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Urijah Faber: Garbrandt win helps heal Alpha Male split ‘at the hands of greed’
- Updated: June 1, 2016
Go back a couple years, and Team Alpha Male was on top of the world. They’d just crowned their first UFC champion, they had title contenders at 125, 135, 145, and one of the top rising prospects at women’s strawweight. Oh how a couple years can change things. Fighters have been leaving, talent has been losing, and what started as a coach moving on has become a full blown rift that’s overshadowed much of the gym’s long and historically great reputation.
With all that hanging in the air, sometimes a big win can take on just a little extra meaning. When Cody Garbrandt upset Thomas Almeida in the headliner of UFC Vegas, last week, Urijah Faber told the MMA Hour that it was more than just a big win for the fighter (transcript via MMA Fighting):
“It does (help),” Faber said Tuesday on The MMA Hour. “It’s been a rocky year, as far as emotionally for me, because I really put my heart and soul into building a great culture and a great team. We went through a …
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