Cody Garbrandt had the exact same game plan in the second fight. He’s immensely talented but I believe his fight IQ isn’t as high as it appeared to be in the Cruz fight.
Alpha male has horrible coaching. It’s a great facility but guys like holdsworth and Castillo aren’t going to be coaching anyone to a title. Faber needs to swallow his pride and look for a coach that can improve the gym, look what a guy like Duane did for the team in his short time there
santiago steven I respect what Faber built with team alpha male but he’s refusal to let another coach come in and take control of the team is what’s hurting them. He rather have his boys act like coaches then go get someone who will help the team like what Duane Ludwig did for them.
Sick of IT Duane was responsible for tj winning the belt while at alpha male, I would say Justin buchholz was a big part to why Cody beat dom but he’s even gone from the team now. Coaching is the weak point of alpha male
Why would Gaston Bolanos and his coach from another gym have any insight to Codys gameplan? They went there and helped him with sparring, do you really think Team Alpha Male hands out their fighters gameplans to anyone who walks through the door?
I think he was just being ambivalent because Joe was getting a little too personal with how they train. Omg how'd you train how many rounds what did you drill how'd you prepare like DAMN officer Joe chill out with the public interrogation of the inner workings of a fight camp.
This is what happens when Alpha Male gets obsessed with beating 1 dude and just throwing guy after guy at him. Urijah Faber's obsession with Cruz finally paid off with Cody because they built Cody up since day 1 to beat him. Then he couldn't beat TJ. Now they'll probably have to spend another decade trying to train guys up to beat TJ lol.
Graham Van Dyke Cruz and tj are almost the same. Problem is that tj en duane trainend alot with Cody. Plus What Cody did in the fight was not very smart. The control he had in the Cruz fight was completely gone in the tj fight. He was just running into tj his fists.
You're making the mistake of thinking that because TJ and Cruz have *similar* striking, that they have the same striking. They don't. They both do a lot of stance switching and consistent movement, but their striking and general fighting style is very different. You're also forgetting that Cody beat a Cruz who is now worn out physically. He had 2 ACL surgeries on the same knee (the magnitude of the surgery is far worse the 2nd time), tore his groin, has plantar fasciitis (for which there is no real fix) and to top it all off tore the ACL on his other knee from over compensating his bad knee. To top all that off, Cody could not finish Cruz, even though he had been suffering from severe plantar fasciitis for his entire camp. I wonder how much that injury affected his movement since he's an extremely mobile fighter? A younger, uninjured Cruz would have dominated Cody.
+MMA ONE It's a figure of speech. Yeah if you want to be pedantic I think he and most people had "some idea" of Cody's game plan, what I mean is that he wouldn't have really been any more clued in than the rest of us, which is obvious from his super vague answer.
Joe knew the game plan it's the same for every TAM fighter threaten the takedowns with wrestling, try and counter strike hoping to land a overhand or hook. Tj use to pretty much do the exact same before he left and now look at him he's striking is more unpredictable and he put chest and kicks from different angles, and he has developed some of the best footwork and head movement in the UFC. So he knew exactly what to expect from gsrbeant since it's the same way Faber fsougjt his entire career
elchiponr1 that's because this is a live podcast and Jamie pulls small clips from the live episode that is currently running and puts small clips out before the actual video is finished. Then once this live podcast is done then Jamie posts the whole video with the title including the guests name.
It will be interesting to see how Cody's next fight goes. He's too emotional when he fights TJ and he needs to be more patient when setting his attacks.
dxburner222 all you need to be a coach is to laugh at corny jokes Faber tells and hate TJ. It’s crazy how Cody didn’t change much since the first loss to tj, he still had no head movement
I think keeping hands down when retracting punches while attacking and loading up a bit to much cost him the fight and also Tj always put that lead foot on the outside of cody when tj would do that at the start he would back down or extend his stance but the last time he got emotional trying to chase the ko and accepted tj's foot position on the outside and boom tj extends further full power boom the end.
Cody had his head all over with TJ and was desperate to knock him out. That just doesn't work, especially against high fight IQ like TJ who's well educated on Cody's weaknesses. Cody needs to cool his head off, drop the past and have a proper training.
Iamsomebody cody has all the physical attributes to be a champion he just needs to have a clear head when he fights. You can see when he fights someone that he had no personal problems with he fights like a beast.
deadzone Cortez and his game plan involved using techniques to exploit Cody's holes that he has.. Holes which Cody didn't try to correct at all so imo TJ is the better fighter based on all those reasons
Kirk Landau what the fuck are you on about? Tj beats him twice and you still think Cody's better? I didn't even think cruz beat tj but hey if you score pitter patter bullshit sig strikes
Kirk Landau+ Aside from coming back from the knee injuries, the primary reason Cruz was so unusually slow against Garbrant was the fact that he was suffering from severe plantar fascia tendinitis in BOTH feet. Tendonitis is excruciatingly painful in general. Plantar fascia tendinitis is not only painful as f'n hell, it's literally debilitating. For the fight with Garbrandt, Cruz had to have Botox injected into his feet to numb the pain but that is a double edged blade as it also affected his movement. Botox is a neurotoxic protein that inhibits the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. Acetylcholine is the chemical messenger (neurotransmitter) sent by nerve cells to signals other cells. Most significantly, is acetylcholine's function in the neuromuscular junction; as it is the chemical which motor neurons use to activate muscles. Botox blocks pain by blocking communication in neuromuscular junctions, but this also causes muscle weakness, as Botox induces muscle paralysis. A healthy Cruz would have given Garbrandt a much harder fight, and very likely could have won. Cruz gave TJ a much tougher fight because he wasn't dealing with foot issues, and TJ legitimately should have won that fight. No offense but you really don't sound like you know wtf you're talking about. Cody Garbrandt was 100% healthy for both of his fights with TJ, despite all of his extremely exaggerated excuses. That is an irrefutable fact, which has been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt. The only part of Cody's body that was "impaired and compromised" in his fights with TJ, was his brain. There is no doubt whatsoever that TJ is the superior fighter. You're simply being an illogical, contrarian, dunce.
I don't get it either my friend. I've been watching MMA for almost a decade now and I've never seen so many people make excuses for a fighter like they have Cody.
mantovannni a cool head wont change his chin. Everyone knows now the blueprint to beat cody. Clip him on the chin. Cody doesnt have a tiny head so it wasnt that obvious but now people know his nervous system is wired incorrectly for fighting.
Cody shouldn't even got mixed up in team alpha male drama, it's not his problem. But Cody was a real dushbag about rocking TJ in sparing I mean the dude made a real big deal about it, probably pressured by the coaches. SMH
I think all professions have a little OCD. Dwayne and TJ showed why they both left Alphamale. That pair is priceless!!! My son trains and his “Dwayne” passed away at the gym. I pray he finds another coach he can bond with on that level. Another OCD coach preferred! RIP nico
iamsexyandyouknowit My comment was speaking on the passion between coaches and their fighters. That TJ and “Dwayne” 😂 are very similar with their crafts. Also I was speaking about my son having the same connection with his coach until he passed away at the Dragons Den MMA in the middle of a class. Yet the trolls come out and speak on the spelling of a name? Thank god I now know the correct spelling!!! I put my son into martial arts very young. For so many reasons. One reason is so he never feels has to hide behind a keyboard. Another reason is if he reads a comment speaking on death. He has the compassion to shut the fuck up unless he has something beneficial to say.
The way Cody fought in the dom fight made him look like he was going to hold that title for a long time. Whether it’s a training problem or an ego thing I really hope he figures it out and gets back to the top.
Urijah is an obsessive, vindictive, bitter, controlling and stubborn person. It has made him successful business wise but he seems to get in the way of all of his fighters. None of his fighters ever get better, they just get more emotional, vindictive and stubborn; just like him. He fills their heads with his nonsense & hates anyone who challenges his dominance or threatens his ego or threatens to outshine him. Contrast AlphaMale to JacksonWink. Mike Perry, whatever you think of him, looked like a completely new fighter in his last fight. It was clear night/day difference just from doing one camp with JacksonWink. TJ & Bang had a unique connection, TJ left AlphaMale for someone who was truly invested in his future and under who's training he would always improve. Urijah didn't like Bang's influence, his connection w TJ, and what he wanted TJ to do vs. what Bang wanted TJ to do. When TJ left Urijah's ego couldn't handle it, and now he is ruining Cody's career by forcing him to fight his battles for him. If you're a fighter I say always challenge yourself! If you feel comfortable, get out of that situation. You never know what you'll learn at different places and you never know who will end up being your greatest coaches & supporters. Never pick a camp for life, find good people that are truly invested in your success wherever you can find them.
@country corner - is it a leap? Actions speak louder than words. You don't ask an apple tree if it makes apples, you know it's an apple tree bc apples are growing on it. The fruits of whatever you work on show everyone who you really are and what your attitude is regardless of what you say. If everyone around you, your company, and your gym all have really nasty characteristics what is more likely, that all of them are the source of the problem or that you are? How Urijah handles fighters, contracts, media, careers, coaching, game-plans etc. over the last 8 years or so have given me this impression of him. EX: You know all the fighters at AlphaMale have 360 deals with the team right? Like a record label. A 360 deal means your manager (Urijah in this case) gets a massive cut of every dollar you make (Im pretty sure Urijah gets 50%, it might be higher, most 360 deals in music are higher - like 80%) and has control over any interview, media, commercial - even every instagram post you're in. All his fighters are too business-dumb to realize this so they sign the dotted line. They think they're living it up w private jets, boat parties, meeting celebrities, buying nice suits, buying nice watches etc. but forgetting it's Urijah's boat, Urijah's plane, Urijah's connections, Urijah's money etc. All their checks run through him, all their coaches run through him, all their game-plans run through him, etc. No one can do anything or go anywhere without Daddy Urijah behind it. If it works, good for you; but if you even THINK about doing something that goes against the wishes and ideas of Urijah he will turn on you like a scorned woman and command his minions to hate you forever.
TJ is better rounded. More tools. Better trained. But Cody probably has the raw talent and superior boxing skills. If Cody had better coaches, stayed cool in the fight, he can beat TJ.
Being composed is obviously important. And this is where his "team" is important. They have to reinforce these things in their fighters. If Cody would have remembered to just keep his left hand up, how might the fight ended? It could have turned out very differently based on that one very simple thing. Fortunately, Cody is still young. In a couple years, he can come back and take the belt back. He's going to be a scary MOFO. By then, TJ might be looking to retire as well.
Along with Kyokushin Karate, Muay Thai has always been my first love and still is to this day. Muay Thai has been modernized and watered down since its birth but, I would still consider it a traditional martial art in some cases. Some of the old traditions in the art are still prominent! Granted, the skill set is far less extensive as it once was. Back then, there were several different variations of Muay Thai. Previously called Muay Boran, specific regions of Thailand had their own versions the art that were set apart by their HEAVY emphasis on preferred techniques. There was also a style that was invented and implicated in the Thai military known as Muay Chaiya. Furthering my point, Muay Thai has been around for hundreds of years and possibly longer. The more sport orientated version we all know and love today, has been around since at least the early 1900's. Not to mention, its been sported for competition since the early days except it was much more brutal.
Cody's problem is TAM he needs to leave and go to somewhere else, i think he knows it too but hes too loyal in order to do that and its influencing him badly, thats his problem, they make him emotional too when fighting T.J... he has to make some big desicions, changes and climb his way back to the top and only then he'll succeed but until then... man he needs to fix everything - holes in his game, patience, emotions, camps, confidence and i would also suggest going to a sport psychologist... as i said big changes.
KUKKYE/Sleepyhead I'd say Cody needs a shrink outside of sports. Outside of fighting. Outside of Alpha male........ He's a father now. His decisions for the rest of his life need to change...... Same goes for Conor.
Yea he can’t leave now that he made such a lame fuss out of TJ leaving. Kinda feel bad for him because he probably felt obligated to do so by Faber and his crew of midget jocks.
His whole beef with TJ is about leaving TAM so I agree that it’s gonna be hard for him to leave. It’s also unfortunate because he’s the younger guy and should be improving not getting worse. TJ is the one getting better and is 32 whereas Cody is 25.
KUKKYE/Sleepyhead I don't think he needs big changes at all. Lmao. He has two problems. One being a weak chin. Can't change that. Two being he's too emotional. Very simple change to be made. Fight more technical. It's clear that when he fights with technique he can beat anyone even with his weak chin.
Everyone keeps saying that but the camp got him a world title and now two fights later he needs to change camps? His problem is getting too emotional in fights. His coaches didn’t teach him to load up with every punch the way he did. He threw 3 rights in a row and got countered with 3 rights in a row but TJ had his hands up and moved his head while Cody just tried to kill him. Cody has the tools to beat TJ but his emotions and fight iq hold him back.
Justin left because Faber didn’t want him taking control of the team. Justin wanted to run practices like he was the head coach but Faber refused so he left the team. It’s sad to see how Faber can be responsible for such a great team but also the reason why they’ll never reach that next level due to his ego of letting someone else take control.
Justin is gone. He said he had differences with the team, most likely differences with faber on how things should work and what should change. Basically same problems with other previous coaches at TAM. Faber is one of my favorite fighters ever along with Cody and TJ, those 3 are my favorite but Castillo and Chris should not have been head coaches for a huge fight like this and immensely talented with huge potential fighter like Cody. Castillo and Chris should be nothing more than some advice and training partners and just assist. You can’t just decide to coach one of the biggest bantamweight fights ever and try to do it compared to someone who truely understands their fighter and truely knows the science, physical and mental science to coaching a fighter. easier said than done but I do know Castillo and Chris should not have been his coaches. They prolly had no choice after Justin left but Cody does need a good head coach, tam needs a good head coach who has the freedom to run it his way.
Everyone so quick to say fighters need to change camp when fighters lose. Cody went 11-0 and beat Cruz for the UFC title with Team Alpha Male. Cody fought with anger and emotion, and that was his down fall.
but to be fair, team alpha male had been prepping against cruz for years unsuccessfully... i think he was fighting with anger and emotion in his last two fights, if not them all. it's just his style, sticking to a gameplan is a discipline not every fighter can master.
The issue sticking with this particular camp is all of there fighters fight the exact same way. Faber fights exactly like Cody with a bit more wrestling which I think is mostly due to amount of fights/ring time, and before TJ left he fought exactly like those two counter strike while threating with takedowns using wrestling. But like Cruz was able to do before he got old and injured pre Cody fight, he was able to beat them by quick percise strikes and good movement, eventually Cody beat you but once again that's not the same Cruz that Faber and Tj fought. Tj left TAM expanded his skill set and technique with foot and head movement, throwing punches and kicks from different angles, he is still a good wrestler and can take most ppl down,plus he has become less predictable with his striking. So as long as Cody is with TAM he will always fight the exact same way he currently does just like Faber did his whole career and just like TJ before he left and started evolving and adapting
Cody is a good fighter and quite frankly my favorite right now. But i agree he is emotional when he fights TJ. I’d like to see Dodson and Cody fight. And TJ and Henry fight
Seems like Team Alpha Male is the problem. Dudes all in their feelings, and letting it ruin their composure is the complete opposite of an alpha male mindset. That's a feminine mentality, ironically enough...while TJ has been the one carrying himself with poise, and complete confidence in his talents.
This is a pretty random thing to ask but is there someone who's the opposite of Chael Sonnen when it comes to predicting fights? Like someone who gets it right most of the time?
real talk. who could take TAM back into being a camp w elite next level fighters? my question meaning, which coach who isnt currently invested in a team can be hired and take control for the next 2-3 years fulltime? is there such a coach even available?
2-0 both dominant knockouts, and people say the other guy will still win? SOunds crazy right? Tj does the exact same scenario above, and people still pontificate on "he can beat him"
Kentpaul1988 You can definitely raise your fight IQ. Fighters train everyday to learn not only technique but strategy and what to do situationally in a fight. All of that raises your fight IQ.
Cody was on the correct side of Karma...All that bullshit talk came back well deserved at Aplpha Male and Cody. The "Snake" in the grass, became The "King Cobra" of the division. I always thought he beat Cruz. His only legit loss in my mind from what I've seen, was against Jon Dodson when he got cracked, but he likes the first fight recovered very fast, but the ref, called it already and rightfully so. But he had already recovered from getting caught, and would destroy Dodson today. The Raphael Asuncio loss could haves gone either way, and regardless, TJ was always a far better fighter. A much higher fight iQ, the ability to rise to the occasion, greater skill set, and easily the much better coach. He still is extremely under rated atm. Pound for pound, he's the best. The way he moves, his iQ, preparation, the only other fighter I have there are DJ and JJ. Not DC, not Khabib. McGregor and Brian Ortega are very close to putting it all together just as well.
It wasn't a blowout but I still had Dominic clearly winning vs TJ. TJ was plodding around like Frankenstein swinging at air by the third round; I never understood the controversy over that fight.
Funny they always know what was going to happen, after the fight. Cody Lost because he was emotional. Had Cody won, it would of been because he was Emotional. TJ whooped his Ass because he is the better fighter. thats it!!
u dont really need to have much of a clue about anything to realise he got knocked out the exact same way as he did in the first fight. So either his coaches & team are shit or he was just too emotional and didnt listen to them
Uriah Faber's Chin demands title shot with Dillashaw. In all seriousness. Tj footwork, use of angles to maximize the reach advantage created leverage that maximized his power shots. He looked phenomenal .
This day and time in Mma, you can't let your hands drop against a highly-skilled counter striker. In the old days that would work, but that's over now. Cody Garbrandt has tons of talent, but I hate to say it ,he didn't learn much from the first fight, seems like . All that said, TJ Dillashaw is a hell of a fighter.
Can you fucking imagine how disgustingly good it would be if Cody and Chad Mendes moved over to Duane Ludwig's gym with TJ??? They would all be champs. Cody needs to move to Featherweight, he would fucking DOMINATE. Chad and TJ would never fight each other, so that's the issue. Chad and TJ are best friends.
I know Garbrandt can beat Dillashaw and I wish he would have. Cody was emotional and rushed, and TJ is too good for that and now we have two first round KOs. Sucks! If Cody would have fought TJ the same way he fought Cruz, then he may have got the win. I know cody can beat TJ
He's proven he can't beat TJ. He got knocked the fuck out in the first one, and beat to a pulp the second. It was such a one sided beat down. Cody's not gonna get another shot against TJ. No one wants to see it, because he's gonna get torn apart again. I'm done with Cody. And everyone should be.
I’m left handed but I feel super comfortable southpaw however I try to stay orthodox until I get an opportunity to step into southpaw the way Holloway alternates power hands
When I watched the fight I just thought to myself that either one of these guys could sleep the other at any given moment, they are both that good. The margin for error at this level must be so small.
His name is “Cody.” Ever seen a nonemotional Cody? He was fighting like a basic Cody
astheskylarksings 😂
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cody vs tj sounds like they are fighting for the pinkslip to an f-250 with either a ski-doo or dirt bike in the bed
Benjamin Waltenburg the loser has to hangout with Sage Northcutt and Mickey Gall for the weekend 👀
Cody Garbrandt had the exact same game plan in the second fight. He’s immensely talented but I believe his fight IQ isn’t as high as it appeared to be in the Cruz fight.
Mitch.G he kept trying to knock out TJ, not a good game plan especially since TJ has great counters
So what was the game plan? - you know, just piece him up!
HuskyGaming yeah and he got caught in the same exchange as he did in the first. Not a lot of adaptability
I think emotions gets to him. In Cruz fight he was so fluid unlike the Tj matches
What happens when you lose Justin Buchholdz as a coach.
Alpha male has horrible coaching. It’s a great facility but guys like holdsworth and Castillo aren’t going to be coaching anyone to a title. Faber needs to swallow his pride and look for a coach that can improve the gym, look what a guy like Duane did for the team in his short time there
I was only a Urijah Faber fan. And TJ.
santiago steven I respect what Faber built with team alpha male but he’s refusal to let another coach come in and take control of the team is what’s hurting them. He rather have his boys act like coaches then go get someone who will help the team like what Duane Ludwig did for them.
Julio El Chavez Faber doesn't want to pay for an elite coache
Well, having 2 champs(TJ and Cody) is not nothing. Just saying.
Sick of IT Duane was responsible for tj winning the belt while at alpha male, I would say Justin buchholz was a big part to why Cody beat dom but he’s even gone from the team now. Coaching is the weak point of alpha male
Who's here after TJ pissed hot
The game plan was “knock his ass out”
Profile One then after it’s HANGING WITH THE BOIS
"PRETTY MUCH BEAT HIS ASS" NICK DIAZ
Profile One LMFAO 😂 dead...
So what was the game plan? - you know, just piece him up.....ok so there was no real game plan, got it
Midknight1124....LMFAO...NO fight IQ at TAM! 0%
Why would Gaston Bolanos and his coach from another gym have any insight to Codys gameplan? They went there and helped him with sparring, do you really think Team Alpha Male hands out their fighters gameplans to anyone who walks through the door?
Midknight1124 that's exactly what I was thinking
I heard more than one person say that exact gameplan.
I think he was just being ambivalent because Joe was getting a little too personal with how they train. Omg how'd you train how many rounds what did you drill how'd you prepare like DAMN officer Joe chill out with the public interrogation of the inner workings of a fight camp.
"Cody Garbrandt was never my friend" -Urijah Faber
when did he say that lol
b bremner actually Dana white said that about joe rogan
hector mora
No he didn’t.
He said that about the old cut man
Dana ‘Cucked by Schaub’ White yeah he did Santiago Steven made a reference
“What was Cody’s gameplan”
*long pause* uhhh just piece em up
I have footage of Cody getting knocked out twice
Cesar 2 🙄
hahah :D
3 times now
Make that 3
This is what happens when Alpha Male gets obsessed with beating 1 dude and just throwing guy after guy at him. Urijah Faber's obsession with Cruz finally paid off with Cody because they built Cody up since day 1 to beat him. Then he couldn't beat TJ. Now they'll probably have to spend another decade trying to train guys up to beat TJ lol.
Graham Van Dyke Cruz and tj are almost the same. Problem is that tj en duane trainend alot with Cody. Plus What Cody did in the fight was not very smart. The control he had in the Cruz fight was completely gone in the tj fight. He was just running into tj his fists.
You're making the mistake of thinking that because TJ and Cruz have *similar* striking, that they have the same striking. They don't. They both do a lot of stance switching and consistent movement, but their striking and general fighting style is very different. You're also forgetting that Cody beat a Cruz who is now worn out physically. He had 2 ACL surgeries on the same knee (the magnitude of the surgery is far worse the 2nd time), tore his groin, has plantar fasciitis (for which there is no real fix) and to top it all off tore the ACL on his other knee from over compensating his bad knee. To top all that off, Cody could not finish Cruz, even though he had been suffering from severe plantar fasciitis for his entire camp. I wonder how much that injury affected his movement since he's an extremely mobile fighter? A younger, uninjured Cruz would have dominated Cody.
Cody was no where near as poised against Tj as he was against Cruz
Don’t have to beat the guy when USADA does
Harder to beat a roided up cheat
I love the long pause when Joe ask what was their game plan.
He's pausing because he's only a sparring partner so he has no idea, not because there wasn't a game plan.
Jay Croker you know he replied when Joe asked that right? So he clearly had some idea. I don't think it matters now though.
+MMA ONE It's a figure of speech. Yeah if you want to be pedantic I think he and most people had "some idea" of Cody's game plan, what I mean is that he wouldn't have really been any more clued in than the rest of us, which is obvious from his super vague answer.
Joe knew the game plan it's the same for every TAM fighter threaten the takedowns with wrestling, try and counter strike hoping to land a overhand or hook. Tj use to pretty much do the exact same before he left and now look at him he's striking is more unpredictable and he put chest and kicks from different angles, and he has developed some of the best footwork and head movement in the UFC. So he knew exactly what to expect from gsrbeant since it's the same way Faber fsougjt his entire career
Joe ”he’s a BEAST!!!” Rogan
He’s a stud son straight up beast
Lmao who is here after ufc 250, man got ko of the night maybe year
The two TJ vs Cody fights can teach you ALOT about MMA as a whole.
Ty Hutson pls explain
@@Justabettaplayer the fights do the explaining
Yep they teach u the importance of cheating
Yea, it teaches that the guy on EPO has the advantage.
@@ZDiddy7777 Like every fight of Jon Jones
put the guests name in the title and or description you baffoon
elchiponr1 Gaston bolanos
click the link dude...
elchiponr1 that's because this is a live podcast and Jamie pulls small clips from the live episode that is currently running and puts small clips out before the actual video is finished. Then once this live podcast is done then Jamie posts the whole video with the title including the guests name.
Jon Jones and Kelvin Gastelum
If you don't know who these guys are, check out CSA gym... Bad ass coach Kirian and his amazing fighter Gaston.
People keep saying "glass jaw" but Cody was on his feet when that second fight was called.
It’s more just poor defence imo
It will be interesting to see how Cody's next fight goes. He's too emotional when he fights TJ and he needs to be more patient when setting his attacks.
Slim Charles you should put an app for a coaching position at team Alpha Male.
Slim Charles people just figured out Cody has no chin
dxburner222 all you need to be a coach is to laugh at corny jokes Faber tells and hate TJ. It’s crazy how Cody didn’t change much since the first loss to tj, he still had no head movement
Cody has got a chin but I contention you realise that ANYONE in MMA can get tagged
Slim Charles I don’t even think it’s emotion. I think it’s just how flat footed he is, he needs to work on his movement
Glass jaw and too emotional
DonD512 everyone has a glass jaw against TJ
Commander Potato L
Didn't Dodson KO Turkey Jizz? Lmao
DonD512 Cody dropped TJ in their first fight and almost did it again in the 2nd. So idiots claiming Cody has a glass jaw have glass eyesl
Louis Cypher What does him landing a shot have to do with his inability to take a shot? That’s a terrible argument.
I think keeping hands down when retracting punches while attacking and loading up a bit to much cost him the fight and also Tj always put that lead foot on the outside of cody when tj would do that at the start he would back down or extend his stance but the last time he got emotional trying to chase the ko and accepted tj's foot position on the outside and boom tj extends further full power boom the end.
Cody's gameplan was horrible. Why didn't he just fight him like he faught Cruz, be patient and counter him.
HHstutz55 he was too emotional, I really wish he went on the octagon with a clear head it would've be been a good fight
Cody had his head all over with TJ and was desperate to knock him out. That just doesn't work, especially against high fight IQ like TJ who's well educated on Cody's weaknesses. Cody needs to cool his head off, drop the past and have a proper training.
Iamsomebody cody has all the physical attributes to be a champion he just needs to have a clear head when he fights. You can see when he fights someone that he had no personal problems with he fights like a beast.
I mean in the first fight TJ punished him for trying to counter.
HHstutz55 if only mma was so simple 😂😂
TJ is a better fighter than Cody... Plain and simple
deadzone Cortez True but TJ is the better fighter overall.. He is more well rounded and has a way higher FIGHT IQ ergo he is the better fighter
deadzone Cortez and his game plan involved using techniques to exploit Cody's holes that he has.. Holes which Cody didn't try to correct at all so imo TJ is the better fighter based on all those reasons
Kirk Landau what the fuck are you on about? Tj beats him twice and you still think Cody's better? I didn't even think cruz beat tj but hey if you score pitter patter bullshit sig strikes
Kirk Landau+
Aside from coming back from the knee injuries, the primary reason Cruz was so unusually slow against Garbrant was the fact that he was suffering from severe plantar fascia tendinitis in BOTH feet. Tendonitis is excruciatingly painful in general. Plantar fascia tendinitis is not only painful as f'n hell, it's literally debilitating. For the fight with Garbrandt, Cruz had to have Botox injected into his feet to numb the pain but that is a double edged blade as it also affected his movement. Botox is a neurotoxic protein that inhibits the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. Acetylcholine is the chemical messenger (neurotransmitter) sent by nerve cells to signals other cells. Most significantly, is acetylcholine's function in the neuromuscular junction; as it is the chemical which motor neurons use to activate muscles. Botox blocks pain by blocking communication in neuromuscular junctions, but this also causes muscle weakness, as Botox induces muscle paralysis.
A healthy Cruz would have given Garbrandt a much harder fight, and very likely could have won. Cruz gave TJ a much tougher fight because he wasn't dealing with foot issues, and TJ legitimately should have won that fight. No offense but you really don't sound like you know wtf you're talking about. Cody Garbrandt was 100% healthy for both of his fights with TJ, despite all of his extremely exaggerated excuses. That is an irrefutable fact, which has been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt. The only part of Cody's body that was "impaired and compromised" in his fights with TJ, was his brain. There is no doubt whatsoever that TJ is the superior fighter. You're simply being an illogical, contrarian, dunce.
I don't get it either my friend. I've been watching MMA for almost a decade now and I've never seen so many people make excuses for a fighter like they have Cody.
Cody's got BJ Penn's old corner almost..."just knock him out BJ!"
The 🐍 has spread the venom, alpha male is broken
Cody garbrandt made the same mistake smh. He needs to be cool calm and collective, like how he was in the Cruz fight
Kyle Sanders Exactly! I said the same thing. Cody touched TJ up in both fights but got sloppy. To bad I really wanted to see a third fight
Kyle Sanders......Ehhhhhggzactly
*collected
Jay Croker it’ll be ok
Cody needs to keep a cool head, I think that was his downfall, getting too wound up with TJ the snake.
mantovannni a cool head wont change his chin. Everyone knows now the blueprint to beat cody. Clip him on the chin. Cody doesnt have a tiny head so it wasnt that obvious but now people know his nervous system is wired incorrectly for fighting.
balxa vae dude got hit in his temple not chin
If being smart about your career and seeking better training makes you a snake 🐍 then we should all be snakes.
Cody shouldn't even got mixed up in team alpha male drama, it's not his problem. But Cody was a real dushbag about rocking TJ in sparing I mean the dude made a real big deal about it, probably pressured by the coaches. SMH
Hawkeye - It doesn't literally mean chin.
I think all professions have a little OCD. Dwayne and TJ showed why they both left Alphamale. That pair is priceless!!! My son trains and his “Dwayne” passed away at the gym. I pray he finds another coach he can bond with on that level. Another OCD coach preferred! RIP nico
it's "Duane"
iamsexyandyouknowit oh thank you! I think I’ll get a much better night of sleep knowing the grammar police is on duty.
Actually, spelling and grammar are two different things
bird schulba there's a couple of ways*
iamsexyandyouknowit My comment was speaking on the passion between coaches and their fighters. That TJ and “Dwayne” 😂 are very similar with their crafts. Also I was speaking about my son having the same connection with his coach until he passed away at the Dragons Den MMA in the middle of a class. Yet the trolls come out and speak on the spelling of a name? Thank god I now know the correct spelling!!! I put my son into martial arts very young. For so many reasons. One reason is so he never feels has to hide behind a keyboard. Another reason is if he reads a comment speaking on death. He has the compassion to shut the fuck up unless he has something beneficial to say.
The way Cody fought in the dom fight made him look like he was going to hold that title for a long time. Whether it’s a training problem or an ego thing I really hope he figures it out and gets back to the top.
Urijah is an obsessive, vindictive, bitter, controlling and stubborn person. It has made him successful business wise but he seems to get in the way of all of his fighters. None of his fighters ever get better, they just get more emotional, vindictive and stubborn; just like him. He fills their heads with his nonsense & hates anyone who challenges his dominance or threatens his ego or threatens to outshine him. Contrast AlphaMale to JacksonWink. Mike Perry, whatever you think of him, looked like a completely new fighter in his last fight. It was clear night/day difference just from doing one camp with JacksonWink.
TJ & Bang had a unique connection, TJ left AlphaMale for someone who was truly invested in his future and under who's training he would always improve. Urijah didn't like Bang's influence, his connection w TJ, and what he wanted TJ to do vs. what Bang wanted TJ to do. When TJ left Urijah's ego couldn't handle it, and now he is ruining Cody's career by forcing him to fight his battles for him.
If you're a fighter I say always challenge yourself! If you feel comfortable, get out of that situation. You never know what you'll learn at different places and you never know who will end up being your greatest coaches & supporters. Never pick a camp for life, find good people that are truly invested in your success wherever you can find them.
Mickey Marlowe Yeah!!! If you're a fighter I say challenge yourself. - idiot.
Mickey Marlowe unless you personally know him you’re taking quite a leap in your description of faber.
@David Chung - for sure, bc staying stagnant & plateauing definitely isn't the source of all complacency & eventual failure... lol
@country corner - is it a leap? Actions speak louder than words. You don't ask an apple tree if it makes apples, you know it's an apple tree bc apples are growing on it. The fruits of whatever you work on show everyone who you really are and what your attitude is regardless of what you say. If everyone around you, your company, and your gym all have really nasty characteristics what is more likely, that all of them are the source of the problem or that you are?
How Urijah handles fighters, contracts, media, careers, coaching, game-plans etc. over the last 8 years or so have given me this impression of him.
EX: You know all the fighters at AlphaMale have 360 deals with the team right? Like a record label. A 360 deal means your manager (Urijah in this case) gets a massive cut of every dollar you make (Im pretty sure Urijah gets 50%, it might be higher, most 360 deals in music are higher - like 80%) and has control over any interview, media, commercial - even every instagram post you're in. All his fighters are too business-dumb to realize this so they sign the dotted line. They think they're living it up w private jets, boat parties, meeting celebrities, buying nice suits, buying nice watches etc. but forgetting it's Urijah's boat, Urijah's plane, Urijah's connections, Urijah's money etc. All their checks run through him, all their coaches run through him, all their game-plans run through him, etc. No one can do anything or go anywhere without Daddy Urijah behind it. If it works, good for you; but if you even THINK about doing something that goes against the wishes and ideas of Urijah he will turn on you like a scorned woman and command his minions to hate you forever.
Chad Mendes though
I'm a right handed south paw but I still have power in my left
They talk about "emotion" being the factor. It definitely was, but I think TJ is also a better fighter. No one said that.
TJ is better rounded. More tools. Better trained. But Cody probably has the raw talent and superior boxing skills. If Cody had better coaches, stayed cool in the fight, he can beat TJ.
Being composed is obviously important. And this is where his "team" is important. They have to reinforce these things in their fighters.
If Cody would have remembered to just keep his left hand up, how might the fight ended? It could have turned out very differently based on that one very simple thing.
Fortunately, Cody is still young. In a couple years, he can come back and take the belt back. He's going to be a scary MOFO. By then, TJ might be looking to retire as well.
What do you mean? They practically just spent 10 minutes praising how good TJ is
The mistake that got Cody knocked out in the first fight, he repeated 3 times in the rematch. Amazing talent but you can't fix being a moron.
Octavus5 TJ will always beat Cody.... If they fight 10 times TJ KO’s him 10 times SIMPLE
TJ is embracing the inner snake, started out as a brother of TAM, won their first belt, and abandoned them. Fookin legend. Fook TAM
JLDoubleU look at his merch and official Reebok shirt. Hes getting snake tatoos aswell.
I think he even got a snake tattoo on his bicep now lol
JLDoubleU u forgot the peds.
Along with Kyokushin Karate, Muay Thai has always been my first love and still is to this day. Muay Thai has been modernized and watered down since its birth but, I would still consider it a traditional martial art in some cases. Some of the old traditions in the art are still prominent! Granted, the skill set is far less extensive as it once was. Back then, there were several different variations of Muay Thai. Previously called Muay Boran, specific regions of Thailand had their own versions the art that were set apart by their HEAVY emphasis on preferred techniques. There was also a style that was invented and implicated in the Thai military known as Muay Chaiya. Furthering my point, Muay Thai has been around for hundreds of years and possibly longer. The more sport orientated version we all know and love today, has been around since at least the early 1900's. Not to mention, its been sported for competition since the early days except it was much more brutal.
Cody's problem is TAM he needs to leave and go to somewhere else, i think he knows it too but hes too loyal in order to do that and its influencing him badly, thats his problem, they make him emotional too when fighting T.J... he has to make some big desicions, changes and climb his way back to the top and only then he'll succeed but until then... man he needs to fix everything - holes in his game, patience, emotions, camps, confidence and i would also suggest going to a sport psychologist... as i said big changes.
KUKKYE/Sleepyhead I'd say Cody needs a shrink outside of sports. Outside of fighting. Outside of Alpha male........ He's a father now. His decisions for the rest of his life need to change...... Same goes for Conor.
Yea he can’t leave now that he made such a lame fuss out of TJ leaving. Kinda feel bad for him because he probably felt obligated to do so by Faber and his crew of midget jocks.
His whole beef with TJ is about leaving TAM so I agree that it’s gonna be hard for him to leave. It’s also unfortunate because he’s the younger guy and should be improving not getting worse. TJ is the one getting better and is 32 whereas Cody is 25.
KUKKYE/Sleepyhead I don't think he needs big changes at all. Lmao. He has two problems. One being a weak chin. Can't change that. Two being he's too emotional. Very simple change to be made. Fight more technical. It's clear that when he fights with technique he can beat anyone even with his weak chin.
Everyone keeps saying that but the camp got him a world title and now two fights later he needs to change camps? His problem is getting too emotional in fights. His coaches didn’t teach him to load up with every punch the way he did. He threw 3 rights in a row and got countered with 3 rights in a row but TJ had his hands up and moved his head while Cody just tried to kill him. Cody has the tools to beat TJ but his emotions and fight iq hold him back.
We all know alpha male needs a head coach, Faber, Justin or Castillo can't fit the position.
Ur aware Faber owns alpha male yea.and Justin hasn't been with tam for months
Justin left because Faber didn’t want him taking control of the team. Justin wanted to run practices like he was the head coach but Faber refused so he left the team. It’s sad to see how Faber can be responsible for such a great team but also the reason why they’ll never reach that next level due to his ego of letting someone else take control.
Justin is gone. He said he had differences with the team, most likely differences with faber on how things should work and what should change. Basically same problems with other previous coaches at TAM. Faber is one of my favorite fighters ever along with Cody and TJ, those 3 are my favorite but Castillo and Chris should not have been head coaches for a huge fight like this and immensely talented with huge potential fighter like Cody. Castillo and Chris should be nothing more than some advice and training partners and just assist. You can’t just decide to coach one of the biggest bantamweight fights ever and try to do it compared to someone who truely understands their fighter and truely knows the science, physical and mental science to coaching a fighter. easier said than done but I do know Castillo and Chris should not have been his coaches. They prolly had no choice after Justin left but Cody does need a good head coach, tam needs a good head coach who has the freedom to run it his way.
Manny O Also TJ and Buchholz made up twitter.com/aaronbronsteter/status/1025117245603627008?s=19
Chris Holdsworth actually seems like a pretty good coach. But urijah and danny need to get lost
Everyone so quick to say fighters need to change camp when fighters lose. Cody went 11-0 and beat Cruz for the UFC title with Team Alpha Male. Cody fought with anger and emotion, and that was his down fall.
but to be fair, team alpha male had been prepping against cruz for years unsuccessfully... i think he was fighting with anger and emotion in his last two fights, if not them all. it's just his style, sticking to a gameplan is a discipline not every fighter can master.
Pride always comes before the fall.
The issue sticking with this particular camp is all of there fighters fight the exact same way. Faber fights exactly like Cody with a bit more wrestling which I think is mostly due to amount of fights/ring time, and before TJ left he fought exactly like those two counter strike while threating with takedowns using wrestling. But like Cruz was able to do before he got old and injured pre Cody fight, he was able to beat them by quick percise strikes and good movement, eventually Cody beat you but once again that's not the same Cruz that Faber and Tj fought. Tj left TAM expanded his skill set and technique with foot and head movement, throwing punches and kicks from different angles, he is still a good wrestler and can take most ppl down,plus he has become less predictable with his striking. So as long as Cody is with TAM he will always fight the exact same way he currently does just like Faber did his whole career and just like TJ before he left and started evolving and adapting
Cody like Luke Rockhold, both not adapting stylistically to what keeps getting them knocked out.
Cody is a good fighter and quite frankly my favorite right now. But i agree he is emotional when he fights TJ. I’d like to see Dodson and Cody fight. And TJ and Henry fight
Hey can someone tell me who these guys are?
Seems like Team Alpha Male is the problem. Dudes all in their feelings, and letting it ruin their composure is the complete opposite of an alpha male mindset. That's a feminine mentality, ironically enough...while TJ has been the one carrying himself with poise, and complete confidence in his talents.
ny_kia31 🤔
And pumping that epo too it seems.
ny_kia31 if tj is so confindent why did he need EPO?
Gaston "Dreamkiller" Bolanos is a freakin beast!!!! Awesome fighter...
The video with corner audio was quite eye opening. Says it all.
Cody “I knocked him down once in sparring” Garbrandt
Cody needs to get off social media and regroup instead of posting skin fade haircuts every week
These kicks on my feet from Virgil, no Van Dijk I'm on slime like Keenan.
Nobody was questioning TAM when Cody was piecing-up Dominic Cruz. From where I'm sitting the biggest factor is his emotional state.
This is a pretty random thing to ask but is there someone who's the opposite of Chael Sonnen when it comes to predicting fights? Like someone who gets it right most of the time?
Brendan schaub
Goku Uzamaki LMAO...you’re kidding, right?
Lmao, Michael Bisping and Robin Black are pretty good. Agreed about Chael
Ibrahimobich Slatan
Goku Uzamaki 😂😂
Cody has a lot of potential. He definitely needs to switch camps
real talk. who could take TAM back into being a camp w elite next level fighters? my question meaning, which coach who isnt currently invested in a team can be hired and take control for the next 2-3 years fulltime? is there such a coach even available?
Anyone have a link to the fight they are talking about?
yo wheres buckhold gone, why isnt he coaching him
Dip Pic he left alpha male
He was too tall to be on the team
So what was the game plan...
AJ Cerenzie “knock him out” is as far as they got.
And he did the same shit in his next fight too. Cody must be the most unintelligent, but gifted fighter on the planet.
Who is the fighter on the show?
Duane and TJ are so gay for each other. Like cmon guys its 2018 just come out
Cody has a glass chin and he's too emotional. Not a great combination in a fighter.
Joe: "So what was the game plan?"
*Crickets*
I can't find this on Joe's channel....
They didn't mention anything about how good Dillahsaw is or the fact he is a better fighter. Funny.
Joe "Cody Garbrandt is up next" Rogan
Devexifies TJ is very good, but the only thing he’s better at is mental and professionalism. Cody can beat him
Devexifies your right, and TJ was the better fighter that night and will be again.
Tony Gareth 2-0 buddy.
Tony Gareth funny how someone who can win got KO'd
2-0 both dominant knockouts, and people say the other guy will still win? SOunds crazy right?
Tj does the exact same scenario above, and people still pontificate on "he can beat him"
dude doesn't have the fastest knockout any more !
Respect to Cody. He’s a stud. Super fast hands! Scary stuff. I hope he gets back.
Who was the kickboxer Joe mentioned at the start didn't quite catch what he said anybody know?
You can teach technique but you can't teach fight IQ, and I don't think Garbrant's fight IQ is very good.
Regular IQ aint too hot either. He was gifted a right hand at the cost of intelligence and everything else lol
Jaccob Stevens yikes..
All Cody needs to do is switch camps. Everyone learns differently.
And his IQ- must be low also.
Kentpaul1988 You can definitely raise your fight IQ. Fighters train everyday to learn not only technique but strategy and what to do situationally in a fight. All of that raises your fight IQ.
Lol “ what was the game plan ?” *silence* uhh ya know just piece him up . How are these fellas coaches 😂
Stephen Ray I was thinking the same. Classic
He literally got hooked 8 times IN A ROW
WHo was the heavyweight kickboxer he was talking about at the start?
Cody needs a chin
Rick he should borrow from Uriah, dude got big ass chin
What an idiot , he got Hit 3 times by a Right Hand from tj , you would fookin Go down After one right, gtfo
"so what was the game plan?"- no answer
thats team beta male
Rogan gets interrupted by kelvin jr. and just completely forgets to tell the story about Duane and TJ over lunch.
Who were they talking about at the start?
easiest bet in a year.
Cody was throwing looping punches from his pockets.....
Lol lol 😂 I cant with the roots
Who was joe talking about at the very beginning?
Cody was on the correct side of Karma...All that bullshit talk came back well deserved at Aplpha Male and Cody. The "Snake" in the grass, became The "King Cobra" of the division. I always thought he beat Cruz. His only legit loss in my mind from what I've seen, was against Jon Dodson when he got cracked, but he likes the first fight recovered very fast, but the ref, called it already and rightfully so. But he had already recovered from getting caught, and would destroy Dodson today. The Raphael Asuncio loss could haves gone either way, and regardless, TJ was always a far better fighter. A much higher fight iQ, the ability to rise to the occasion, greater skill set, and easily the much better coach. He still is extremely under rated atm. Pound for pound, he's the best. The way he moves, his iQ, preparation, the only other fighter I have there are DJ and JJ. Not DC, not Khabib. McGregor and Brian Ortega are very close to putting it all together just as well.
Mike Weaver Been saying the same thing for a couple years now.
TJ is definitely an all time great. If you don't see it you just dont know MMA.
It wasn't a blowout but I still had Dominic clearly winning vs TJ. TJ was plodding around like Frankenstein swinging at air by the third round; I never understood the controversy over that fight.
Cruz definitely won that fight, I don’t know what the fuck your on about, how did he win the fight when he only hit air the whole night
Funny they always know what was going to happen, after the fight. Cody Lost because he was emotional. Had Cody won, it would of been because he was Emotional. TJ whooped his Ass because he is the better fighter. thats it!!
Gaston Bolanos!!! Local Muay Thai and MMA fighter in the bay area. He's a real bad ass.
Writing is on the wall,Cody needs to get in with a new camp. New is never bad
Cody "No Chin" Garbrandt
Lol a lot of people in here with a lot of second hand options but really have no clue about anything
u dont really need to have much of a clue about anything to realise he got knocked out the exact same way as he did in the first fight. So either his coaches & team are shit or he was just too emotional and didnt listen to them
going off his gameplan answer id guess that his coaches are useless like most people are saying
Uriah Faber's Chin demands title shot with Dillashaw.
In all seriousness. Tj footwork, use of angles to maximize the reach advantage created leverage that maximized his power shots. He looked phenomenal .
See title... grabs popcorn.
EPO🤭
Feel Bad for Cody..but his attitude and overconfidence is his downfall I guess.
This day and time in Mma, you can't let your hands drop against a highly-skilled counter striker. In the old days that would work, but that's over now. Cody Garbrandt has tons of talent, but I hate to say it ,he didn't learn much from the first fight, seems like . All that said, TJ Dillashaw is a hell of a fighter.
Can you fucking imagine how disgustingly good it would be if Cody and Chad Mendes moved over to Duane Ludwig's gym with TJ??? They would all be champs. Cody needs to move to Featherweight, he would fucking DOMINATE. Chad and TJ would never fight each other, so that's the issue. Chad and TJ are best friends.
Wow. I've never seen that haircut before...
Jeff Haskins which one... Joe Rogain? Lol
Jeff Haskins You'd rather let your wife cut your hair instead.
Jordan Schlansky Jeff is rocking the “Khabib cut.” Khabib stole it from Matthew Modine in Full Metal Jacket.
Every other cut is inferior.
Jeff Haskins seems like you’re a little jealous of his hair...
I've seen that dude's haircut 30 times today. Shit gets old.
I know Garbrandt can beat Dillashaw and I wish he would have. Cody was emotional and rushed, and TJ is too good for that and now we have two first round KOs. Sucks! If Cody would have fought TJ the same way he fought Cruz, then he may have got the win. I know cody can beat TJ
Tony Gareth well, we can only go by what the results were...2 fights to KOs
He's proven he can't beat TJ. He got knocked the fuck out in the first one, and beat to a pulp the second. It was such a one sided beat down.
Cody's not gonna get another shot against TJ. No one wants to see it, because he's gonna get torn apart again. I'm done with Cody. And everyone should be.
Tony Gareth perhaps he couldn't fight him in that style because TJ was not allowing him to?
Tony Gareth lol you’re a moron.
2-0 bitch
I’m left handed but I feel super comfortable southpaw however I try to stay orthodox until I get an opportunity to step into southpaw the way Holloway alternates power hands
When I watched the fight I just thought to myself that either one of these guys could sleep the other at any given moment, they are both that good. The margin for error at this level must be so small.
Cody is a joke...
Eustass D. Kidd I don’t think any former ufc champ is a joke buddy
ronda is a joke
Thomas O'Brien Germaine De Randamie is a joke
TJ is an incredible finisher. Once he witnesses a taste of a TKO , he becomes a real dreamkiller.
Was he talking about Mirko Cro Cop in the beginning??
Joe secretly hated the dude with the glasses lol
who is the best hw kickboxer that Joe mentions at the beginning?
My best guess would be Badr Hari but would like to know too
Maybe hooste
hahaha rare bromance between tj and dwane
About who were they Talking in the Beginning?
Who is the younger guy? i recognize but cant remember.
Fuckin love joe, asks the best questions always
Joe "I watch every fight" Rogan
The king of the spinning elbow! Kelvin Gastel--on Bolanos!
Those faints and changing levels from TJ are pretty hard to defend too!