Cody Garbrandt and T.J. Dillashaw rose from obscurity to UFC champion relatively quickly, but neither man’s success came as a surprise to Urijah Faber.
According to the Team Alpha Male founder, it was quickly apparent that both bantamweights had the potential to be something special upon their respective arrivals at the Sacramento, Calif.-based gym.
“I could definitely tell that Cody had something special. I had the same feeling about T.J. when he was at our gym,” Faber said recently on the Sherdog Radio Network’s “Beatdown” show. “There was just a certain level of intensity and technique.