Cody garbrandt vs TJ Dillashaw full fight (ufc 217)

but it just does not get a whole lot better than this ladies and gentlemen the tale of the tape brought to you by wish the secret to affordable shopping cody garbrandt is 26 tj dillashaw is now 31. garbrandt the taller party by an inch and a half both men making the championship weight of 135 pounds dilla shaw with a reach advantage of an inch and a hook now for the official introductions back inside to bruce buck ladies and gentlemen this championship bout is sponsored by walking dead new episodes every sunday at 9 8 central only on amc and the netflix film right starring will smith and joel eggerton watch it on netflix december 22nd and now this fight is five rounds for the undisputed usc bantamweight championship of the world our three judges scoring this contest and octagon side are dave torelli saul yamato and jeff mullen and when the action begins a referee in charge of the octagon down bergliata introducing first fighting out of the blue corner a bang worried high fighter holding a professional record 15 wins three losses he jabs five feet six and one half inches tall weighing in at 135 pounds he is the number two ranked bantamweight contender in the world and the former ufc bantamweight champion presenting the challenger tj dillashaw [Applause] and now introducing the champion fighting out of the red corner a freestyle fighter holding an undefeated professional record 11 wins no launchers he jazz five feet eight inches tall weighing in at 135 pounds fighting out of sacramento california presenting the rain defending on disputed ufc [Applause] champion of the world cody [Applause] oh is so here we go 25 minutes if needed tj dillashaw cody garbrandt one of if not the biggest ufc bantamweight championship fight this octagon has ever hosted garbrandt in the black and gold of a champion tj dillashaw switching stances as usual as in blue tj has a remarkable ability to be calm in big fights and you saw that in the hen and morale fight he came out fighting barrel like he was sparring very loose and relaxed and he looks that way now he's smiling tj dillashaw's smiling yeah he loves competition and he loves to fight and this is this is where he belongs the one thing the guy's mouth may say if you can get tj frustrated he is willing to forget about the game plan and try to just fight you and they feel if he does that he opens himself up to get hurt bad by cody garbrandt and that's what happened in the dominant cruise fight he started getting flat-footed tried to kl dominic he really wasn't fighting to his best yeah with with cody you have to worry about split second mistakes that can cause you to get knocked down that's the difference well you watch cody and cruz every time cruz threw a punch cody would respond with something whether it be the hands or the kicks so dillashaw has to make sure that he sets him up he can't throw blind kicks like this because garbrandt as athletic as he is is able to evade the strikes and then return something but when he returns it's very powerful his counters are wicked they're fast he has beautiful timing and precision accuracy with knockout power there's extreme consequences for closing that distance yes cody garfield garbrandt really feels like he can use tj's status as a competitor and his ego against him he said i can be the knight that cuts him don't miss the walking dead new episodes every sunday at 9 8 central only on amc tj's doing a lot of smiling a lot of mugging cody is very stoic cody's trying to trap him tj dillashaw has the better footwork he's the guy that moves a lot more but garbrandt has unbelievable speed and power and frozen combination and every punch is thrown intent to knock you off shaw can hurt you in a number of ways feet hands knees but garbrandt can put you out with his hands he mixes up his kicks to try to get to the punches well cody feels like he owes tj something at least for this title reign he did well against him in practice when he was one and oh and dylan shaw and that success gave him confidence that he could do this with the champions [Applause] tj loaded up on that right hand just out of range just about three minutes that was some reckless exchanging right there gentlemen these guys are getting wild and that's the danger on garbrandt you watch garbrandt kind of give him a look and that was more impressive than anything in the cruise fight was the calm and patience that he showed in there with the best bantamweight in the history of the ufc yeah and his ability to counter so fast and such tight shots [Applause] tight and compact and extremely accurate like look at that left toe he's very fast man garbring comes from a family of fighters his longtime striking coach his uncle robert meese is one of the best in the game cody tells these stories of him and his brother zach just beat the tar out of each other for 45 minutes this is a born fight you see tj actually reset after he throws combinations because he wants to engage on his terms he doesn't stand there very long because he knows the danger of standing in front of cody garbrandt he's fantastic in his footwork too his eyes are avoiding everything he's got great eyes he sees everything [Applause] under a minute here to go round one dillashaw as yet has had a hard time finding his range and cody when he moves away he moves away just enough just a master counter striker right hand over good shots to the body by cody as well [Applause] tj has constantly switched his stances oh big right hand landed there by dillashaw [Applause] for as much as these guys don't want to be considered the same they do have that same fighters big knockout for cody there's the horn to end round one at the flow he's wobbling and just flipped on the bird dylan shot to be very careful trying to engage let's take a look at this again boom i mean on the button [Applause] let's hear his corner i like the pressure rolling him into the cage it's very good coast and hold the ice please like you crown them and leave the cage just touch them okay you don't have to sip every kick you can just blast the [ __ ] kick if you want like to the body right not everything has to be set up okay just blast the [ __ ] kick okay sir i like you crowling and cutting them up okay because he doesn't like that pressure he wants to sit there right [ __ ] the coach is saying he's gonna fight we'll pick our shots i like the [ __ ] body kick hey ufc 217 bisping versus gsp is presented by budweiser this bud's for you i guess we'll find out the extent to which dillashaw has recovered but a late knockdown putting a capstone on round one cody garbrandt that was a big knockdown it was a strong punch too i mean it was full force he kind of coming in on the chin we really don't know how hurt tj still is but you saw the experience of the dillashaw corner they had ice on him immediately they were trying to cool him down trying to bring him back oh it's close now cody's dancing he's gaining confidence gaining confidence but also trying to go tj in to forget the game plan and just fighting him garbrandt sorry i'm sorry but tj's doing that now because he's become much more flat-footed i mean he's loading up now look at this he's loading up and trying to blast kicks in standing flat-footed it's a different tj now after he got hit he's trying to get it back he's listening to coach though coach said you don't have to set up every kick sometimes you can just blast them throw the body kick throw the leg kick don't worry about setting them all up that's great but you got to be careful not to allow garbrandt a chance to counter well he looks fine as far as the way he's moving he looks like he's fully recovered he wondered when tj might shoot telegraph that shot a little bit head strikes to this point in time all cody garbrandt out landing dillashaw 13. [Applause] right hand as well that's exactly what coach was asking for just give me kicks they don't have to all be set up now here comes dillashaw back and forth we go just over three minutes the kicks are what we were talking about that is the difference between oh he caught him with the left hand is that tj has more weapons yes and he uses them more often cody throws kicks but he's really throwing kicks kind of clear distance so he can land the punches yeah the punches are where his bread and butter's at was that audience yelling where i think they were yeah they were yes they were and i don't quite understand it because dylan shaw's a great guy i mean i don't understand why to support your guy you have to disrespect the other i think it's just fun it just might be it might be i'm usually on the receiver i know but you got to think about it sometimes like why are they doing that i don't even think it's personal i bet if they met you they'd be nice oh desire breaks down delisha trying to finish this fight tj dillashaw has done it gilbert shaw now a two-time ufc bantamweight champion he rests the belt away from cody garbrandt and this rivalry may not be ending any time soon cody goes over to shake hands a brief embrace but tj dillashaw is the hunted again he is still stunned he's still hurt but he goes over there and he shows respect as you would expect wow garbrandt immediately goes over to his wife and his mom and signals i'm okay but tj dillashaw who would have thought after the end of round one that he could finish garbrandt in round two there is a new king at 135 pounds t.j dillashaw well he caught him with that left high kick he stunned him with that and dropped him but man hey get this guy somebody needs to get this guy one of the corners is yelling at cody garbrandt somebody needs to get this guy out of here have some class congratulations tj dillashaw but you have to be humble and winning and also in defeat yeah i don't know who that guy is not good by the corner of t.j dillashaw don't ruin this kid's moment let's get to the replay john it looked like he said he's my brother so i'm not sure exactly what's going on there but let's get the replay it's brought to you by budweiser this bud's for you you see tj dillashaw hey coach set to give me kicks and tj dillashaw listen hurt cody garbrandt with a left high kick there right there kicks guard brent garbrandt goes down the toughest of garbrandt allowed him to get back up to his feet and continue fighting but this was just tj dillashaw mixing the attack then right here another one of these exchanges boom big right hook by t.j dillashaw drops cody garbrandt and then he jumps on it for the finish tj dillashaw we've always said everybody said that he's as skilled as they come and look if these guys fight 10 times the results may vary but on this night big right hook by dylan shaw drops garbrandt jumps on him gets the finish congratulations to tj dillashaw two-time ufc bantamweight champion absolutely incredible and again he felt like he never deserved to lose this belt and dillashaw celebrating in the face of cody garbrandt this rivalry's not over john well and for dillashaw too right he lost so many friends in this exchange and you know so it wasn't just a guy leaving a gym right these were his friends longtime friends all right the official decision brought to you by metro pcs who brings you closer than ever to the ufc on a fast nationwide 4g lte network here now bruce buffer ladies and gentlemen referee dan mergliatta has gone stop to this contest at two minutes 41 seconds of round number two declaring the winner [Music] [Applause] champion of the world tj dillashaw i'm with the winner and once again bantamweight champion of the world tj dillashaw what did you say to cody at the end of the fight oh i was just yelling you know when he got up i was just yelling i was just excited and he stood up and i was just yelling i mean once you guys had settled that down and then embraced uh congratulations man he's a hell of a fighter he's young he's gonna be back like i'm gonna see him again you know this isn't the end of cody garbrandt now this was a phenomenal fight for you and the win even sweeter because you overcame adversity in that first round there was a wild exchange the end of the first round and you got clipped how hurt were you oh the kid's fast man he hits hard you know and uh you can condition your chin you know the better shape you are and the better chin you have you know i got caught with the right hand with these guys got a big right hand but uh you know i bounced right back you know i was still there the whole time now let's take a look at the high kick you landed in the second round because that's what started it you landed a left high kick and stunned him and then in the follow-up exchange you put him away he got up but you had to know he was hurt here oh absolutely man i mean i was kicking the body kicking inside leg at least trying to he's fast he was getting out of the way but uh i knew that head kick was eventually going to open up get him to drop his hands he holds his hands a little bit low anyway so it seems to take advantage of it now after the extremely close loss to dominic cruz and then the excellent performances afterwards how sweet is it to finally have that belt back around your waist i mean i should have surrounded my waist this whole time in my mind i was fighting number one contenders i should still be the champion i am the champion this is my belt if you meet us johnson i'm coming for you i'm breaking you you got that record that is fake you know it should have been fighting me you dodged me i'm coming for you i'm getting that belt i'm coming 25 so i'm stopping your record congratulations certain outstanding performance the new champion ladies and gentlemen tj dillashaw [Applause] so tj dillashaw there with his family his wife rebecca do with their first child in about two months what a moment for the dillashaw clan here tonight we have seen two belts change hands already tonight at ufc 217 that post fight interview brought to you by wish the secret to affordable shopping [Music]