UFC 202 Video – Garbrandt on backstage run-in: Dominick Cruz ‘woke up a beast’

It looks like Garbrandt and Cruz are developing some real, lasting heat for a potential UFC title bout down the road. The two men saw each other back stage at UFC 202, as Garbrandt was entering the arena to get ready for his PPV bout with Takeya Mizugaki. And it looks like just catching sight of the current bantamweight champ was enough to get Garbrandt in a confrontational mood. He spoke about the incident at his post-fight media scrum to the assembled press:

“You know what, I saw him walking in when we were coming to the arena,” Garbrandt revealed. “We walked by and he said ‘What’s up, dude!?’ I’m like, ‘Don’t ‘what’s up, dude’ me.’ He’s talking all this shit in the media, and I’m focused on the fight. You’re not going to get me mentally, emotionally away from the task at hand and that’s being a world champion. And that just adds fuel to the fire and just let him know that Takeya’s next, by default, and then I’m going to do the same to him.

“You know what it was?” Garbrandt posited. “I just let him know that I’m here. I’m in his head. You can say whatever you want. I grew up without a father for a little bit and, you know, he wanted to say I had some daddy issues. I was very blessed to have a mother that was so strong. …

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