Is Cody this eras version of Gray Maynard?

[Judoka1532]

I feel like he's very much heading that direction
Mileage is taking its toll it appears His speech seems reminiscent Maybe he should hang them up But then what?
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bummer about Felder by the way I enjoyed watching him go

I was really worried ab his chin and lasting 5 rounds. But he held up and honestly that's a win for Cody. Font doesn't have big power but has a jab from hell. Cody took prob 100 punches on the chin and a few of them were power punches

The most obvious thing was Cody's endurance wasn't great. I truly think Covid has slowed him down bc he had a pretty rough experience with cover. I mentioned that to a friend early in the fight and bisping pointed that out as well.

I think Cody trained hard for this fight but honestly it may take him a while to fully recover from that bout with covid. If I'm Cody, I'm taking some time off before I fight again. Let the body heal and come back stronger.

Honestly I think this was a bad match-up for Cody. At 29 years old I would not expect his endurance to taper off that bad naturally so again I truly think Covid played a role in that. But it's Cody's job to get healthy and not have that excuse so ultimately maybe he thought he was ready but wasn't yet.

 

[Judoka1532]

Your observation seems accurate, but very sad also at the same time, he is one of the most entertaining fighter to watch. But he is such a reckless guy, both in life or at the octagon.

I think we give Cody time to recover. I honestly don't think at 29 he's a shadow of himself 4 years ago. I think he's still in his Prime. As I just mentioned on another post, the biggest issue I think stemmed from Covid. There's no way to replicate a real 5 round fight so I think Cody thought he was ready but in fact wasn't back to 100% yet. Now he know's he's not 100% healthy at the moment

 

[MMAProfessional]

I think he needs to move down to restart his career. That and he looked tiny against Font.

 

[AP_RESURRECTION]

I don't think it is a decline. I just think he reached his peak against Cruz. He's fighting MUCH better guys and losing.

Yea hype doesn’t tell the story often. This division has a lot of strong fighters in it.

 

[Odysseus]

One thing I’ve noticed as a fly in the room is that Cody does not crack pads like he used to. He’s definitely lost some of the pop in his punches and his power played a huge role in why he became a champion and top 5 in the division.

 

[Cclick]

He'll be fine. He only lost a fight. It happens in fights.

 

[Beeruz]

Font beats any version of Garbrandt though

Font is a bum still untill he beats somebody good. He couldnt finish Cody in 5 rounds.

 

[sipatai]

He'll be fine. He only lost a fight. It happens in fights.

No matter how much we try to swipe it under the rug, it's matter in the fighting game. Still his big appreciator, in his win or lose.

 

[D'z]

Sure, why not. That seems like a pretty accurate take.