TJ Dillashaw News

Tom Taylor - August 5, 2018

Last night, in the main event of UFC 227, UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw defended his title against the very man he won it from, former UFC bantamweight champ Cody Garbrandt. Just as he did in their first fight, which co-headlined UFC 217 in November, Dillashaw won this fight by knockout — but this time he did it even faster. Now 0-2 against the current champion, with both losses coming by way of knockout, the future looks nebulous for Garbrandt. Although he remains an incredibly dangerous challenge for most fighters, he will have to move mountains in order to earn another title shot as long as Dillashaw is king.

Chris Taylor - August 4, 2018

TJ Dillashaw put his UFC bantamweight title on the line against former champion Cody Garbrandt in the headliner of tonight’s UFC 227 event from Los Angeles. “Killashaw” and “No Love” head previously met at UFC 217 in New York, with TJ emerging victorious via second-round knockout.

Chris Taylor - August 4, 2018

A bantamweight title fight rematch featuring current champion TJ Dillashaw taking on former title holder Cody Garbrandt headlined tonight’s UFC 227 event in Los Angeles. The former teammates turned bitter rivals, Cody Garbrandt and TJ Dillashaw first met at November’s UFC 217 event in New York. After being dropped in the first-round, Dillashaw would storm back to earn an impressive knockout victory in round two.

Mike Pendleton - August 3, 2018

If there’s one person who has seen the most of the Cody Garbrandt and TJ Dillashaw rivalry it’s Team Alpha Male coach Danny Castillo. Castillo who has coached both Dillashaw and Garbrandt in their respective careers has seen everything behind the scenes and out in the open between these two former friends turned rivals.

Tom Taylor - July 29, 2018

In the buildup to their first fight, TJ Dillashaw and Cody Garbrandt exchanged plenty of trash talk. In the buildup to their rematch, which headlines UFC 227 on August 4, things have been quieter. From the looks of it, Dillashaw is looking to change that.

Tom Taylor - July 25, 2018

On August 4, in the main event of UFC 227, UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw will defend his title against the very man he won it from: his arch rival Cody Garbrandt. The pair first met in the co-main event of UFC 217, back in November, when Dillashaw knocked Garbrandt out after surviving a first-round knockdown. Neither man has fought since.

Tom Taylor - July 17, 2018

UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw believes that another win over Cody “No Love” Garbrandt, who he knocked out at UFC 217 in November, will solidify his status the best bantamweight ever. “It puts me at the top [of the list as the all-time greatest bantamweight],” Dillashaw said on the latest episode of The MMA Hour (transcribed by Peter Carroll for MMA Fighting). “I know I’m the best bantamweight ever. I’ve got a split decision loss to Dominick Cruz and that changed everything — a fight that I thought I won. That changed everything, but I am the best bantamweight in the world.”

Drake Riggs - June 21, 2018

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Tom Taylor - May 10, 2018

For a fleeting moment earlier this year, it sounded as though UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw would drop down to flyweight to battle dominating divisional champ Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson in an incredible superfight. Regrettably, negotiations for this endlessly compelling contest stalled, and ultimately flat-lined.

Tom Taylor - May 10, 2018

Back in November, in the co-main event of UFC 217, TJ Dillashaw stepped into the cage with Cody Garbrandt in an attempt to reclaim the UFC bantamweight title. In the second round, Dillashaw succeeded on this mission, putting his rival down with a crackling combination.

Jason Kindschy - May 9, 2018

BJPENN.COM Radio is back in action, Penn Nation! We kick things off with UFC bantamweight champ TJ Dillashaw. Last time the champ joined us, the super-fight against “Mighty Mouse” was all but finalized. Since then, the matchup has been shelved and TJ now faces former champion and rival Cody Garbrandt in a rematch at UFC 227 on August 4th. We’ll get TJ’s perspective on what went wrong with negotiations to fight Demetrious and if he feels that fight will eventually materialize. We’ll also preview the second bout with Cody, get TJ’s pick for the Lomachenko vs Linares fight this weekend, and much more.

Drake Riggs - April 19, 2018

Once upon a time, all was well in the California city of Sacramento. The top MMA gym for lighter weight fighters, Team Alpha Male was thriving with talented members all atop their respective divisions. Everyone got along just fine…! Then one day…it all would change. A member would disband from the team and reasons to why were verbally thrown all over from seemingly everyone with a voice.

Drake Riggs - April 4, 2018

The UFC 217 aftermath continues to lay out. After receiving a new contract today, a fight has come along with it for UFC bantamweight champion, TJ Dillashaw. After reports from BJPenn.com’s own Chris Taylor of negotiations taking place for a super fight between Dillashaw and flyweight champion, Demetrious Johnson going down, they would eventually fizzle out. This led to the likelihood of a Dillashaw vs Cody Garbrandt rematch.

Chris Taylor - March 24, 2018

Cody Garbrandt takes aim at T.J. Dillashaw and Raphael Assuncao! Former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt is looking to score an immediate rematch with former teammate turned bitter rival T.J. Dillashaw.

Drake Riggs - March 22, 2018

If we ever end up seeing UFC flyweight champion, Demetrious Johnson and UFC bantamweight champion, TJ Dillashaw squaring off inside the octagon, it apparently won’t be anytime too soon. Rumors were afloat for a while that Johnson and Dillashaw could have been seeing each other across the cage as soon as July for the big international fight week UFC 226 card. Johnson even eventually confirmed that negotiations were going down.

Justin Golightly - March 14, 2018

We’re all waiting for it. We all believe it’s the only fight for the UFC to make right now. Yet, there has been little progress made in getting a fight with TJ Dillashaw done since Demetrious Johnson revealed they were in negotiations. Both fighters were holding out for the best deal, but it seems like the UFC is hesitant. The UFC flyweight champion’s reaction? He just shrugged like when the UFC threatened to close his division the last time he tried to negotiate. If the TJ Dillashaw fight doesn’t go down, he’ll fight whoever is next in line and move on. “At the end of the day, UFC is a business. TJ [Dillashaw] obviously just won the belt and he’s been the champ for maybe five or six months, and so there’s still a line of contenders he could fight in the division. You have your Dominick Cruz, Jimmie Rivera, the Cody Garbrandt rematch, so they have options for that one. Whereas for me, I have options as well and rematches and whatever. But I think TJ wants this fight because it is probably a bigger paycheck for him, and hopefully for me too, so we’ll see what the UFC wants to do.”

Justin Golightly - February 21, 2018

Despite the UFC trying to put together a rematch with Cody Garbrandt for the bantamweight title to save UFC 222, TJ Dillashaw has his eyes on the long-hyped superfight with UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson. Other than Johnson himself saying it is in negotiations, not much else has been said publicly about the scrap. Along with giving the reasons why Garbrandt doesn’t deserve a shot, Dillashaw also spoke on Monday that all roads seem to still point to the match-up to go ahead and slide in that co-main even slot for UFC 226. “I haven’t really heard much in the sense of [the fight with Demetrious Johnson being official]. They’re just telling me to get healthy, so obviously I’ve been doing some physical therapy and working on getting healthy and staying ready, and yeah, continuing to watch my body [composition], staying low [in weight] if this thing really happens. They know I want it. Demetrious wants it. He’s talking about how he wants to be on a big card; there’s a perfectly big card for it now coming up in July. They got Stipe [Miocic] and [Daniel] Cormier [headlining UFC 226], so all of the stars seem to be aligning. It’s just all about getting it done now.”

Tom Taylor - February 20, 2018

Back in November, in the co-main event of UFC 217, TJ Dillashaw reclaimed the UFC bantamweight title, surviving a first-round knockdown to stop Cody Garbrandt with a volley of second-round punches. Since then, the former champion Garbrandt has been outspoken in his desire for an immediate rematch. Garbrandt’s calls reached a crescendo when UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway was forced out of his UFC 222 title fight with Frankie Edgar, leaving the card without a main event. It was his hope that he and Dillashaw would rematch in card’s new headlining bout.