TJ Dillashaw News

Tom Taylor - September 13, 2016

In January of this year, TJ Dillashaw lost the UFC bantamweight title to long-absent former champion Dominick Cruz in a razor-close, five-round war. Given the competitive nature of the bout, many expected the two to be booked for an immediate championship rematch. This is not the way things went down. Instead, Cruz went on to successfully defend his title against long-time contender Urijah Faber, while Dillashaw returned to defeat Raphael Assuncao at 200.

Scott Hernandez - July 29, 2016

Former UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw’s departure from Team Alpha Male was undoubtably a very public and very ugly affair. While things were initially civil between the two parties, things quickly went from bad to worse, with Dillashaw and his former mentor Urijah Faber trading verbal jabs at one another through interviews, with Faber even going as far as to accuse Dillashaw of using PEDs.

Russell Ess - July 19, 2016

Former UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw met up with some old friends on Team Alpha Male’s “Stud Show Radio” recently to talk about some of the latest happenings in MMA. One hot topic that Dillashaw was vocal about was about how he feels the UFC is treating fighters like employees, rather than what they actually are, which is independent contractors for the world’s leading MMA promotion.

Scott Hernandez - July 16, 2016

Since the UFC struck their deal with Reebok, fighters have become increasingly more vocal about how the deal has hurt fighters financially. UFC middleweight Vitor Belfort even went as far as to compare the deal to slavery. Now, in the wake of TJ Dillashaw’s unanimous decision win over Raphael Assuncao at UFC 200, the former bantamweight champion spoke on Stud Show Radio to discuss the situation:

Chris Taylor - July 3, 2016

Former UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw recently sat down with MMAFighting where he discussed the current landscape of the 135-pound division. The way Dillashaw sees it, the winner of his rematch with Raphael Assuncao at UFC 200 should be next in line for a shot at current title holder Dominick Cruz.

Scott Hernandez - June 28, 2016

The feud between Urijah Faber and his former protege TJ Dillashaw has continued, despite the fact that they won’t be fighting any time soon. On the heels of Faber’s trilogy fight with nemesis Dominick Cruz in the co-main event of UFC 199, TJ Dillashaw was asked about his thoughts on that scrap, as well as Faber’s recent comments in which he insinuates that his former friend was on steroids.

Scott Hernandez - May 28, 2016

Tomorrow night in Las Vegas, Team Alpha Male product Cody ‘No Love’ Garbrandt will face undefeated bantamweight Thomas Almeida in a highly anticipated bantamweight showdown. Ahead of the fight, Garbrandt is as confident as can be, likely given his training regimen as well as his undefeated 8-0 record, with all his wins coming by KO/TKO.

Scott Hernandez - May 19, 2016

https://youtu.be/_BH4LbnM508 It’s no secret that things have been rather tense between TJ Dillashaw and his former mentor, Urijah Faber. After Dillashaw left Team Alpha Male to move to Colorado and join Elevation Fight Team while also training with Duane Ludwig, Faber banned Dillashaw from T.A.M.

Russell Ess - May 10, 2016

Former Team Alpha Male all star TJ Dillashaw has been in Canada getting some training in with Georges St-Pierre and Tristar head coach Firas Zahabi. After a great training at @tristargym today with @TJDillashaw and @Firas_Zahabi! pic.twitter.com/S1jMDe68eL

Scott Hernandez - May 4, 2016

It’s been just 4 months since TJ Dillashaw lost the UFC bantamweight championship to Dominick Cruz in Boston in January, but it appears as though the former champ is looking to return to the Octagon sooner rather than later. According to Megan Olivi, Dillashaw could wind up fighting on UFC 200 on July 9th against Raphael Assuncao. Assuncao was the last man to defeat Dillashaw before Cruz did in January. The loss to Assuncao was a controversial one, with Dillashaw losing via razor thin split decision.

Chris Taylor - March 28, 2016

Former UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw was not very pleased when he caught wind that the UFC had booked a trilogy bout between Urijah Faber and Dominick Cruz instead of granting him an immediate rematch with “The Dominator”. The former Team Alpha Male fighter, Dillashaw, says despite his recent rivalry with Urijah he will still be rooting for the “California Kid” against newly crowned champion Dominick Cruz at UFC 199.

Scott Hernandez - March 22, 2016

T.J. Dillashaw may no longer be allowed to step foot inside Urijah Faber’s Team Alpha Male in Sacramento California, however that won’t stop him from cheering for former mentor Urijah Faber when ‘The California Kid’ steps foot in the Octagon at UFC 199 to fight Dominick Cruz for the bantamweight championship. The fight will be Faber’s 4th bid for the UFC bantamweight championship, and will be his third fight with Cruz. In the pair’s first meeting back at WEC 26, Faber defeated Cruz via 1st round submission. When the pair met for the second time it was under the UFC banner at UFC 132, where Cruz defeated Faber via unanimous decision.

Scott Hernandez - February 12, 2016

Leading up to TJ Dillashaw’s ‘UFC Fight Night: Boston’ scrap against Dominick Cruz earlier this year Cruz verbally assaulted the champ repeatedly. Dillasahw didn’t seem to have much of a response, saying that he preferred to do his talking in the fight. Ultimately, Cruz was awarded the split-decision win and awarded the title he never actually lost.