TJ Dillashaw reveals UFC invested $6 million behind Cody Garbrandt in hopes of making ‘subsequent Conor McGregor’

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It’s been a tough week for Cody Garbrandt. Just some days faraway from his co-main occasion slot versus Miles Johns at UFC Vegas 100, “No Love” was compelled to withdraw with an undisclosed challenge. It’s a tricky option to finish the yr, as Garbrandt was aiming to return to the win column after a aggressive loss to Deiveson Figueiredo again at UFC 300 (watch right here).

There was a time when Garbrandt was on absolutely the prime of the world. Again in 2015, Garbrandt was an undefeated UFC champion at simply 25 years of age. Based mostly on the best way he dealt with Dominick Cruz to seize gold, he seemed destined to reign over the Bantamweights for some time. As a substitute, it was former champion TJ Dillashaw who stopped him in consecutive fights, ending Garbrandt’s time on the prime.

On a current episode of The Casuals MMA, Dillashaw mirrored on his rivalry with Garbrandt and in addition revealed that UFC invested a large quantity of promotion and cash into turning “No Love” into the “subsequent Conor McGregor.”

“He had a whole lot of strain on him too,” Dillashaw stated of Garbrandt. “He had an incredible battle towards Cruz. I’ve by no means seen Cody Garbrandt be that good. His model is ideal for Cruz. He’s by far the quickest human being I’ve ever educated with with regards to response instances and the way fast he’s. He’s acquired nice wrestling, and he’s acquired energy in his arms, so it was an ideal match up for him.

“Coming off that, UFC was like ‘Hey, that is our subsequent massive horse, let’s put some cash into him.’ So that they market the s—t out of him, put him in a bunch of commercials, acquired some celebrities behind him. From what I used to be informed, they put like $6 million into advertising and marketing him earlier than our battle, gave us The Final Fighter. So he went to huge stardom — approach greater than me — quick. They needed him to be the subsequent Conor McGregor, like run your mouth. I wouldn’t say he was the sharpest instrument within the shed to have the ability to do one thing like that, so he similar to stated s—t, and he doesn’t know what he’s speaking about.”

Each time Garbrandt does return, he’ll on the ultimate battle of his present UFC contract. Garbrandt continues to be simply 33 years of age, so it’ll be very fascinating to see whether or not or not UFC continues spend money on “No Love.”

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