Dillashaw: ‘I Don’t Know If Barao Had Enough Time to Recover from May’s Beating’

UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw certainly isn’t lacking confidence heading into his UFC 177 title defense against Renan Barao.  The first UFC titleholder in Team Alpha Male history, Dillashaw questioned if his Brazilian counterpart was ready to fight him again based on his comments on Twitter.  Dillashaw met Barao at UFC 173 in May, where […]

UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw certainly isn’t lacking confidence heading into his UFC 177 title defense against Renan Barao.  The first UFC titleholder in Team Alpha Male history, Dillashaw questioned if his Brazilian counterpart was ready to fight him again based on his comments on Twitter.  Dillashaw met Barao at UFC 173 in May, where […]

UFC 177 Will Show TJ Dillashaw Has Renan Barao’s Number

It’s funny what conclusions people will jump to when consuming modern media, where click bait abounds and reading a headline is akin to reading the thousand words that follow it in the minds of many. You needn’t look any further than May’s UFC 173 lead-up, in which a particular intrepid columnist pondered the challenge of […]

It’s funny what conclusions people will jump to when consuming modern media, where click bait abounds and reading a headline is akin to reading the thousand words that follow it in the minds of many. You needn’t look any further than May’s UFC 173 lead-up, in which a particular intrepid columnist pondered the challenge of […]

TJ Dillashaw vs. Renan Barao 2: A Head-to-Toe Breakdown

In arguably the biggest and most shocking title upset in UFC history, current bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw dominated former kingpin Renan Barao at UFC 173. With tactical precision, overwhelming pressure and the sort of five-round conditioning we’re not used to seeing, especially in the midst of landing 140 significant strikes, “The Viper” made Barao look […]

In arguably the biggest and most shocking title upset in UFC history, current bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw dominated former kingpin Renan Barao at UFC 173. With tactical precision, overwhelming pressure and the sort of five-round conditioning we’re not used to seeing, especially in the midst of landing 140 significant strikes, “The Viper” made Barao look […]

3 Bantamweight Title Fights We’d Have Preferred over Dillashaw vs. Barao Rematch

At UFC 173 T.J. Dillashaw put on a scientific performance against Renan Barao, dominating the former champion for almost an entire five rounds before putting him away in the middle of the last round. Barao was thought to be unbeatable, and Dillashaw beat him with near-impunity. The rematch is set for the main event of […]

At UFC 173 T.J. Dillashaw put on a scientific performance against Renan Barao, dominating the former champion for almost an entire five rounds before putting him away in the middle of the last round. Barao was thought to be unbeatable, and Dillashaw beat him with near-impunity. The rematch is set for the main event of […]

T.J. Dillashaw vs. Renan Barao Rematch Likely Set for UFC 177

T.J. Dillashaw made good on his promise to shock the world like Chris Weidman did against Anderson Silva by defeating Renan Barao, and, like Weidman, he’ll have to do it all over again at UFC 177. MMA journalist Ariel Helwani reported on Wednesday’s episode of UFC Tonight that the UFC was close to booking a […]

T.J. Dillashaw made good on his promise to shock the world like Chris Weidman did against Anderson Silva by defeating Renan Barao, and, like Weidman, he’ll have to do it all over again at UFC 177. MMA journalist Ariel Helwani reported on Wednesday’s episode of UFC Tonight that the UFC was close to booking a […]

UFC Fight Night 35: What We Learned from Mike Easton vs. TJ Dillashaw

UFC Fight Night 35 offered up plenty of fun tilts for MMA fans seeking a Wednesday night fix, and the bantamweight bout between Mike Easton and TJ Dillashaw was no different. Crammed between the Brunson-Romero barnburner and the evening’s co-main event, it might have been easy to forget about. But fortunately the highly-ranked 135ers had […]

UFC Fight Night 35 offered up plenty of fun tilts for MMA fans seeking a Wednesday night fix, and the bantamweight bout between Mike Easton and TJ Dillashaw was no different. Crammed between the Brunson-Romero barnburner and the evening’s co-main event, it might have been easy to forget about. But fortunately the highly-ranked 135ers had […]