LAS VEGAS – Cody Garbrandt entered UFC 285 compromised, he said.
The former UFC bantamweight champion revealed following his win over Trevin Jones that he suffered a neck injury that almost prevented him from making his long-awaited return to the octagon. Garbrandt (13-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC) defeated Jones (13-10 MMA, 1-4 UFC) by unanimous decision to close out the preliminary card Saturday and said he did so under difficult circumstances.
“I had a lot of things going on in the last 16 months. Even just prior to last week and this morning, there were so many things that were just trying to block and not let me get to the octagon,” Garbrandt told reporters at the UFC 285 post-fight press conference. “I ended up injuring my neck and had to have a nerve block put in my neck last week.
