Cody Garbrandt Career Analysis

[Goldentrophy]

I think if Frankie refuses to retire and wants another fight at BW, they should just feed him to Cody. Whichever guy loses will probably get released. This is the fight they should have made instead of letting Cody make that ill-fated move down to 125.

They both train with Mark Henry

 

[Gunther12345]

I still think Cody could beat Baldo and O'Malley, he just needs to take some time off and regroup.

I highly highly doubt it. I would favour Jose and O'Malley over Cody any day

 

[Rorschachxx]

He walked into MSG a champ (I'd assume with PPV Points). UFC 217 sold a little under 900k so he likely made a good amount on that card.

 

[HaulParris]

I still think Cody could beat Baldo and O'Malley, he just needs to take some time off and regroup.

Put some respek on Aldo's name

 

[ryun253]

Cody would still have a huge speed and strength advantage of Baldo, so I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility.

And O'Malley could end the same way he did against Cheetos Rivera if Cody chopped his legs and kept his chin down and actually used his wrestling.

Cody has the talent to compete with the best. His terrible fight IQ and glass chin just make it hard for him to compete with the best without getting knocked out.

 

[Deleted member 585708]

Cody's silly, imagine calling yourself Kai then fighting someone called Kai, you're bound to want him to KO you brutally somewhere deep down inside.

 

[Chubi]

It's like Cody emptied all his FIght IQ against Dom and never got it back.

 

[Conor_Is_Overrated]

It's like Cody emptied all his FIght IQ against Dom and never got it back.

Yeah, it's strange... he looked as awesome against the MMA wizard Cruz as nobody else evet... yeah, he looked like GOAT material... then he goes on to lose 5 out of 6.

 

[thinkandbeslim]

I find it very strange how he managed to produce such a masterful performance to defeat Cruz, a fighter who seemingly had a puzzling style that no-one was able to solve. Cody made it all look so easy.

Yet, his own style is very easy for other top fighters to crack. And boy was he cracked badly in his last fight.

 

[Fight Professor]

I find it very strange how he managed to produce such a masterful performance to defeat Cruz, a fighter who seemingly had a puzzling style that no-one was able to solve. Cody made it all look so easy.

Yet, his own style is very easy for other top fighters to crack. And boy was he cracked badly in his last fight.

Cody understands boxing fundamentals which is why Cruz’ style did not confuse him. And Cruz does not hit hard so the lack of defense was not a problem.

 

[Goutfather]

I think if Frankie refuses to retire and wants another fight at BW, they should just feed him to Cody. Whichever guy loses will probably get released. This is the fight they should have made instead of letting Cody make that ill-fated move down to 125.

i’d probably take frankie in that one. of the two, he’s proven to be more resilient. whatever cody had, he lost it.

 

[piropiro]

For all those writing about investments etc … according to the seemingly accurate thread opener he has netted about 1 million over his 6-7 years pro career … that’s around 150k per year, which isn’t bad but isn’t riches either, especially when you factor that he’s married with kids and always seemed to live a relatively “flashy” lifestyle. So I’m not sure there would have been much left over to invest each year … certainly hope so for his sake, and definitely could also transition to running a gym or other MMA-related work, but I doubt he has accumulated millions from investments and could retire in his 30s. I’d say he’ll keep fighting for economic reasons, as most on a career decline unfortunately do.

 

[Bouboumaster]

Dillashaw stole time from No Love

 

[CerebralKnievel]

I certainly hope he invested at least 15-20% of his net earnings into assets with high return value like dogecoin and tungsten cubes.

 

[Jonathan Utah]

He should consider a rematch with Cruz.

 

[filthynumber1]

At least he is clean.

Ironic that his career was destroyed by EpoTJ Dillasnake

 

[Legendary]

What is up with people's obsession with taxes when it comes to fighters? Don't we all pay taxes? If this was a Sherdogger income thread, you wouldn't start deducting taxes from gross salary - gross salary is what you compare with unless we are perhaps comparing tax rate between different countries.

Fair enough. In the past I have heard people claim 40% tax rates, but they dont actually pay that much as a percentage of income because of progressive tax structure. It was to more so cast doubt on those rates.

Cody probably made 1.5 million pre tax after management/coaches.