It was a rough night for Cody Garbrandt at UFC 300. Not only did the former bantamweight champion suffer a second-round submission defeat to Deiveson Figueiredo, but he also experienced vertigo during the bout, which was the first prelim on Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Kicking things off tonight on the early prelims of UFC 300 was a massive bantamweight matchup between two former champions. Former flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo (22-3-1) was looking to make it 2-0 at bantamweight as he took on former bantamweight champion Cody “No Love” Garbrandt (14-5).
UFC 300 is rapidly approaching, with April 13 just around the corner. While there probably won’t be 300 Spartans commemorating the event, it’ll contain electric fights on the card.
With the historic UFC 300 around the corner, there is no lack of intriguing matchups on the card. From the very first fight to the last, the UFC has stacked this card with former champions, contenders, and ranked fighters.
There was an article about Holly Holm’s chance to redeem herself at UFC 300. The former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion fell on hard times after pulling a huge upset on Ronda Rousey.
After an exciting night in Miami for UFC 299, let’s look ahead for the main card winners including Sean O’Malley defending the bantamweight crown against Merab Dvalishvili.
Dana White is trying to make UFC 300 the biggest card in the promotion’s history. While not officially announced just yet, it is widely expected that a fight between Deiveson Figueiredo and Cody Garbrandt will be announced for the event.
UFC 300 keeps getting bigger and bigger. Fights are getting booked left and right as the MMA world-leader approaches Apr. 13. CEO Dana White has promised to put on a card for the ages, one that will see former world champs slug it out in Sin City.
Cody Garbrandt is eyeing a showdown with a fellow ex-UFC champion. Garbrandt recently earned his second win in a row after knocking out Brian Kelleher in the first round of their UFC 296 meeting earlier this month.
Cody Garbrandt has blown spectators away with a one-shot knockout over Brian Kelleher at UFC 296. The one round fight was largely competitive, with Keller landing some grueling calf kicks and Garbrandt getting the better of the boxing exchanges.
Former bantamweight champion and fan favourite, Cody Garbrandt returns this weekend on the UFC 296 prelims. It’s an understatement to say that No Love has been out of form in recent years, suffering through a 2-5 record since capturing the belt, with four of those losses coming via knockout.
UFC 292 has suffered another pull out with the event set to take place later this week. This time it is a former bantamweight champion who has been removed from the card.
Cody Garbrandt has pulled out of a proposed clash against Mario Bautista at UFC 292. Garbrandt’s exit from the bantamweight bout was announced during the UFC on ESPN 51 broadcast on Saturday night.
Cody Garbrandt is out of his main card fight with Mario Bautista at UFC 292 on August 19 due to an injury. The UFC broadcast team confirmed the fact during UFC Vegas 78 on August 13.
Cody Garbrandt, if nothing else, kept his foot in the Ultimate Fighting Championship door. The Xtreme Couture export outstruck and outmaneuvered a painfully inactive Trevin Jones to a unanimous decision in their featured UFC 285 bantamweight prelim on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Julio Arce withdrew from his upcoming bantamweight bout against Cody Garbrandt due to a knee injury. It is not known whether Garbrandt will remain on the UFC 285 card scheduled for March 4 in Las Vegas.
A bantamweight clash pitting Cody Garbrandt against Julio Arce has been booked for UFC 285. Eurosport was first to report the pairing. UFC 285 takes place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on March 4 and includes a women’s flyweight showdown between Amanda Ribas and Viviane Araujo as well as a middleight tilt between Bo Nickal and Jamie Pickett.
Sean O’Malley and Cody Garbrandt had to be separated at the UFC 269 after an impromptu face-off attempt which followed a war of words between the pair.
Even though O'Malley said just last week that his beef with Garbrandt is over due to the change of weight class, it certainly didn't appear to be the case Thursday.
Per Ariel Helwani of ESPN, Cody Garbrandt has withdrawn from his scheduled UFC flyweight title fight versus champion Deiveson Figueiredo due to a torn biceps.
A pair of flyweight championship fights will headline the UFC 255 show scheduled for Nov. 21.
UFC’s grandest stage returned to its rightful place in Las Vegas Saturday night for the first time in several months amid the worldwide pandemic. The event took place from Apex right off the strip without fans in attendance.
The co-main event at UFC 250 between Raphael Assuncao and Cody Garbrandt will be extra motivated, with each having a change to fight their way to a title bout in the bantamweight division due to the shocking retirement of Henry Cejudo.
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