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You had to figure it wouldn’t take long after Tuesday’s announcement of T.J. Dillashaw’s U.S. Anti-Doping Agency suspension for Cody Garbrandt to chime in on things.
Former UFC bantamweight champion Dillashaw accepted a two-year suspension after testing positive for recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) in an in-competition testing sample leading up to his failed attempt to wrest the UFC flyweight belt from Henry Cejudo at UFC Brooklyn in January.
Garbrandt lost his UFC bantamweight title to Dillashaw at UFC 217 via second-round knockout, then dropped a first-round knockout to his former teammate in a rematch at UFC 227.
And indeed, Garbrandt had an opinion on his former Team Alpha Male teammate with a blistering Instagram post, with a little side-eye thrown at Pedro Munhoz, too.
Munhoz, who knocked out Garbrandt for his third consecutive loss at UFC 235, has a PED suspension on his record from a 2014 fight with Jerrod Sanders.
So “No Love” wasted no time pointing out that all three of his career losses came against opponents who have run afoul of the sport’s regulators.
Test all his samples I bet for a fact more epo pops up, @TJDillashaw is a coward. Tj call me when that suspension is up! Scum bag https://t.co/LIjynev9VT
— Cody Garbrandt (@Cody_Nolove) April 9, 2019
All of my losses are from Fighters that have popped for PEDs @ufc @usantidoping I can stand behind this when I say I’ll always be a drug free athlete, #1 reason is the believe I have in myself. #2 I respect the game Twitter rant over y’all have a good day
— Cody Garbrandt (@Cody_Nolove) April 9, 2019
After getting a bit of slack online, Garbrandt added a disclaimer he had a hand on his own losses, too.
Let’s make this clear I’m not saying my losses are a direct result of PED convicted fighters. I also fought like a dumb ass
— Cody Garbrandt (@Cody_Nolove) April 9, 2019
Update: And if it’s a big story, you know Conor McGregor is going to chime in. “The Notorious” tweeted Garbrandt his respect:
Respect Cody!
The loyalty you showed for Urijah and your team on that faithful day in the TUF gym will forever stand out to me!
Enjoy this moment and these returned victories to you!
Clean and Unbeaten! https://t.co/c15qkvthOF— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) April 9, 2019
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