Filed under: News , UFC , Videos Nobody was caught by a hot mic when UFC bantamweight champ Dominick Cruz did a split-screen video interview with challenger Cody Garbrandt to promote their UFC 207 co-headliner. Unlike Jon Jones’ death threat to Daniel Cormier , Garbrandt was fully aware he was live, at least until he decided to rip off his lavalier mic and attempt to get into the room next door, where Cruz resided. In a very calculated campaign to get under Garbrandt’s skin , Cruz appeared to win his biggest victory to date. Using the challenger’s girlfriend as bait in an overtly sexist push, he goaded Garbrandt until he had the camera to himself, free to launch more verbal attacks as Garbrandt’s manager and UFC staff restrained him from tearing into the next room. “There’s no winning or losing this – this is telling this kid the truth,” Cruz (22-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) told a producer, seated after briefly rising to welcome Garbrandt (10-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC). “He needs to control his girl and not let her get embarrassed.
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