T.J. Dillashaw has weighed in on Cody Garbrandt’s latest setback, calling the former rival’s knockout loss to Adrian Yanez at UFC 329 “depressing.”
Garbrandt was finished by Yanez in the first round of their bantamweight bout at UFC 329, which took place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The 35-year-old now holds a 15-8 professional MMA record, including 10-8 in the UFC, with five of his eight losses coming by knockout. He has dropped three of his past four fights, with his lone win in that stretch coming over Xiao Long at UFC 326.
“For me, it's just depressing because I know how good he could be,” Dillashaw said while breaking down Garbrandt’s performance. “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.”
Dillashaw went into further detail on what he sees as a technical issue. “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.”
Dillashaw was the first man to defeat Garbrandt, knocking him out in back-to-back bantamweight title fights after years of training together at Team Alpha Male.
