T.J. Dillashaw was upset to see Cody Garbrandt go out the way he did at UFC 329.
Garbrandt (15-8 MMA, 10-8 UFC) was finished by Adrian Yanez (18-6-1 MMA, 7-3-1 UFC) in Round 1 of their bantamweight bout this past Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Five of Garbrandt’s eight professional losses have come by knockout.
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Dillashaw was the first to defeat Garbrandt, knocking him out in back-to-back bantamweight title fights. Having trained with Garbrandt for years at Team Alpha Male, Dillashaw knows how talented “No Love” is but points out one major flaw he needs to work on.
“For me, it’s just depressing because I know how good he could be,” Dillashaw said of Garbrandt on the JAXXON Podcast. “He’s super fast. He hits like a truck. Even before the fight started, they talked about him working on his defense – he does not need to work on his defense when someone is throwing at him. What he needs to work on is his head motion while he’s throwing.
“He throws great combos, but his head stays super tall and always in the same exact position. It never gets off the line. Like if he’s throwing a right hook, his head’s here (straight); left, his head’s here, rather than dipping his head out of the way while he’s throwing. He’s getting caught in the counter. He’s getting caught when he’s throwing.”
Garbrandt, 35, now has lost three of his past four fights, with his lone win in that stretch coming over Xiao Long at UFC 326.
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