Why did Cody Garbrandt quit Urijah Faber's 'Team Alpha Male' gym? Who is the former UFC champion's current coach?

Former UFC bantamweight champion cody garbrandt After a brilliant performance in 2023, they will resume their activities this weekend. 'No Love' prepares for fight with former flyweight champion Daveson Figueiredo inside UFC 300 We hope to maintain our winning style in the opening match. Ahead of the historic pay-per-view event, let's take a closer look at Garbrandt's MMA training background.

Cody Garbrandt began his combat training with his uncle before he was a teenager. After enrolling at Clermont High School, he began pursuing wrestling and even football.Also got “No Love” Jeonju honor He was a soccer player, but decided to switch to MMA when he was 18 years old. After a while, he joined “.team alpha maleAfter moving to California. So what made him leave now, or did he leave? Let's check it out!

Training time with Cody Garbrandt and “Team Alpha Male”

After turning pro, Cody Garbrandt emerged in 2014 as one of the biggest prospects in the bantamweight division. At that moment, he decided to move to Sacramento, California to become a full-time MMA fighter and began training with “Team Alpha Male.” The team was led by former three-time UFC title contender; Urijah Faber. “No Love” developed a great relationship with Faber, and he defeated and won the bantamweight championship. Dominic Cruz As a representative of “Team Alpha Male.”

However, after his championship win at UFC 207, Cody Garbrandt has fallen significantly from his status as a top bantamweight contender. He lost three straight from 2017 to 2019 and decided to seek help from another coach, leaving Team Alpha Male, and he spoke about it at UFC 250's virtual media day. I confessed.

Why Garbrandt is leaving Urijah Faber's team and current coach and gym

After suffering three losses, Cody Garbrandt felt he needed to change the way he trained.He decided to start training with a coach at a gym in New Jersey. mark henry and Ricard Almeida in mark henry MMA. Despite this, Garbrandt continues to split his time training at both gyms, which helped him secure his only win from 2018 to 2022. Rafael Assuncao.

“No Love” said during UFC 250's media day that the opportunity to be able to combine the lessons he learned while training at both gyms worked to his advantage. That's why he chose to enlist the help of a few more coaches besides Urijah Faber. “Both the coaches at Team Alpha Male and the coaches in New Jersey made it all come together and always reminded me to be myself at each camp.” Cody Garbrandt said.The former champion also said:The AthleticIn 2019, he said his training in New Jersey allowed him to visit his family more often.

However, Garbrandt plans to leave Mark Henry MMA in 2021 and begin training. extreme couture with coach Eric Nickcik and dewey cooper In 2022, he will also be active as a representative of “Team Alpha Male”. He still splits his time training at both gyms.

Cody Garbrandt delivered a dominant performance with a knockout in his last fight. Brian Kelleher Fans are now beginning to believe that “No Love” could be back in contention for the title. But nothing can be predicted before UFC 300, and we'll have to wait and see what happens for the Uhrichsville native.