TJ Dillashaw Wants Title Shot Next

Former bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw after his recent win over top contender Cory Sandhagen has expressed his interest in having the championship fight. TJ after the fight had to go through urgent knee surgery and that surgery has put him into three months of the rehabilitation process. TJ came back to the octagon after spending 2 years of suspension he got after he tested positive for EPO after his fight against Henry Cejudo.

Dillashaw was scheduled to face Henry Cejudo at UFC 233 for the UFC Flyweight Championship. The pay-per-view event was canceled, and the fight took place at UFC Fight Night 143 on January 19, 2019. Dillashaw lost the fight via TKO just 32 seconds into the first round.
Since that fight and after facing the suspension TJ came back and fought the no.2 ranked bantamweight Cory Sandahge and defeated him in one of the closest matches in the UFC. After the fight, he asked for the title opportunity and stated that he would love to fight for the title and if not then definitely he wants to take on anyone from the top.

TJ Dillashaw Responds To Jose Aldo

Recently Jose Aldo called out TJ Dillashaw after he defeated Pedro Munhoz. TJ lately spoke about that callout and what his future in the division seems like.

“Yeah, I like the callout,” Dillashaw told Submission Radio. “I would like to fight Jose Aldo. He’s a legend of our sport, and we can do it after I get my belt back.
“I’ve actually was called out I think by every fighter in the top five and if not top 10 then after they won a fight. Before I came back and fought Sandhagen. I swear every fighter called me out because it makes sense. I mean, I’m the true champion of the division, and you’re trying to build your name off me. Thinking that I’ve been out for two years. That I’m coming off all this drama, that I’m not going to be the same fighter. And Sandhagen made that mistake, as well, and now he’s having to go further back to try and get to a title.”

“I mean, just Aldo’s name alone makes it interesting, right?” Dillashaw said. “Like, I would love that fight. So yeah, maybe it would be my first fight as champ beause Jose Aldo is a legend in the sport. I remember him in the WEC before I even had my first professional fight. He was fighting Urijah when I was training there. So the guy’s been on top of the world for a long time. So it would be a dope fight.”

TJ has been the bantamweight champion in the UFC twice in his career. In his first title opportunity, TJ Dillashaw conquered Renan Barao. It was one of the biggest upsets in UFC and MMA history. Dillashaw won the fight dominantly, defeating Barao via TKO in the fifth round to become the new UFC Bantamweight champion. To begin his second title reign, TJ got a win over Cody Garbrandt who was the champion during their matchup at UFC 217. Now TJ is just one fight away from the title shot.