Last weekend, Cody Garbrandt cemented one of the best years in the sport by dominating Dominick Cruz over five rounds to become the UFC bantamweight champion at UFC 207. Though the fight was only the co-main event, it had arguably a more dramatic build up with Cruz and Garbrandt jawing at each other the summer. And though Garbrandt was in control for most of their fight, the pre-fight trash talk was much the opposite with Cruz gaining the upper hand on several occasions. Cruz’s verbal undressings of Garbrandt were so bad that at one point during fight week the challenger left an interview to try and confront Cruz in person, and on other occasion, a minor physical altercation occurred between their two teams on the morning of the official weigh-in.
Morning Report: Cody Garbrandt’s coach lauds him for his ‘Mike Tyson mentality’ ahead of UFC 207
