Saturday night didn’t go as planned for Cody Garbrandt. The former UFC bantamweight champion stepped into the cage for the first time in almost a year, off of a long and difficult bout with COVID-19, to take on rising contender Rob Font in the main event of UFC Vegas 27.
What followed was a five round drubbing at the hands of the New England Cartel talent, to the tune of two 50-45 scorecards (and an inexplicable 48-47), where Garbrandt largely looked uncomfortable in the cage outside of brief flashes of speed and power. After the bout, ‘No Love’ took to Instagram live to deliver a video message to his fans, telling them that he was thankful for their support and will be back training soon.