Sometimes it’s best to know when not to say anything. Advice Cody Garbrandt’s corner might have needed to hear ahead of UFC 217, with their champion getting set to face bitter rival T.J. Dillashaw. The feud between Team Alpha Male and Dillashaw runs a mile deep at this point, stemming back to Dillashaw’s first title reign and his decision to part ways with the camp. And since that point, few kind words have been traded between them.
But it was the latest series of trash talk from the Alpha Male camp that seems to have really cost them.