Inside, Cody embraces 10-year-old Maddux Maple and hands him the belt. Maddux is decked out in UFC gear, including an official black T-shirt with “GARBRANDT” in gold on the back.

It didn't take much time into the opening round between Cody Garbrandt and Dominick Cruz for Team Alpha Male head coach Justin Buchholz to know the fight was swinging in favor of the challenger.

Cody Garbrandt’s bitter rival T.J. Dillashaw, for instance, struggled greatly to make 125lbs in January 2019 and even resorted to using banned substances to help him hit the mark.

The way Cody Garbrandt sees it, the back injury that delayed his first UFC title defense was the latest thing to shape his rise from imperfect youth to a champion with a perfect record.

The day Cody Garbrandt made it to the UFC he fulfilled his half of a promise to a little boy from northern Ohio named Maddux Maple, who was diagnosed with leukemia when he was just 5 years old.

Talbott (10-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) bounced back from the first loss of his career earlier this year against Raoni Barcelos, which ...

Dominick Cruz thought he had Cody Garbrandt beat before the two men even stepped in the cage at UFC 207 on Friday night in Las Vegas. Stunningly, Garbrandt had all the answers once the talking ...

Cody Garbrandt is an American UFC fighter competing in the bantamweight division. Former champion, and one of only four people to defeat Dominick Cruz, Garbrandt's next fight is against Miles ...

Cody Garbrandt will defend his UFC Bantamweight Championship Saturday night at UFC 217 against T.J. Dillashaw, and Garbrandt will have all the inspiration he needs for the bout thanks to a young ...

Heading into the co-main event of last night’s UFC 250 pay-per-view card, Raphael Assuncao was on a two-fight losing skid and former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt had lost three straight.

CODY GARBRANDT will challenge for UFC's bantamweight title against Dominick Cruz at UFC 207 on December 30. He is yet to taste defeat in UFC, having won all ten of his bouts so far, nine by knockout.

Cody Garbrandt and TJ Dillashaw face off during the UFC 217 news conference inside T-Mobile Arena on October 6, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Brandon Magnus/Getty Images.