June - 2016
SCRAPP! FIGHT MAGAZINE
16
Cody Garbrandt The Next
Big Star in the UFC?
Article By: Jake Schneider
(Jose Youngs/The MMA Corner)
UFC Fight Night 88 in the Man-
dalay Bay was a highly antici-
pated card with a ton of fights
set to be guaranteed violence
and the event lived up to ex-
pectations. The main fight that
had the whole MMA commu-
nity tuning in for was the main
event bout between the two
biggest prospects in the ban-
tamweight division that due to
both fighters style of fighting
was going to be a sure thing
for fireworks. Although both
fighters had a lot of hype go-
ing into the bout, Almeida
was the fighter with more ex-
posure, as well as experience
going into the main event and
was also slightly favored by the
oddsmakers, closing as a -200
favorite.
Cody “No Love” Garbrandt
didn’t just beat the at the time
21-0 Brazilian phenom, he
took him out in the first round
and has established himself as
one of the hardest hitters in the
135-pound division. Going into
this fight, Almeida was being
talked about as not only the fu-
ture champion of the division,
but a possible star of the pro-
