Cody's win against Cruz stands out as one of the best performances in the octagon. If he was able to consistently tap into that wild potential he would probably still have the belt today.
You can't outwork a glass chin. But yeah that fight against Cruz was one of the best performances I've ever seen. He was on a different level that night.
False, he was trained to beat specifically that style after that countless failures of his teammates at Team Alpha Male. He was designed to beat Cruz and he didn't have the wrinkles to beat other styles, not the composure.
Gave a really classy answer when he really didn't have to. There's a lot he could've said about TJ and stuff he's done, yet he chose not to bring any of it up and only described events without assigning any blame. Frankly surprising, considering he'd probably be in the right to mention some of the negative stuff
@@hansoloburger2322 Because I've been following MMA for more than a year like you. Do you even know who Cody is? The beef between him and TJ was a major topic in MMA a few years ago, the whole topic has been discussed ad nosium. Cody could've really laid into TJ here and chose not to do it, which is suprising considering he'd been kind of justified to do so. You can google it I'm not gonna start explaining MMA lore to you
@@orcanimal I only read the first line and you make yourself look silly cause the topic is from well over a year ago. When you become a man you won’t reply like that to people anymore all emotionally
@@orcanimal I read the rest and replied but UA-cam took it down cause the stuff I said would’ve hurt your feelings see even UA-cam knows your emotional from your reply
What’s funny is everyone one of those Team Alpha Male fighters left because of how unorganized it was. Even Justin Buchholz said Urijah Faber’s ego ruined the gym and he understands why TJ left.
Cody was the one who started it all by backchatting all the way, and showing hiw spoilt he was. We all saw how he acted in the ultimate fighter and he left uriah and co with no choice. Then team alpha male started flopping, and now this guy has left they are slowly going back to there good old days.
My Cody Garbrandt moment is when Conor was talking about TJ on TUF, which the snake in the grass comment ended up being true lol, but Cody actually stepped up and defended TJ when the rest of team Faber stood there while Conor talked shit
the reason why he lost the TJ fights WAS because he just had a kid and couldn't train 24/7, plus all the anger he had made him do bad decisions in the fight
@granimations2510 I respect your opinion. Every fighter can use outside distractions as a result of their performance. A great champion is graceful in both victory and defeat. No excuses.
The problem is tj only tested positive for epo on his fight with cejudo only after tj tested positive ufc retested all his b sample from his previous fight for peds and all came back negative and the one fight he tested positive was a loss while theirs jon jones who have multiple failed test for peds yet mma community glorified him😆
I like that he admitted at age 25 that nobody could tell him anything. That’s why he was such a hothead. Too much fame too fast for him with his lack of maturity. Dude had a tough upbringing and seems like he has really grown up since the TJ drama that is now in the rear view mirror. Best of luck to him.
@@mrvlogs8648USADA admitted they didn’t test for EPO before and couldn’t retest his old samples because they were long gone. No one starts cheating AFTER they become champion. Get a clue.
I went from loving Cody to hating him to loving him again. That performance against DC might have been one of the greatest displays of flow state I have ever seen
He memorized Cruz's patterns with the help of Alpha Male's previous 6 fights with him. That's why he was never able to duplicate that success against anyone else. Anyway, against Cruz it was still 3-2.
I would like to See a vlog of both just chillin and watchin ufc together. I like to See Legends of the game chillin together, thats what its about in combat sports. And all the Fans, put some respect on the name, even after a loss.
Man i loved listening to this. So much humility here from garbrandt, good on him. Regardless of who wins, id watch cody and tj go at it every second weekend if i could. You know the fight was gonna be a banger.
Best thing 3ver was Cody and TJ talking to each other at the pre fight conference. TJ said the people at Alpha Male were using PEDS. Cody replied "You are the one who showed them how" 😂😂 They outted everyone. Then TJ got busted.
I'd love to hear his opinion of how bright and fast his career burned and if the training intensity with a room of killers of that weight class impacted it. I have to think that training daily with the list of names he mentioned put years of wear on his body/chin that shortened his peak.
They def leaned into the rivalry..it was def just to build up the fight..there is a clip after a promo of them shaking hands and huggin after the cameras were off
Because he’d be snitching on his whole team including himself he basically did anyway didn’t he say some along the lines of tj was the one who taught everyone?
Cody was being used and misled by Uriah Faber. Uriah Faber made money off TJ when TJ was fighting for team alpha and he was mad when TJ left. All the hate was just Uriah being upset because he wanted to make money off tj and then tried to use Cody to get revenge.
@@dougjohnson8610definitely can tell bud they say that so nfl/nhl doesn’t have to pay for every player following retiring otherwise they’d have to make double what they made
@@nicholascoob1350 the crazy thing about you toxic mma fans that use these types of remarks to strangers are literally to simple to understand it doesn’t even make sense
@@hansoloburger2322 Who's being arrogant? I asked you a question. And I've seen your posts on other threads and you seem to be acting as though you're knowledgeable about the sport. So I was confused regarding your question as an MMA fan would know this information. Why are you so insecure?
Cody needs to retire. He is skilled, but he’s too in his head. I don’t want to say he’s scared of fighting, but I do think he’s scared of losing, and his confidence in what he can do in the cage is gone.
if you think you can't beat somebody you won't be in the fight game long. you have to be slightly nuts, even to the point that you're the only man on earth that'll bet on you.
Cody got absolutely spanked. He can’t say shit about tj juicing because he was part of team alpha male and doing it just the same as tj was. Had he won he’d still be talking crazy like he used to. Can’t say much after you get knocked out twice.
No rivalry dude got his arsed tkod by tj steroids or not Cody has no chin and when he called out figgy after a good w to me was the most stupid thing ever obviously would not of won could of thought other bums to try recover all the beatings he took but nah Cody wanted figgy and gets submitted in round 1 😂 now your coming off yet another L
Cody's win against Cruz stands out as one of the best performances in the octagon. If he was able to consistently tap into that wild potential he would probably still have the belt today.
You can't outwork a glass chin. But yeah that fight against Cruz was one of the best performances I've ever seen. He was on a different level that night.
Yes if he fights with cool head he is very dangerous. He probably would've beat tj had he not been emotional and started swinging.
He beat a washed up Cruz. Both TJ fights are the most satisfying in UFC history. Cody got 0 fight IQ
False, he was trained to beat specifically that style after that countless failures of his teammates at Team Alpha Male. He was designed to beat Cruz and he didn't have the wrinkles to beat other styles, not the composure.
@@Renulph OK, Dwight.
Gave a really classy answer when he really didn't have to. There's a lot he could've said about TJ and stuff he's done, yet he chose not to bring any of it up and only described events without assigning any blame. Frankly surprising, considering he'd probably be in the right to mention some of the negative stuff
And what are these things he didn’t mention and how do you know these things? Are fact
@@hansoloburger2322 Because I've been following MMA for more than a year like you. Do you even know who Cody is? The beef between him and TJ was a major topic in MMA a few years ago, the whole topic has been discussed ad nosium. Cody could've really laid into TJ here and chose not to do it, which is suprising considering he'd been kind of justified to do so. You can google it I'm not gonna start explaining MMA lore to you
@@orcanimal I only read the first line and you make yourself look silly cause the topic is from well over a year ago. When you become a man you won’t reply like that to people anymore all emotionally
@@orcanimal I read the rest and replied but UA-cam took it down cause the stuff I said would’ve hurt your feelings see even UA-cam knows your emotional from your reply
@@hansoloburger2322fr
Cody’s the man a lot of maturity shown here!
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You can’t talk shit about the guy who slept you twice
@@deadboe7780 he could’ve done if he wanted so stop being silly , you could’ve mentioned all the pharmaceuticals TJ was on. 😂
@@BullyBoxerI’m very sure a few other team alpha male guys were on PEDs
@@deadboe7780 exactly 😂
he seems like hes grown a lot, you can tell hes calm talking about it, almost regrets it a little bit. good for him
Of course he regrets it, he defended the guy first then went against him and lost twice
@@TJCarpentryServicestrue would be a much different fight right now tho aswell
Was never a fan of Cody, was a hot head. These little snips of him showing humility and maturity changed my mind on him.
🙄
Agreed.
Getting slept half a dozen times tends to shut you up
I swear y’all think y’all angels
He's an older man now with children. He's clearly grown up a ton.
What’s funny is everyone one of those Team Alpha Male fighters left because of how unorganized it was. Even Justin Buchholz said Urijah Faber’s ego ruined the gym and he understands why TJ left.
Urijah only cares about his Chinese fighters now
Cody was the one who started it all by backchatting all the way, and showing hiw spoilt he was. We all saw how he acted in the ultimate fighter and he left uriah and co with no choice. Then team alpha male started flopping, and now this guy has left they are slowly going back to there good old days.
@@was786loadedhow long you been training at alpha male? lol
@@JobsJ87 3 years was the building manager
@@was786loadedSo you were cleaning the Alpha male jock straps huh😂
My Cody Garbrandt moment is when Conor was talking about TJ on TUF, which the snake in the grass comment ended up being true lol, but Cody actually stepped up and defended TJ when the rest of team Faber stood there while Conor talked shit
Cody is so intelligent, hes just godda get ahold of his temper. Im always interested to watch him compete.
the reason why he lost the TJ fights WAS because he just had a kid and couldn't train 24/7, plus all the anger he had made him do bad decisions in the fight
@@granimations2510The reason he lost was TJ was better. TJ finished him both times.
@@miggs80two close fights and TJ was on the juice lol
@granimations2510 I respect your opinion. Every fighter can use outside distractions as a result of their performance. A great champion is graceful in both victory and defeat. No excuses.
@@granimations2510.
Cody was beast in his prime and still legend in the fight game
never was. stop it
His prime lasted 1 fight then it all went downhill 😂
Absolute rubbish . Fought an over the hill Cruz then got embarrassed ever since
A legend?
I admire Cody for not mentioning TJ's roids & cheating.
...BUT I'LL SAY IT!!!!!! TJ is a cheater, not a champion.
Jones cheated more yet his legacy is rarely questioned
@@reichspector2413it’s always questioned by people who care about the integrity of the sport.
He didn’t cheat once at 35, he beat Cody clean. Cope.
@@Dana__blackwhich is a very small minority
The problem is tj only tested positive for epo on his fight with cejudo only after tj tested positive ufc retested all his b sample from his previous fight for peds and all came back negative and the one fight he tested positive was a loss while theirs jon jones who have multiple failed test for peds yet mma community glorified him😆
I like that he admitted at age 25 that nobody could tell him anything. That’s why he was such a hothead. Too much fame too fast for him with his lack of maturity. Dude had a tough upbringing and seems like he has really grown up since the TJ drama that is now in the rear view mirror. Best of luck to him.
Tj vs Cody in bare knuckle would be insane
Needs to happen
TJ via ko in a minute.....
@@Day9294_TJs Style wouldn't mix well in Bare knuckle
Codys run is completely different if he doesn't get TKO'd twice by that cheater. He hasn't been the same fighter since.
He never cheated
It was epo for the Henry cejudo fight at flyweight never was caught doing it at bantamweight at all stay salty
@@mrvlogs8648USADA admitted they didn’t test for EPO before and couldn’t retest his old samples because they were long gone. No one starts cheating AFTER they become champion. Get a clue.
I went from loving Cody to hating him to loving him again. That performance against DC might have been one of the greatest displays of flow state I have ever seen
He memorized Cruz's patterns with the help of Alpha Male's previous 6 fights with him. That's why he was never able to duplicate that success against anyone else. Anyway, against Cruz it was still 3-2.
Cody seems humble now, good for him.
I would like to See a vlog of both just chillin and watchin ufc together. I like to See Legends of the game chillin together, thats what its about in combat sports. And all the Fans, put some respect on the name, even after a loss.
The dude in the green sounds like sharp. The pimp sharp voice. Like a 2 stroke motor.
His bullying of TJ was horrible to watch but his series of loses was very satisfying to watch 🫡
Cody's fight with Cruz has got to be on like a top three legendary fights list
Top 1 tbh nobody could’ve done that to Cruz but him
He should have been champion for much longer. Sad how it ended for him.
Really happy to see Cody has matured. Seems like he’s in a good place mentally.
Man i loved listening to this. So much humility here from garbrandt, good on him.
Regardless of who wins, id watch cody and tj go at it every second weekend if i could. You know the fight was gonna be a banger.
Best thing 3ver was Cody and TJ talking to each other at the pre fight conference. TJ said the people at Alpha Male were using PEDS. Cody replied "You are the one who showed them how" 😂😂 They outted everyone. Then TJ got busted.
TJ pissed hot. Cody lost twice. Glad to see he is much more chill about it all
Hold me back bro
Hold me back
I think Cody realised that he was really just a pawn played like a fiddle between the beef between Uriah and TJ. Good for him
This is a very walk around answer
The greatest fighter of all time, for 25 mins. Cody is a stud
Cody is a great example of a tremendously gifted human who killed his chin in the gym
Put tj and Cody on the same podcast 😂 that'll be GOLD
Maybe squash the beef and hug it out 🫂
Glad to see Cody is a good man. We all are hot headed when we’re young. PLUS skill wise!! Cody has some of the fastest hands EVER 🤯
I'd love to hear his opinion of how bright and fast his career burned and if the training intensity with a room of killers of that weight class impacted it. I have to think that training daily with the list of names he mentioned put years of wear on his body/chin that shortened his peak.
They def leaned into the rivalry..it was def just to build up the fight..there is a clip after a promo of them shaking hands and huggin after the cameras were off
Good for Cody being the bigger man,and kinda squashing the beef between him and TJ…
👊👊👊👊
So many great fighters threw their careers away in training. Too much hard sparring shortens careers dramatically.
He almost knocked out TJ, he could of gone on a run there but seemed to keep wanting to get into brawls instead of using his God given talent
This guys boxing was just as good as Topuria and 3 times as fast. He was unreal in his prime.
Cody said his son moved to Vegas so he has to leave California. Did Cody get a divorce? Usually, you tell your kid where to move, not vice-versa.
He lost to TJ knowing TJ was juicing and never said anything about it. Kudos
Because he’d be snitching on his whole team including himself he basically did anyway didn’t he say some along the lines of tj was the one who taught everyone?
Nope his lost came from strikes
Everyone is juicing
USADA retested and found TJ clean for the Cody fights.
He was clean in the cody fights-do your research
he could've thrown him under the bus with the whole PED's and what not but I respect him being classy about it
“Classy about what” against a drug cheat?
No animosity? He was on gear when he ended your career. Wtf is he being diplomatic about cause he is on this show.
They're ALL on gear. Including the Diaz bros.
@@McCracken216what a dumb comment
Dumb@@McCracken216
Dillashaw ended Cody’s career early with all that damage he caused in their fights considering TJ was juiced to the gills.
Do your research, he tested clean for those fights
it isn't a rivalry it was a domination from The CEO of EPO on poor Glass Jaw Cody
I was gutted when cody lost bruv🤦🏻♂️ he's the Amir Khan of ufc. Has EVERYTHING but the chin.
Still 1 of my favourites
Easily could have been best ever with fists in the ufc.
I want to know how the hell Conor knew about TJ all the way back then?!
He really was Mystic Mac!
Cody's NUMBER 1 PROBLEM!
1. HE CANT KEEP HIS HANDS UP
2. DOES NOT MOVE HEAD OFF CENTERLINE
Cody: please capture the left side of my face since my tattoo artist butchered the alignment of the cross over my eye. Thanks.
Cody was being used and misled by Uriah Faber. Uriah Faber made money off TJ when TJ was fighting for team alpha and he was mad when TJ left. All the hate was just Uriah being upset because he wanted to make money off tj and then tried to use Cody to get revenge.
Look there his is little snake in the grass 😂😂😂
podcast with the boyyyyyyys
TJ humbled him. if it wasn't for that brutal L's he would've still run his mouth.
Damn, you can hear the CTE in his voice sometimes now. That's fuckin tragic.
Seems like he's grown here but literally just piss the guy off and his true colors will come back through
Only me that thinks he sounds slightly punch drunk ?
he does
@@TwinCitiesByNight Nah, just too much hangin' with the boys.
Well yea he took a ton of damage from 2017-2021
Wow he has matured
cody showing early signs of slowing speech
See that Wanderlai and Fabricio both now have CTE. We are going to be seeing a lot of it with time. Unfortunate
CTE
Too bad they cant tell if you have cte while youre still alive lmao@Porter-y2aa
@@dougjohnson8610definitely can tell bud they say that so nfl/nhl doesn’t have to pay for every player following retiring otherwise they’d have to make double what they made
@@dougjohnson8610 you didn't hear? Both passed sky diving. Full autopsy done
Cruz was a lot older at that point.. Not so impressive.. been fighting since 03
I was rooting for Cody against TJ. It’s a shame that TJ cheated and had an advantage
Well he didn't, do your research, TJ was clean in both those fights hence the results still stand
2:36
Should have went and trained with Diddy.
Cody is the best. Got counterfeited by a cheater, no different than DC.
Any titles won while cheating should be revoked plain and simple.
What was tj doing when he fought Cody epo like against Henry ? Why did he pass against Cody then fail against Henry?
@@hansoloburger2322Because the NYAC test blood, everyone else does urine samples. Do you follow MMA?
@@nicholascoob1350 the crazy thing about you toxic mma fans that use these types of remarks to strangers are literally to simple to understand it doesn’t even make sense
@@nicholascoob1350 also do you talk to strangers when you meet them in real life with this arrogant attitude or just online where you feel safe
@@hansoloburger2322 Who's being arrogant? I asked you a question. And I've seen your posts on other threads and you seem to be acting as though you're knowledgeable about the sport. So I was confused regarding your question as an MMA fan would know this information. Why are you so insecure?
How about explain those eyebrows.
Both dudes got into their 30s and figured it out. Funny how life works like that ha
you miss how fit, lean and resilient your body is in your 20s but I swear turning 30 is like a super power, mentally (for guys, at least).
That sword over his eye is so dumb
Cody needs to retire. He is skilled, but he’s too in his head. I don’t want to say he’s scared of fighting, but I do think he’s scared of losing, and his confidence in what he can do in the cage is gone.
TJ was right the whole time. He did nothing wrong.
Except do steroids lol
Not really a rivalry if he lost twice buddy
Cody talked all sorts of shit when TJ retired. Said Karma will catch up.
Cause TJ is a drug cheat
Seems Cody was almost brainwashed into hating tj it's always seemed that way.
A Mic kinda sucks at talking
It’s crazy Cody thinks he can still beat tj. Dude he mopped you up. We know what practice was about. Him whooping that ass.
if you think you can't beat somebody you won't be in the fight game long. you have to be slightly nuts, even to the point that you're the only man on earth that'll bet on you.
Just say you're a casual and have done with it
@@GH-mb4kdtj only popped at 125 cope harder
If TJ wasn’t a drug cheat
10/10 moustache.
Cody got absolutely spanked. He can’t say shit about tj juicing because he was part of team alpha male and doing it just the same as tj was. Had he won he’d still be talking crazy like he used to. Can’t say much after you get knocked out twice.
Making excuses for cheating?
Cody's very Classy
Fedor and STILL.
Worst face tattoo ive ever seen 😂
Cody get married again? He’s talking about his divorce but wearing a wedding ring here
Man, hopefully he stays away from the gold digger type this time.
@@mikeross111 his last girl was a vegas bottle girl. Guarantee she averaged more than his annual income per time spent at work
This is funny. No Love..... Not!!!! No Chin fits better.
still plucks his eyebrows then
2mnts of him talking about himself nothing to do with question🤦♂️🤡
Sucks every time he tells his story he’ll have to say TJ…..forever…..
The fuck ya on about? Sucks he has to talk about his history as a fighter on an mma podcast? Lol what you talking about dude?
And every time someone mentions TJ’s MMA career, they’ll think ‘cheater’…. Forever…. I’d rather be Cody.
Sucks for you. He seems to be over it more than you are.
At least Cody can all himself an Undisputed Champion without cheating
What rivalry? TJ whacked him..
There’s no rivalry. It’s all made up. You should see them behind all this shaking hands and smiling. These guys are friends.
So this goofball hasnt seen jones vs dc lmao
Warrior
He likes post when told him don’t hook with hooker and got kod by hook again ..his anger from getting hit affects him imo
Bro who hit you to make this unintelligible sentence??
Your mum drop you as a kid?tf does this say?
Dude just answer the question 😂
No rivalry dude got his arsed tkod by tj steroids or not Cody has no chin and when he called out figgy after a good w to me was the most stupid thing ever obviously would not of won could of thought other bums to try recover all the beatings he took but nah Cody wanted figgy and gets submitted in round 1 😂 now your coming off yet another L
His losses in the octagon may bring out victory’s in life…best of luck….
This guy's voice can put anyone to sleep
Love Cody but dam how much plastic surgery has he done ???? Botox much ?
This wasn’t one of the greatest rivalries the UFC has ever seen… this guy gassing
Yes it was
It actually was doofus. Just say you a casual
It certainly elevated the 135 division
Cody no chin garbrandt
Dude looks 50 now wtf
Cody gets asked a straightforward question, but never answers it. He just rambles
They are on a podcast and the question was to break down how it started … he literally did that while adding context your just a hater
Learn to read the room genius, he broke it down DF
U flop like TJ
You're protecting your lack of intelligence or understand of what's being said
This rivalry was two dorks. The sport has evolved so much , their fights look like VHS already
No
Last UFC card I watched was still basically just sloppy kickboxing.
@@DABA2024 haha the champ in this division would have springs and smoke coming out these dudes ears . Derrrrrp
Jesus this comment is stupid
Ah yes, TJ The ceo of epo
I hate this cody kid fort he was the man and his career just went down hill very fast couldn't of happened to a better guy
Cheatashaw fan?