Why did Cody Garbrandt divorce his wife Danny Pimsanguan?
Cody Garbrandt and the ending of his marriage led to one of his most devastating setbacks in the cage.
At one point, when you searched 'Cody Garbrandt wife' online, Danny Pimsanguan was the name that would come up. That has changed in recent years, and the former UFC bantamweight champion has been publicly transparent about what went down.
When looking back on what went wrong in his flyweight debut, Garbrandt touched on his tumultuous marital situation and the eventual dissolving of it.
Why did Cody Garbrandt divorce his wife Danny Pimsanguan?
Cody Garbrandt's lone UFC outing at 125 pounds might create an easy inference that the former bantamweight champion had a bad weight cut for the weight class. It was a smooth, health-minded cut down with the guidance of a doctor, but the romantic rockiness for Garbrandt played a part in hindering him greatly.
Amid that fight camp against Kai Kara France, Garbrandt and then-wife Danny Pimsanguan separated and would eventually divorce. The two have a child together.
In speaking to the media at length about it, Garbrandt described how he grew up in an environment where his parents had broken up when he was young. Further shedding light on his divorce, he said:
"I ended up getting divorced. Before my fight, selling my house the week of my fight. I have a son that was three years old, four years old at the time. I come from a split family, I didn’t want that, but I had to do some life changes.”
Garbrandt said he and Pimsanguan are on good terms and are co-parenting as both live in Las Vegas.
Check out Garbrandt open up on what happened to his marriage below:
Cody Garbrandt and his recent UFC efforts post-divorce
During that aforementioned session, speaking with the media, it was before an eventually triumphant outing for 'No Love'. Garbrandt returned to the win column after the Kara France setback, which was a round-one KO loss at UFC 269 in December 2021. He bounced back and scored a unanimous decision over Trevin Jones at UFC 285 in March 2023.
Garbrandt closed out 2023 with the momentum of consecutive wins when he fought Brian Kelleher at UFC 296 on Dec. 16, 2023. 'No Love' tested his skills against the veteran fighter and walked away via first-round KO.
In his next outing, Garbdandt fought former two-time flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC 300. Despite high expectations, Garbrandt suffered a second-round submission loss.
He was expected to fight Miles Johns in October and the bout was rescheduled to UFC Vegas 100 on Nov. 9. However, Garbrandt pulled out of the fight due to undisclosed reasons. The UFC has not announced whether the matchup will be kept intact.