{"id":805266,"date":"2026-07-16T08:41:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T08:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/805266\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T08:41:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T08:41:16","slug":"no-love-no-quit-cody-garbrandt-sheds-light-on-future-after-ufc-329-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/805266\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;No Love,&#8217; No Quit: Cody Garbrandt sheds light on future after UFC 329 loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>July 15, 2026, 10:00 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;No Love&#8221; vows to &#8220;keep fighting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Former bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt experienced his third loss in four outings Saturday at <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/events\/ufc-329\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC 329<\/a>, but that doesn&#8217;t mean he&#8217;s done. After Garbrandt (15-8 MMA, 10-8 UFC) was <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ufc\/2026\/07\/11\/ufc-329-adrian-yanez-vs-cody-garbrandt-video\/90889912007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">knocked out in the first round<\/a> by Adrian Yanez (18-6-1 MMA, 7-3-1 UFC) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, he took off his gloves, but never placed them down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Tuesday, he spoke out about the loss for the first time, typing with enthusiasm in all capitals, the following:<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;THERE ARE MOMENTS IN LIFE WHEN HOPE FADES, AND THE WEIGHT OF ENDLESS PROBLEMS MAKES THE PATH UNCLEAR,&#8221; Garbrandt wrote on Instagram. &#8220;BUT REMEMBER THIS &#8211; YOU ONLY LOSE WHEN YOU CHOOSE TO GIVE UP. LET YOUR STRUGGLES BE YOUR FUEL, NOT YOUR DOWNFALL. DON\u2019T LET THE STORM BREAK YOU; LET IT STRENGTHEN YOUR WILL TO RISE AND KEEP FIGHTING.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gnt_em_ig_bl\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DaysbZEvOlm\/?igsh=aXpjcG00bWl4ejM4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" aria-label=\"view Instagram post: \"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Garbrandt, 35, held the UFC bantamweight championship from December 2016 to November 2017 but did not register a successful title defense. It was a hard fall from grace for Garbrandt, as he lost five of six bouts, with four knockout losses, after winning the title. Garbrandt breathed new life into his career with back-to-back wins in 2023. Those preceded the recent 1-3 stretch.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784191276_705_90589147007-h-kpt-xy-qwyae-un-i-8.jpeg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"July 15, 2026, 10:00 p.m. ET &#8220;No Love&#8221; vows to &#8220;keep fighting.&#8221; Former bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt experienced&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":805267,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[159202,49,48,641,638,241803,82,160714,160715,159662,159087,159750,159089,231337,159085],"class_list":["post-805266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-accessfree","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sourcemma-junkie","tag-sports","tag-sstssportsufc","tag-sstsnufc","tag-taginstagram","tag-tagmartial-arts","tag-tagoverall-negative","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagufc-329","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=805266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/805267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}