If anybody has the inside scoop on what will happen when current UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt takes on former champ T.J. Dillashaw, it’s Urijah Faber, the man who helped create and mentor both.
There’s a lot of lead-time for their UFC 213 bout in July, plenty of calendar left for the bad blood to fester. And with Dillashaw and Garbrandt coaching opposite each other on the upcoming The Ultimate Fighter 25 reality show, Faber becomes the foremost authority on each fighter’s propensities, even if he skews towards his current teammate Garbrandt over the estranged Dillashaw.