Cody Garbrandt joins the short list of former champions fighting on prelims.

I noticed Cody was on the prelims which I thought was surprising as he is a former champ but makes sense with his record.

That may me wonder how many former champions have fallen to the prelims after losing the belt. The list includes:

Renan Barão: UFC 214

Eddie Alvarez: UFC 211

Anthony Pettis: UFC 249

B.J. Penn: UFC 237, UFC 232

Frankie Edgar: UFC 205

Dominick Cruz: UFC 26

Johnny Hendricks: UFC 207, UFC 200

Carlos Condit: UFC 264

Mauricio Rua: UFC 283 (he lost the belt to jones in 2010 and he just fought in January)

Rashad Evans: UFC 225

Fabricio Werdum: UFC 249

Andrei Arlovski: UFC 271, UFC 244, UFC 232, UFC 82

Ricco Rodriguez: UFC 45 (He lost the belt in the fight before this one)

Carla Esparza: UFC 197 (lost belt in previous fight as well), UFC 225, UFC 228, UFC 249

T.J Dillashaw: UFC 200 (also lost belt in previous fight)

Cody Garbrandt: UFC 285

There are now 15 champions on the list.

Total UFC champions: 95 (not 100% accurate, quickly counted)

Cody is facing an opponent with less than two months notice, he needs this win

*I only checked the numbered UFC events, no fight nights.

EDIT: This list isn’t short anymore. I missed a number of names and have updated it.