My question, should i cut the bottom branches, so what is left is the fruiting branch, so energy is diverted from the bottom branches to the others?
My bad, this lead me to believe that it was budding.

This is logical, with the exception of wasting time. If the plant diverted energy away from growing the unused branches, it would go to its growth.
If you want to increase your yield look into LST or topping. Recently, I have become a big fan of topping, so the lower branches actually grow faster and become useful.