T.J. Dillashaw Says Cody Garbrandt Isn’t Deserving of Title Rematch

T.J. Dillashaw doesn’t mind doing battle with Cody Garbrandt again, but he doesn’t feel his rival deserves an immediate rematch. Dillashaw captured the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) gold back in Nov. 2017. He earned a second-round TK…

T.J. Dillashaw doesn’t mind doing battle with Cody Garbrandt again, but he doesn’t feel his rival deserves an immediate rematch. Dillashaw captured the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) gold back in Nov. 2017. He earned a second-round TKO victory over “No Love” in the co-main event of UFC 217. The action took place inside Madison Square […]

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TJ Dillashaw vs. Cody Garbrandt II Reportedly Finalized For UFC 227

A blockbuster bantamweight rematch has reportedly been finalized for this summer. News broke tonight (Wed., April 4, 2018) from ESPN’s Brett Okamoto that the UFC has supposedly booked TJ Dillashaw vs. Cody Garbrandt II for August 4’s UFC 227 from The Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The fight is expected to be officially announced […]

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A blockbuster bantamweight rematch has reportedly been finalized for this summer.

News broke tonight (Wed., April 4, 2018) from ESPN’s Brett Okamoto that the UFC has supposedly booked TJ Dillashaw vs. Cody Garbrandt II for August 4’s UFC 227 from The Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

The fight is expected to be officially announced in the coming days.

Current champion Dillashaw recently won the title back from Garbrandt in the co-main event of last November’s UFC 217 after the archrivals served as coaches of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF). The Denver, Colorado-based ‘Viper’ won the title by knocking out then-pound-for-pound great Renan Barao at UFC 173, defending it twice before losing it to Dominick Cruz via controversial split decision in January 2016.

‘No Love’ then won the title from Cruz in turn at UFC 207, paving the clear path for a rivalry with pre-installed beef from their days as Team Alpha Male teammates and training partners, where Dillashaw left for Denver alongside former TAM head coach Duane Ludwig. The bad blood resulted in a great back-and-forth bout at UFC 207, with ‘No Love’ rocking Dillashaw in the first round and Dillashaw winning the fight with an earth-shattering punch in the second.

Dillashaw had long been rumored to be headed for a super fight with dominant UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson, but that fight is apparently off for now, and the bantamweight division’s most awaited rematch sits in its place.

Was this the right fight to make at 135 pounds?

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T.J. Dillashaw vs. Cody Garbrandt 2 Expected for UFC 227 in August

A rematch pitting bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw against Cody Garbrandt is currently in the works for UFC 227 with the event expected to take place on Aug. 4 from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Sources close to the matchup confirmed the news …

A rematch pitting bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw against Cody Garbrandt is currently in the works for UFC 227 with the event expected to take place on Aug. 4 from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Sources close to the matchup confirmed the news on Wednesday following an initial report from ESPN. This fight coming together […]

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