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After an entertaining stopover in Denver, the UFC was back at the Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday night. On paper, it was one of the worst cards of the year so…
After an entertaining stopover in Denver, the UFC was back at the Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday night. On paper, it was one of the worst cards of the year so…
The former UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw was looking to reclaim his crown this weekend at UFC 280. Dillashaw met the reigning champion Aljamain Sterling and lost via second-round TKO. The former champion had entered this fight with a major shoulder injury which was evident throughout the bout. It was clear that the 36-year-old Dillashaw’s […]
The former UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw was looking to reclaim his crown this weekend at UFC 280. Dillashaw met the reigning champion Aljamain Sterling and lost via second-round TKO. The former champion had entered this fight with a major shoulder injury which was evident throughout the bout.
It was clear that the 36-year-old Dillashaw’s shoulder was continuously dislocating in the match. In between rounds, his coach Duane ‘Bang’ Ludwig would pop it back into place. In the second round, it popped out again, and Dillashaw attempted to fix it during the fight.
UFC Hall of Fame fighter Cub Swanson worked with TJ Dillashaw going into this world title showdown and claimed that TJ could scarcely lift his arm even six weeks before the fight. On Twitter, he said:
“When I worked with TJ about 5-6 weeks before this fight he couldn’t even lift his left arm….it’s the truth.”
Fans commented on this Tweet and said that it was a dumb idea to fight with such a severe injury. Swanson Tweeted again in defense of Dillashaw and said:
“Why do fighters fight injured? Because we are crazy and always believe we can win. Also we are taught to push thru pain and to always seize an opportunity.”
Going into his title match at UFC 280, TJ Dillashaw knew that his shoulder was in trouble. The American-born fighter even warned the referee ahead of time and instructed the official to not stop the match if his shoulder happened to get dislocated. In the post-fight interview, the 36-year-old former titleholder explained:
“I told the ref in the back before we came out that most likely, the shoulder’s gonna pop out. If it does, I’ll get it back in, please do not stop it. Unfortunately, in the second round, I couldn’t push off my shoulder.”
Dillashaw knew his shoulder would not make it through the fight because it popped out during training more than twenty times he claims. TJ continued:
“I gotta apologize to the weight class. Kind of held it up. I completely blew my shoulder out at the end of April, as soon as I was getting ready for this. I probably dislocated it a good 20 times throughout training camp. This is by far the toughest training camp I’ve been through because of that.” [Transcript courtesy of Bloody Elbow]
See TJ Dillashaw’s full post-fight interview below:
UFC veteran Cub Swanson has broken his social media silence following his loss to Jonathan Martinez at UFC Vegas 62 on Saturday. Swanson lost to Martinez in his bantamweight debut in the UFC Vegas 62 co-main event. After a back-and-forth first round, a…
UFC veteran Cub Swanson has broken his social media silence following his loss to Jonathan Martinez at UFC Vegas 62 on Saturday. Swanson lost to Martinez in his bantamweight debut in the UFC Vegas 62 co-main event. After a back-and-forth first round, an accumulation of low leg kicks proved too much for him to handle…
Continue Reading Cub Swanson Speaks Out Following Bantamweight Debut Loss at MMA News.
Jonathan Martinez had a point to prove when he met Cub Swanson at UFC Vegas 62 last night. Martinez earned a statement win against the UFC legend in their co-main event bout. And he almost got it done in the first round after landing a huge knee that s…
Jonathan Martinez had a point to prove when he met Cub Swanson at UFC Vegas 62 last night. Martinez earned a statement win against the UFC legend in their co-main event bout. And he almost got it done in the first round after landing a huge knee that sent Swanson to the canvas. But the…
Continue Reading Martinez: “Disrespectful” Swanson Interview Fueled Desire To Win at MMA News.
UFC bantamweight Jonathan Martinez earned the biggest win of his career in a unique fashion at UFC Vegas 62 against Cub Swanson. Martinez welcomed Swanson to the bantamweight division after the veteran fought at featherweight for the majority of his UF…
UFC bantamweight Jonathan Martinez earned the biggest win of his career in a unique fashion at UFC Vegas 62 against Cub Swanson. Martinez welcomed Swanson to the bantamweight division after the veteran fought at featherweight for the majority of his UFC career. He won three in a row entering the matchup and was looking to…
Continue Reading MMA Twitter Reacts To Martinez’s Low Kick Knockout Of Swanson at MMA News.
Co-headlining UFC Vegas 62 against long-time featherweight division mainstay, Cub Swanson in his bantamweight division debut — emerging 135lbs prospect, Jonathan Martinez turns in a career-best performance and victory — taking out the veteran fan-favorite with a series of leg kicks for a second round finish in the co-main event slot. Martinez, who entered tonight’s […]
Co-headlining UFC Vegas 62 against long-time featherweight division mainstay, Cub Swanson in his bantamweight division debut — emerging 135lbs prospect, Jonathan Martinez turns in a career-best performance and victory — taking out the veteran fan-favorite with a series of leg kicks for a second round finish in the co-main event slot.
Martinez, who entered tonight’s fight with Swanson off the back of victories against Zviad Lazishvili, Alejandro Martinez, and Vince Morales, Martinez managed to show his speed difference and technical prowess in the first round against Swanson — beating the WEC veteran to the punch on occasion.
Dropping Swanson at the fence in the final moments of the first frame, Martinez would force the issue in the early goings of the second, firing off a series of leg kicks with felled Swanson and landed himself a TKO victory over the division newcomer.
Swanson hung on in the final seconds of Round 1
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