The next UFC bantamweight competition seems set between champ Dominick Jackson and ko specialist Cody Garbrandt.
‘The Dominator’ got into it with ‘No Love’s’ ex-teammate, T.J. Dillashaw at UFC Battle Evening 81 and also has a warmed previous with Group Leader Men proprietor Urijah Faber.
Garbrandt, who included another KO to his continue by starching Takeya Mizugaki in the first circular at UFC 202, seemed off on Jackson on Monday’s version of The MMA Time.
"I observed in a meeting that he gets hit 30-percent (of the time), he has a 30-percent opportunity of reaching me," Garbrandt said. "Dude, you provide me a one-percent opportunity of discovering your chin area, I'm banging you the f*ck out. That's simply. I got a 90-perecent ko amount. You want to discuss about statistics? That's what he speaks about, statistics. That's figures, friend. He wants to discuss about figures because he's a factor martial specialist, and factor competitors go off figures and factors. I'm a ko specialist and he's going to be on the getting end of a terrible ko."
Jackson was fast to reply by mocking the 25-year-old and appealing to end his buzz practice.
"Let the teenager appreciate his buzz practice clean off his win," Jackson said, per MMA Battling. "Let his individuals keep on developing that incorrect feeling of assurance that they are all creating into his mind over this interval, it's excellent for him.
I destroy buzz for a residing."
Cruz has himself as the best bantamweight ever, efficiently getting back the headline he was pressured to leave due to damage in 2014 and protecting it against Urijah Faber at UFC 199. Such as his tournament battles in the Zuffa-owned WEC, Jackson has protect the buckle 5 periods and is currently the No. 2 rated pound-for-pound martial artist in the globe.
Garbrandt created his expert first appearance this season and has seemed unbeatable. The TAM item hard himself as a serious competitor in the 135-pound department when he broken out Johnson Almeida in the starting circular at UFC Battle Evening 88.
Although nothing has been reserved, it’s likely that Jackson will protect the the headline against Garbrandt by the end of the season.