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TJ Dillashaw Blasts Urijah Faber: I Don’t Want To Beat The Guy Up

Earlier this year, a bout between former teammates Urijah Faber and TJ Dillashaw seemed to be a very realistic possibility after Dillashaw left Faber’s Team Alpha Male. Now, however, the former bantamweight champion is no longer interested in a scrap with “The California Kid”. In recent months, Faber has lost two consecutive bouts, one to

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Earlier this year, a bout between former teammates Urijah Faber and TJ Dillashaw seemed to be a very realistic possibility after Dillashaw left Faber’s Team Alpha Male. Now, however, the former bantamweight champion is no longer interested in a scrap with “The California Kid”.

In recent months, Faber has lost two consecutive bouts, one to reigning champ Dominick Cruz last June, and one to Jimmie Rivera earlier this month. Prior to their bout, Rivera had been ranked No. 12, although he scored a dominant decision victory over the highly-ranked Faber.

Due to his recent performances, Dillashaw simply feels as if Faber hasn’t gotten any better over the last few years:

“After he got dominated by a number 12, it doesn’t make sense for me to drop down and fight Urijah,” T.J. said to Inside MMA’s Ron Kruck yesterday. “For one, I don’t wanna beat the guy up. It’s not worth my time. Urijah hasn’t gotten any better in the last – I don’t know how many years. He’s kinda stuck in his ways.”

Faber isn’t the only Team Alpha Male member who Dillashaw has strung up a rivalry of sorts with, as No. 5-ranked Cody “No Love” Garbrandt has also mentioned the ex-champion’s name. In fact, both men are in the running for the next title shot, although Dillashaw doesn’t feel as if “No Love” should be:

“It just doesn’t make sense,” Dillashaw said. “It shouldn’t happen, that’s for sure. He beats the No. 11 ranked fighter and then gets the title fight. How does that make sense when I’m ranked #1….I walked through #2. How does he leapfrog me to get a title shot?”

After losing a closely fought decision to Cruz last January, Dillashaw rebounded with a victory over Raphael Assuncao at July 9’s UFC 200. Who would you like to see him fight next?

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TJ Dillashaw Calls Out Urijah Faber: He Trapped Me On TUF

Former bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw was recruited years ago by Team Alpha Male leader and longtime veteran Urijah “The California Kid” Faber. The two established a close bond, although one that was recently broken when Dillashaw elected to leave Team Alpha Male and head to Elevation Fight Team in Colorado. Ironically, featherweight champion Conor McGregor,

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Former bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw was recruited years ago by Team Alpha Male leader and longtime veteran Urijah “The California Kid” Faber.

The two established a close bond, although one that was recently broken when Dillashaw elected to leave Team Alpha Male and head to Elevation Fight Team in Colorado.

Ironically, featherweight champion Conor McGregor, who coached opposite Faber on this past season of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF), called Dillashaw a “snake in the grass” who was going to turn on Faber, causing drama when “Killashaw” appeared on the show.

The ex-bantamweight king now blames “The California Kid” for bringing him onto the set:

“I felt like him bringing me on to The Ultimate Fighter was a trap,” Dillashaw said on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour.

Dillashaw continued to blast Faber, saying that the former WEC champion only used the situation to garner more attention within the media:

“[It was] a way for him and Conor to bash on me for going to a different gym,” Dillashaw said. “[Faber] bashing me is a way to stay relevant, so the media had something to talk about other than his horrible fights.”

In the end, Dillashaw admits that he’s surprised by Faber’s actions, saying that cross-training is a normal thing in today’s day and age:

“This is very uncharacteristic of him,” Dillashaw said. “I’ve never seen him like this, especially to ruin a friendship over me liking a coach. Guys cross train all the time. That’s what Alpha Male’s known for, guys have open doors to come in all the time. They don’t call any of those guys traitors.”

Faber is set to battle reigning 135-pound champion Dominick Cruz in June, but will we ever see a potentially massive grudge match between he and Dillashaw?

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Five Fights To Make For Resurgent Bantamweight Division

The dust has now settled on UFC Fight Night 81 which went down last Sunday (January 17, 2016) night from the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts presented live on FOX Sports 1. The main event featured a long awaited and highly anticipated bantamweight title fight between TJ Dillashaw and Dominick Cruz. In a very close

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The dust has now settled on UFC Fight Night 81 which went down last Sunday (January 17, 2016) night from the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts presented live on FOX Sports 1.

The main event featured a long awaited and highly anticipated bantamweight title fight between TJ Dillashaw and Dominick Cruz. In a very close fought split-decision, “The Dominator” was able to reclaim the title he had never technically lost.

With Cruz now back at the helm, one of mixed martial arts’ (MMA) previously most lacking divisions has all of a sudden become resurgent with intriguing and exciting possibilities.

With the possibility of trilogy bouts, rematches, and the emergence of multiple rising contenders, let’s take a look at five potential fights for the new and improved 135-pound division:

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