn’t dropped, hasn’t been on the canvas. So he’s coming up to my weight, you know what I mean. He wanted to sit down and beat up on 125-pounders and miss weight. He’s been defeated by that scale four times, so right there he’s mentally weak. So if it goes into a deep fight, where he has broken before - four times, not once, four times from a scale, not making weight. Half the battle is making weight, so he broke there. He’s mentally weak, I’ll drown him wherever we go. If I want to take an arm, knock him out, I’m going to get the win no matter what. But I see, I keep visualising a huge knockout and me just pounding his face in. And that’s what I look forward to. You know, I just weather the storm. He’s going to come out guns slinging, throwing those double hooks, left and right to the body, right to the head, [he’s] very telegraphic with his punches. And all of his fights are the same, you know, it’s right hand to the body, lead left hook to the head, and then he gets up to people bailing and then he can kind of like tomahawks the left hook, double left hook at them. So basically man, I’m just gonna pick this dude apart. I’m too fast for him, I hit too hard, and this is what I’m fighting for. I asked for this fight. This is a fight that I asked for, that I really wanted, and it’s happening at the right time in my career, and I’m very, very thankful to go against a game opponent. Don’t get me wrong, I respect him, but I’m not going to fear him. I think a lot of people go in there “oh he hits hard” and this and that. That’s for who to say? Who says he hits hard? Like for me, anyone can throw from their waist and hit hard. You gotta be able to hit the person. So I think I’m just too elusive on my feet for him, and once he gets tagged up, he’ll be trying to come in for a knockout, but he’s going to run into so many counters that he’s not gonna know where he’s at.”
Some Topics Covered:
-his upcoming fight against John Lineker at Fight Night Pittsburgh
-how he plans on embarrassing John and why he doesn't fear his knockout power
-recently cross-training at Jackson/Winkeljohn's
-if he would ever train at Team Elevation
-Joseph Benavidez and Lance Palmer training in Colorado not going over so well
-why fighting TJ Dillashaw wouldn't be awkward
-Urijah Faber's plans to retire after he wins the belt from Dominick Cruz
-his tattoos
-why he has so many and which one hurt the most
-if it's awkward in training between him and ex-girlfriend Paige VanZant
-his Tinder experiences with catfish and what the best place is to pick up
-and lots more.
Some Quotes:
If Urijah Faber potentially becoming champion complicates things for Cody in regards to going for the title
“If Urijah would be the champion I think he would beat Cruz in the next fight. We talked about it before, he’ll go out as champion, retire, you know? Like, Urijah has done so much for the sport and been a world champion, he’s been the Featherweight king at the WEC - and people seem to forget Urijah ruled that era for a very long time, fought some of the best fighters. What else would he have to prove? You win the title and go out, storybook ending. Boom, done. If he goes two and one against Cruz, wins a world title and then goes on and lives his life. He’s the California Kid, he does what he always does. He’s always in the gym, he’s got his other business endeavours you know. We’ve been talking about it, that would be the perfect storybook ending. So…then the title would be up for grabs, but yeah, I don’t think I could ever fight Urijah. For sure, never. I would never want to, and I don’t think that would be a possibility. He’s only got a few more fights left, maybe the one, maybe the Cruz fight. So yeah, I hope that never had to come down to it. He’s given me so much in my life and helped out so much, with letting me on the team and just opened a bunch of doors for me. He knows that I would never want to fight him, world title or not. That’s where if something happened, I would really probably walk away probably, because I have so much respect for Urijah and just as a human being and a person that he is.”
If Cody and Urijah actually spoke about him retiring after fighting Cruz for the title
“Yeah we talked about it. I mean, what else does he do? You beat Cruz, who just beat TJ for the title.”
“Yeah we talked about it, we talked about it. His fight with Cruz is a storybook ending. He’s had his career, being champion and then fighting back, losing the title, coming back, dropping a weight class, losing a close fight to the champion, another title fight, losing these close title fights and then coming back and then winning the last fight to win the title. That’s the story book ending. That’s how I want to be done with my career. I don’t want to crawl away from the UFC, I wanna walk with my head held high, say I’ve done everything that I could to my best ability, and you know, I want to be something that the sport and passion I love for so long. A lot of fighters don’t get to do that. A lot of fighters crawl away from fighting and it leaves a bad taste in there mouth. I wanna remember these years that I have been blessed with and these opportunities that I was blessed with, to be able to walk away with my head held high and say ‘hey, I did every single thing that I could with my God-given abilities to be the world champion and have the longevity in my career’, not to crawl away from fighting, to be able to walk away with my head held high and be like, hey, moving on to my next chapter of my life.”
On how Cody plans on dealing with John Lineker’s KO power
“If you get hit by that shit, you just deserve to get hit by that. He can’t throw a straight punch to save his life. I think honestly he closes his eyes and swings when he’s in the pocket. I have an extensive boxing background, my skills are definitely developing with the work with [Justin] Buchholz and these coaches. So I have the perfect game plan for him. I’m gonna fight my pace, dictate where this fight goes. He’s gonna be dancing to my tune, you know. So I don’t know. Everyone wants to say he has knock out power, but it’s the same thing, I’ve dropped everybody that I fought, from the amateurs all the way up. I’ve not touched someone’s chin that hasn’t dropped, hasn’t been on the canvas. So he’s coming up to my weight, you know what I mean. He wanted to sit down and beat up on 125-pounders and miss weight. He’s been defeated by that scale four times, so right there he’s mentally weak. So if it goes into a deep fight, where he has broken before - four times, not once, four times from a scale, not making weight. Half the battle is making weight, so he broke there. He’s mentally weak, I’ll drown him wherever we go. If I want to take an arm, knock him out, I’m going to get the win no matter what. But I see, I keep visualising a huge knockout and me just pounding his face in. And that’s what I look forward to. You know, I just weather the storm. He’s going to come out guns slinging, throwing those double hooks, left and right to the body, right to the head, [he’s] very telegraphic with his punches. And all of his fights are the same, you know, it’s right hand to the body, lead left hook to the head, and then he gets up to people bailing and then he can kind of like tomahawks the left hook, double left hook at them. So basically man, I’m just gonna pick this dude apart. I’m too fast for him, I hit too hard, and this is what I’m fighting for. I asked for this fight. This is a fight that I asked for, that I really wanted, and it’s happening at the right time in my career, and I’m very, very thankful to go against a game opponent. Don’t get me wrong, I respect him, but I’m not going to fear him. I think a lot of people go in there “oh he hits hard” and this and that. That’s for who to say? Who says he hits hard? Like for me, anyone can throw from their waist and hit hard. You gotta be able to hit the person. So I think I’m just too elusive on my feet for him, and once he gets tagged up, he’ll be trying to come in for a knockout, but he’s going to run into so many counters that he’s not gonna know where he’s at.”
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