Many fans don’t know it, but former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Gabrandt has come back from a knockout loss before.
Although Garbrandt suffered the first professional KO loss of his career at UFC 217, losing the bantamweight title to ex-teammate T.J. Dillashaw in the co-main event, ‘No Love’ was brutally knocked out in his final amateur bout in 2012, which only spurred him on to win eleven straight pro fights and become one of the youngest champions on the UFC roster.
Garbrandt thanked Dillashaw for the humbling loss at UFC 217 and told Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour that he will only come back stronger at UFC 227, where he will meet Dillashaw in a headlining championship rematch at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.