“No Love” goes again to what made him champion.
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt returns to motion in opposition to Xiao Long at UFC 326 this weekend (Sat., March 7, 2026) inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Some of these struggles have been tied to well being points. Garbrandt has dealt with vertigo since UFC 300, when he was overwhelmed by Deiveson Figueiredo and finally submitted within the second spherical (watch highlights). Garbrandt believed the difficulty was behind him, however the vertigo returned throughout his most up-to-date loss to Raoni Barcelos.
Now, heading into UFC 326, Garbrandt says that chapter is lastly over — and he’s returned to the basics that constructed his profession.
“This is the best camp I’ve had in quite some time,” Garbrandt mentioned throughout UFC 326 media day. “Sometimes we come up here, and you have like, ‘Oh I feel great! This is an awesome camp’, and you don’t have that. It’s great to be here fight week. To be healthy, to be excited to fight, excited to come and do all the media as well…It’s a huge confidence boost knowing that I did everything I needed to do inside this camp. As I said, I got back to my roots, the wrestling, the boxing. It’s just been great.”
Still, he expects a harmful problem.
“Xiao Long is a warrior. Every fight he comes to win. Everything he throws is with malicious intent to kill you,” Garbrandt mentioned. “I don’t think a lot of people know him, but it’s a huge opportunity for him to come first fight in the States. First fight on a pay-per-view card, fighting a former world champion. I expect the best Xiao Long version that’s going to come out there.”
Despite his championship pedigree, Garbrandt at present sits as a slight underdog in opposition to Long at +135 heading into battle evening.
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