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T.J Dillashaw om Cody Garbrandt: ”I just finished him in the second round. He doesn’t deserve a rematch.”

T.J Dillashaw besegrade som bekant Condy Garbrandt på UFC 217 och blev därigenom mästare i bantamviktsklassen. Dillashaw stoppade Garbrandt i den andra ronden genom en knockout.

Efter matchen uttryckte Garbrandt att han var intresserad av en returmatch eftersom han ansåg att han var den bättre fightern. Dillashaw sa på presskonferensen som efterföljde UFC 217 att han inte anser att Garbrandt förtjänar ett returmöte:

I just finished him in the second round. He doesn’t deserve a rematch. He’s very new in this sport, he needs to work his way back up. I should’ve gotten a rematch after that (Dominick) Cruz fight (in Jan. 2016), a very close split decision that I thought I won, and I did not get it. It took me a year-and-a-half — well actually, almost two years — to get it. So yeah, I think he’s going to definitely (need to) build himself back up.

Dillashaw och Team Alpha Male har haft ett infekterat förhållande efter att Dillashaw lämnade Team Alpha Male för att träna med Duane Ludwig istället. Dillashaw har på grund av att han lämnade Team Alpha Male fått utstå diverse verbala attacker oftast genom Garbrandt.

Garbrandt sa efter matchen att han respekterar Dillashaw som en fighter men inte som en medmänniska, Dillashaw var av samma åsikt:

I respect him as a fighter as well. I do not appreciate, me or my family — as you can see, my brother got very emotional after the fight — have not appreciated the accusations and just the crap talk, and trying to diminish my name and who I am. So, that’s one that I won’t ever forgive him for. But I do respect him for being a great competitor and I’m sure we’ll see him again. But yeah, he’s lost a lot of my respect. He’s lost all of the respect from my family.

Efter att Dillashaw hade segrat så blev Garbrandt upprörd och skrek till någon i Dillashaws hörna, personen som upprörde Garbrandt har visat sig vara Dillashaws broder. Dillashaw sa följande om händelsen:

My brother’s in my corner, and like I said, he’s been very offended by some of the things and accusations, and the way that some of my really good friends — that I thought were — have treated me.  And he’s an emotional guy. He loves me more than anybody I know, and he was just backing me. All he said was, ‘What?!’ And we know Cody’s a hot-head as well, and so he went after him, then he had to get escorted. Escorted from MSG — that’s another one to put on the bucket list, I guess.

Dillashaw utmanade fjäderviktsmästaren Demetrious Johnson efter att han hade besegrat Garbrandt. Dillashaw sa att det finns andra alternativ i bantamvikten men att han helst möter Johnson härnäst:

We’ll see what happens with Dominick Cruz and (Jimmie) Rivera ( At UFC 219). That’s a tough fight. I think Cruz has his hands full with that fight. But Demetrious can’t run from this one. This is too big. He broke his record. He got to pat himself (on the back) and break his record. Now let’s make some money. He’s talking about how he wants those seven-figure fights — well, this is it. Step up, be a man of your word, and let’s get this fight going. He’s a very cerebral fighter. He’s smart, him and his coach, because they know it’s a very tough fight against me.

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