UFC veteran Cody Garbrandt has spoken openly about how fighting has helped him to find peace in his life.
We all know the story of Cody Garbrandt by this point. Almost ten years ago, he captured the UFC bantamweight championship and proceeded to have a pretty dramatic fall down the rankings in the bantamweight division. He also tested the waters at flyweight, but that didn’t exactly work out for him either.
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In his next outing, he will go head to head with Xiao Long as part of the UFC 326 card. He’s already proven himself to be an exceptional power puncher in the past but now, he needs to show that he has what it takes to still be a real player in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
In a recent interview, Garbrandt spoke openly about the impact that fighting has had on his personal life.
Garbrandt talks about his fighting life
“I truly believe fighting saved my life,” Garbrandt said during UFC 326 media day. “I have a lot of friends that are no longer with us, that are dead or hooked on drugs or in prison for life. I come from that. My uncles and my father have been in and out of prison their whole entire lives. Fighting saved my life, gave me a purpose. Inside of the chaos, inside of the octagon, I feel at home. I feel at peace.
“I think because the way that I grew up surrounded by chaos my whole life. Surrounded by violence. Surrounded by a lot of negative things that I’m able to turn into a positive. When I go inside of the octagon, I’m just free. When I’m confident and healthy, there’s no other place I want to be than locked in the cage and fighting for opportunity to catapult into a better position in life. That’s where I’m at now.”
Quotes via MMA Fighting
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