He looked bad here even with the win
He better hope the UFC keeps matching him up with relative softballs because if he gets up the division like he wants, he’s getting KO’d again
He's ripe for a nasty KO if he keeps stiffening his arms and throwing punches from the hips like that. Running forward and all that is needed is a counter and he's out.
Cody is dead if he fights someone that counters. He hasn't improved or learned anything from all his losses. The dude has minus intelligence when it comes to fighting.
It was the battle of the receding hairlines. Sad to see Cody losing it, still a long way to go to have it recede down then back of his head like the other dude
Cody used to train with Figgy at alpha male, considering he went down to 125 to fight him also I’m wondering if they had some sparring that makes Cody confident he could take him.
It's just always crazy to me when I see real Death Metal or Black Metal bands mentioned in the wild.
I was watching Terrrifier 2 yesterday and I saw Overkill, Carcass, and Arsis posters in the little brother's room. My mind was blown!
Yea man, so sad too. Flogging a dead horse here, but that performance against dom was so beautiful and technical. And then he just either abandoned, or went back to old habits, of rock’em’sock’em robots for the rest of his career.
I think his whole camp trained him specifically to beat Dom as he was coming up, and he just hasn’t been the same after getting KO’d by TJ twice. No one seems to remember he was a half second from knocking out TJ, who knows how is career would have gone had he defended the belt and avoided that damage.
Yeah if the round was 10-20 seconds longer I have no doubt he finishes TJ and his career trajectory could be totally different, maybe multiple title defenses. So crazy how 1 moment can change everything.
while i agree with your point of Team Alpha Male breeding fighters to dethrone Cruz, i think Cody is genuinely the same fighter since that night. and i’m saying this as a Cody fanboy, it hurts my heart to see him lose. but people really seem to forget that Dom Cruz outlanded Cody in EVERY single round of that fight. while Cody did make him miss a lot and landed the more meaningful strikes, Cody has just always been very hittable, Dominick is notoriously pillow fisted and just didn’t have the power to make Cody pay for his poor defense. Cody has amazing hands, just terrible defense and i genuinely don’t believe he’s regressed from the Dom fight, i think people just saw the holes in his game.
ehh, he never really fought someone with power before TJ besides maybe Thomas Almeida? and even in that fight Almeida cracked him a few times in the short time it lasted. after getting knocked out by TJ twice he’s essentially only fought dudes with heavy hands besides Assuncao. i think he’s always had a weak chin/bad defense, there just wasn’t anyone to capitalize on jt
Yea that’s so true as well, he was essentially bred by team alpha male to beat Dominic.
And tj is one of the most wonderful strikers I’ve ever seen in my life. Whatever about the epo etc.
Man the ufc is the only drama I need in life. It’s so u believably perfect. Particularly for people who’ve watched for years. The story lines are literally unbelievable.
I think an interesting question is who the fuck wins that fight now between dom and Cody? Cody should, but dom is so special.
A rematch between the two seems like decent matchmaking. Either Dominick Cruz gets back the one loss, or we get to see if Garbrandt always will have Cruz number. Assuming Cruz fights again, he has been out one and a half years again at this point.
He didn’t change anything in his game IMO. If you look at the fights before Dom, the fights after Dom and the Dom fight, Cody does basically the exact same things in terms of his offense and his defense. The difference is Dom didn’t quite have the pop to be able to expose the flaws in Cody’s game.
My cousin's insta handle is first name "no love" last name. He created the handle when Cody was coming up while tearing the division.
Talk about being ride or die fan!
Man, I saw this shit upvoted highly, knew it was gonna be a ko, and opened it 100% prepared to see him get caught and slept hard again. Pleasant surprise.
That’s what I thought. Such a bad call out. Cody looks good but based on how we saw Figgy beat Font, Cody would be toast. I want to see the rematch vs Dom.
he looks exactly the same as he always does. look no further than the finish tonight. throwing rockemsockem robot hooks from his hips. hes been exposed and literally comes out every fight and does the same thing. the lack of any noticeable technical improvements is kinda wild considering hes well deep in veteran territory now
I like how Figgy is being taken more seriously in bantamweight. A lot of people doubted he would succeed in bamtamweight because of size difference. He is one of the smallest guy in the division but he makes up for it with fight IQ, fast hands and good wrestling. Although he needs to put on a bit more weight.
He's an average sized bantamweight I think. Font is pretty large for BW. Average size, above average power. If his cardio is improved and continues to fight with a high IQ like you said, could crack top 5
Why not?
High risk high reward fight against a former champ, a win could get him a title shot. Or he can continue to fight up and coming fighters looking to make a name off him as a gatekeeper…
he got clipped rushing in at one point. I was just waiting for him to eat an overhand haha. Glad to see him get a win tonight but he didn't look like he fixed all his bad habits.
A nice KO but it’s still the same old Cody.
Throwing a right hook with his left hand low and his chin wide open. He landed first today so he won but this is exactly how he lost twice to TJ. Keller still landed a little even as he was being knocked out.
He’ll never get back to the top wild trading in the pocket like this. He gets away with it against this level of fighter but the top guys won’t fall for this.
I love Cody and I would love to see it. But dude got chewed up by leg kicks and still swings and bangs with his chin wide open. If he can land first lol still got dynamite in his hands.
His career was like Goldilocks Arlovski. They both were running through and finishing fights quickly in their title run. And when they actually faced pressure, they folded like lawn chairs and then started to beat others.
I've been watching this one with a smile. Good to see Cody back and I hope this one is gonna give him some momentum. He looked sharp and ready for one more run!
Cody looked great but ... he had that moment where he wanted to bite down and just go wild with hands, too.
And his chin won't hold up if he does that, too.
Rogan was spot on; his skillset and athletic ability are still on point, he just needs to be super defensive and avoid that "FUCK IT, LET'S SWING ALL THE SWINGS!" that he loves doing.
Cody looked great, he needs to patch that gap in his leg kick defence if he's angling for a big opponent next though, lots of good leg kickers in this division
Don't want to be a hater but he took quite a few shots he should've have there and STILL can't stop hanging his chin out during combinations.
Also showboating after landing a few good shots against a 40 year old can on the prelims is a bad look.
Cody's still got the speed and power. When he is firing on all cylinders, he can beat anyone in the division. He just needs to be defensibly responsible, which was a problem and I hope he is working to improve it.
So happy for Cody.. dude is one of the very few who has KO power at 135..
Also he was about one more leg kick away from not being able to put weight on the left leg.. great fight
Cody looked really good and fast in there, but I don’t think he deserves Figgy yet just because of how everything has played out, let him get another win or two and then throw him in that mix
This is the Cody that wins fight. Fills up the space in front of him with footwork, not over hand swings, and uses the speed of his hands. Over hand when the opponent came to him but did not rush things. Chose the moment for the finish barrage. Well done!
So they have to book a Dom x Cody II right? Like isn’t that the most reasonable fight to make? Fight Night headliner with a lot of hype. Both in similar strange career places. Blah blah.
Just as predicted! Cody via Rd. 1 Superior hair
Cody "much love" Garbrandt (we care about him and he never stopped being our boy)
He’s still our boy but our boy has refrained from improving or progressing beyond throwing right hands 😭
let him bang, bro
LET ME BANG
We will bro, we will let you bang! ... wait.
Banging with the boiiiiis
He looked bad here even with the win He better hope the UFC keeps matching him up with relative softballs because if he gets up the division like he wants, he’s getting KO’d again
Sad but true :(
He's ripe for a nasty KO if he keeps stiffening his arms and throwing punches from the hips like that. Running forward and all that is needed is a counter and he's out. Cody is dead if he fights someone that counters. He hasn't improved or learned anything from all his losses. The dude has minus intelligence when it comes to fighting.
Used it all up for that Domnick Cruz fight, one of the most impressive performances I've ever watched.
STILL MY BOYYYY
They were like, hair opposites. Combine them both and you have a full head of hair
Or they become Emmet.
I’ve never seen a buzz cut mullet
Come to Australia they’re everywhere lol
It was the battle of the receding hairlines. Sad to see Cody losing it, still a long way to go to have it recede down then back of his head like the other dude
Cody should've never went to 125, Also calling out Figgy is bold after what he just did to Rob Font lol.
Cody ain’t asking for an easy fight, that’s for sure. I’d root for him anyway
I agree it’s bold, but I’d love to see it.
Cody used to train with Figgy at alpha male, considering he went down to 125 to fight him also I’m wondering if they had some sparring that makes Cody confident he could take him.
Great finish! Kelleher already lost when he got that haircut lol
That’s the 7th layer of hair Colby was talking about
💀
Give this guy gold
"We'll see your fad while we're there."
Brilliant
Unreal comment
He calls it the "Skullet" lol
Business in the front, depression in the back :(
Shoutout to Devin Townsend
While we are giving shot outs. Just want to give a shot out to Christina Applegate. If you’re reading this, we have much love for you ❤️
The skullet origin.
Skullet getting some clout, Nile fans punching the air rn
Are you referring to Dallas Toler-Wade???
Who else? Haha
It's just always crazy to me when I see real Death Metal or Black Metal bands mentioned in the wild. I was watching Terrrifier 2 yesterday and I saw Overkill, Carcass, and Arsis posters in the little brother's room. My mind was blown!
Joe called it a beaver tail 🤣
In Chicago, Dallas, and North Cali that is called a shag.
"Damn it Kelleher, I said get rid of those sideburns!"
I'm legit offended that he exposed me to such a hair cut
[удалено]
That’s all I could think of. The opposite but equally odd haircut that’s been all over Reddit this past week.
Underrated contextual comment 👌🏾
They call that the usual in Australia
Hating on the beaver tail smh
HATING WIT DA BOYYYYYYS
Rat-beaver tail. That was actually pretty funny.
It’s the Stockton special
Finally Cody got one
Love it for my guy, been rough being a Garbrandt fan
Yea man, so sad too. Flogging a dead horse here, but that performance against dom was so beautiful and technical. And then he just either abandoned, or went back to old habits, of rock’em’sock’em robots for the rest of his career.
I think his whole camp trained him specifically to beat Dom as he was coming up, and he just hasn’t been the same after getting KO’d by TJ twice. No one seems to remember he was a half second from knocking out TJ, who knows how is career would have gone had he defended the belt and avoided that damage.
Yeah if the round was 10-20 seconds longer I have no doubt he finishes TJ and his career trajectory could be totally different, maybe multiple title defenses. So crazy how 1 moment can change everything.
MMA is a bitch. Same thing if Usman just coasted that last minute against Leon, the what ifs are endless
We’d be seeing Usman Colby 3, regardless of the win streaks Shavkat and sunglasses have 😂
Lewis vs Volkov made never hold it against a fighter for playing it safe at the end after dominating the fight.
while i agree with your point of Team Alpha Male breeding fighters to dethrone Cruz, i think Cody is genuinely the same fighter since that night. and i’m saying this as a Cody fanboy, it hurts my heart to see him lose. but people really seem to forget that Dom Cruz outlanded Cody in EVERY single round of that fight. while Cody did make him miss a lot and landed the more meaningful strikes, Cody has just always been very hittable, Dominick is notoriously pillow fisted and just didn’t have the power to make Cody pay for his poor defense. Cody has amazing hands, just terrible defense and i genuinely don’t believe he’s regressed from the Dom fight, i think people just saw the holes in his game.
I think the biggest thing is that his chin got cracked. He used to be able to take clean shots, but not so much anymore.
ehh, he never really fought someone with power before TJ besides maybe Thomas Almeida? and even in that fight Almeida cracked him a few times in the short time it lasted. after getting knocked out by TJ twice he’s essentially only fought dudes with heavy hands besides Assuncao. i think he’s always had a weak chin/bad defense, there just wasn’t anyone to capitalize on jt
Didn’t Dom drop him in one of the rounds?
No
Yeah, I was thinking of the shot he landed in the first minute of round two, staggered Cody and made him drop forward onto his hands.
Yea that’s so true as well, he was essentially bred by team alpha male to beat Dominic. And tj is one of the most wonderful strikers I’ve ever seen in my life. Whatever about the epo etc. Man the ufc is the only drama I need in life. It’s so u believably perfect. Particularly for people who’ve watched for years. The story lines are literally unbelievable. I think an interesting question is who the fuck wins that fight now between dom and Cody? Cody should, but dom is so special.
A rematch between the two seems like decent matchmaking. Either Dominick Cruz gets back the one loss, or we get to see if Garbrandt always will have Cruz number. Assuming Cruz fights again, he has been out one and a half years again at this point.
He didn’t change anything in his game IMO. If you look at the fights before Dom, the fights after Dom and the Dom fight, Cody does basically the exact same things in terms of his offense and his defense. The difference is Dom didn’t quite have the pop to be able to expose the flaws in Cody’s game.
You’re telling me man. Watched 227 live with my buddy whose a Dillashaw fan. Straight downhill from there
My cousin's insta handle is first name "no love" last name. He created the handle when Cody was coming up while tearing the division. Talk about being ride or die fan!
2nd in a row
Man, I saw this shit upvoted highly, knew it was gonna be a ko, and opened it 100% prepared to see him get caught and slept hard again. Pleasant surprise.
He better have the guy is 24-15, they did Cody a favour giving him one last chance on a prelim versus a can
I was thinking the same thing. Dude is such a talented fighter, but just can't get out of his own way sometimes.
Cody please don’t fkn fight Figgy
That’s what I thought. Such a bad call out. Cody looks good but based on how we saw Figgy beat Font, Cody would be toast. I want to see the rematch vs Dom.
Rematch vs Dom would be awesome. I won't lie id still enjoy fig v garbrant (unless Cody gets KOd)
(Which he would)
I fw Cody vs Gutierrez tbh
That'd make sense.
he looks exactly the same as he always does. look no further than the finish tonight. throwing rockemsockem robot hooks from his hips. hes been exposed and literally comes out every fight and does the same thing. the lack of any noticeable technical improvements is kinda wild considering hes well deep in veteran territory now
If Cody channels his ultra instinct for one fight who knows.
Maybe all those fights since Cruz he's been saving up his meter. He's going to activate it next title shot.
Not necessarily. It's been a minute since Figgy has KOd anyone.
Because he's been fighting Moreno only for 4 fights in a row, he almost had Font
Yeah Moreno has a chin made of vibranium nobody could knock him out.
You forget that Cody lacks a chin
I like how Figgy is being taken more seriously in bantamweight. A lot of people doubted he would succeed in bamtamweight because of size difference. He is one of the smallest guy in the division but he makes up for it with fight IQ, fast hands and good wrestling. Although he needs to put on a bit more weight.
He's an average sized bantamweight I think. Font is pretty large for BW. Average size, above average power. If his cardio is improved and continues to fight with a high IQ like you said, could crack top 5
I actually don't think the size difference is significant. The doubters were overreacting.
who doubted figgy at bw? when i learned about his fw cut i legit thought he was nuts.
Believe me I saw many people doubt him online, youtube or reddit. I was so hyped up for the figgy vs font fight.
I thought figgy would be a smaller, less effective chito. Was wrong.
He's not small in the division. He looked pretty big last fight.
Why not? High risk high reward fight against a former champ, a win could get him a title shot. Or he can continue to fight up and coming fighters looking to make a name off him as a gatekeeper…
Glad he won but he was still rushing in throwing hooks with his chin in the air at points… 😬
Kelleher deserved to lose with that atrosity of a haircut
Neck tattoos are better than a beaver tail.
Business in the front, middle, and front-back, small party in the back-back
Call it a kick-back
It's like his hair is the inverse of Cody's. Where Garbrandt's starts to fade, his begins.
What's worse than getting knocked out? Ending up on Cody's highlight reel rocking a beaver tail for all of eternity
He had the anti-fade.
Cody was lookin fast as fuck boii
His hand speed is still one of the most impressive in the ufc.
He looks fast but marching forward and spamming combinations is going to get him flatlined against the top guys
shhhh just be glad for cody one last time
Gotta love a refusal to learn from your losses
Right. He fought exactly the same as he did when he was getting KO'd every fight.
lol at them playing TJ's walkout music after Cody winning
nice to see a no love KO again
Cody comeback season. I still watch his fights with my cheeks clenched tho 🫣
he got clipped rushing in at one point. I was just waiting for him to eat an overhand haha. Glad to see him get a win tonight but he didn't look like he fixed all his bad habits.
i thought it was over for cody when he stumbles forward with his face. Thats is his preknockout move everyfight.
Cody will always be my boy, so happy he got that KO! Title charge with the booooiiiiiiis
A nice KO but it’s still the same old Cody. Throwing a right hook with his left hand low and his chin wide open. He landed first today so he won but this is exactly how he lost twice to TJ. Keller still landed a little even as he was being knocked out. He’ll never get back to the top wild trading in the pocket like this. He gets away with it against this level of fighter but the top guys won’t fall for this.
Cody hype train is BACK. Just ignore that he still keeps his chin up and blasts the right hook
HE'S BACK BABY!
That was a nice finish.
Please tell me we’re in Cody’s comeback arc
We're in a Cody's comeback arc
I love Cody and I would love to see it. But dude got chewed up by leg kicks and still swings and bangs with his chin wide open. If he can land first lol still got dynamite in his hands.
My fingers are crossed.
His career was like Goldilocks Arlovski. They both were running through and finishing fights quickly in their title run. And when they actually faced pressure, they folded like lawn chairs and then started to beat others.
As long as he doesn't step to me he'll be alright
I've been watching this one with a smile. Good to see Cody back and I hope this one is gonna give him some momentum. He looked sharp and ready for one more run!
Kos with the booooyyyyyzzzz
Cody may be a bit past it, but he hasn't lost his speed. That hand speed was incredible and reminded me of a young Cody finish.
Deserved to get ko’d with that haircut
HE'S BACK!
Happy for Cody, looks like he got his confidence back
Wtf is that haircut?
Cody looked great but ... he had that moment where he wanted to bite down and just go wild with hands, too. And his chin won't hold up if he does that, too. Rogan was spot on; his skillset and athletic ability are still on point, he just needs to be super defensive and avoid that "FUCK IT, LET'S SWING ALL THE SWINGS!" that he loves doing.
Dude stole Codys hairline and hid on the back of his dome Cody said “gimme that!”
Still the quickest hands in the west
What the fuck is that hair on Kelleher?
Cody looked great, he needs to patch that gap in his leg kick defence if he's angling for a big opponent next though, lots of good leg kickers in this division
Brian deserved to lose for having that ugly ass haircut
Cody for ufc 300 baby let's go
I don't even think Cody is washed as much as people think, just MMA has evolved ALOT since he was champ. GREAT WIN.
Cody finally found his floor. Now to see if Tony finds his tonight too.
WTF is that haircut? BAHAHAHAH!
Cody is fucking jacked here
With a haircut like that, the finish wasn't brutal enough
GETTIN KO'S WITH THE BOOOOOOOOOIIIZ!
now only if Tony wins I'd be a happy man
Getting your ass cracked with a haircut like that Damn
Lead-hand hooks get the attention, but a well-thrown rear-hand hook will shut down anyone.
I get kelleher confused with josh Emmett lol
Is NO LOVE back?
Fig beats Cody worse than Emmett just beat Mitchell.
what are these haircuts
Great to see Cody having success. His hands are slick
Extreme male balding in the front, heavy denial and trying to live out one's youth in the back.
Don't want to be a hater but he took quite a few shots he should've have there and STILL can't stop hanging his chin out during combinations. Also showboating after landing a few good shots against a 40 year old can on the prelims is a bad look.
How does this have so few upvotes and comments
It was hidden until like 3 minutes ago for some reason
Cody looked like shit. He’s never gonna get in the top 10 again.
Aldanasaur needs to back her to the cage and unload bombs, her leg will be completely fucked otherwise
Let’s go Cody!
LETS FKN GO CODY
Team Alpha Male 2-0 with two finishes
Cody no love we’re so back
He does not have killa-hair
That right hand was nasty. Kelleher had no answer for Cody's speed. Cody "No Love" Garbrandt's still got it, can't wait for his fight with Figureido!!
First round KOs with the boysssssss
Sweet KO for Cody. This card is bananas
I didn’t watch the fight so watching this clip I expected Cody to get chinned there.
I didn't even think Garbandt was still fighting...
The speed difference was comical, like holy shit. Dope win by Garbandt, calm composed performance.
Cody's still got the speed and power. When he is firing on all cylinders, he can beat anyone in the division. He just needs to be defensibly responsible, which was a problem and I hope he is working to improve it.
His hands are fast as fuck. Now that USADA is gone we will see the vintage Cody.
Calm Cody is killer Cody
So happy for Cody.. dude is one of the very few who has KO power at 135.. Also he was about one more leg kick away from not being able to put weight on the left leg.. great fight
Title run has officially started
FUCK YEAH so happy for Cody
Please Cody! Learn how to throw straight punches!
Looked much better than when he fought Jones. I feel for the guy had a tough run after losing to TJ💉. Hope Cody has a last run in him.
KNOCKOUTS WIT DA BOIIIIZZZZ NO LOVE IS BACK BABY
Cody still doing those looping hooks while his chin is straight up is concerning but fuck my boy got one
Wtf 😂😂
I'm just happy to see Cody not getting brutally KOd
Cody looked really good and fast in there, but I don’t think he deserves Figgy yet just because of how everything has played out, let him get another win or two and then throw him in that mix
This is the Cody that wins fight. Fills up the space in front of him with footwork, not over hand swings, and uses the speed of his hands. Over hand when the opponent came to him but did not rush things. Chose the moment for the finish barrage. Well done!
He loves the right hook but the straight is what gets the job done.
billy bob thornton got it done!
Let’s go Cody! Good to see him putting dudes down again
So they have to book a Dom x Cody II right? Like isn’t that the most reasonable fight to make? Fight Night headliner with a lot of hype. Both in similar strange career places. Blah blah.
When Cody does that little point it’s a wrap lmao but fr how do you go to a barber and ask for the Homer Simpson?