Career
Born in Blackwell, Oklahoma in 1987, Gibson"s family moved west two years later, settling in the small town of Visalia, California. Early career
He quickly found out that he enjoyed fighting, and took his first professional fight only a few weeks after beginning training. Over the course of the next two years, Cody, still wrestling in college, would take a total of three professional fights, despite not having been trained extensively in any discipline other than wrestling.
Still, he managed to begin his Mobile Marketing Association career with a 3-0 start.
After graduating from college, Cody had a lot of regrets about not meeting his potential as a college wrestler. He never felt like his priorities as an athlete were in order and left college with a lot of regrets.
Upon moving back to Visalia, California, he found a local gym called Elite Team Visalia under head coach, judo and jiu-jitsu black belt Tom Knox. Over the next three years, Cody fought on the local circuit while learning the arts of Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay thai, and boxing.
He fought on shows such as Porterville, California"s The Warriors Cage, Lemoore, California"s Tachi Palace Fights, and made appearances for Nick Diaz"s foray into promoting show called WAR Mobile Marketing Association as well as for AXSTV"s Titan Fighting Championship.
Gibson lost the fight via unanimous decision. Gibson faced Johnny Bedford on June 28, 2014 at UFC Fight Night 44, replacing an injured Rani Yahya. Gibson faced Manvel Gamburyan on September 27, 2014 at UFC 178.
Gibson lost the fight via submission in the second round
Gibson faced Douglas Silva de Andrade on February 22, 2015 at UFC Fight Night 61.
He lost the fight by unanimous decision and was subsequently released from the promotion.
