Den forne mästaren T.J. Dillashaw bokades tidigare mot nuvarande mästaren Cody Garbrandt för ett möte om bantamviktsbältet, men det är nu oklart om matchen blir av eftersom Garbrandt kämpar med en ryggskada.
Dana White är positiv till ett möte mellan T.J. och DJ i flugvikt, men är säker på att Garbrandt kommer att återhämta sig i tid.
Dillashaw är dock inte så säker på detta och menar att Garbrandt är mentalt svag. Han siktar nu in sig på match mot Johnson under samma gala där returmatchen mellan lätt-tungviktarna Jon Jones och Daniel Cormier.
Det här hade Dillashaw att säga via ’Submission Radio’:
I think shooting for that Jon Jones and Cormier card (at UFC 214) would be amazing. Dana already said he doesn’t want to make them guys a headliner, so why not put me and Demetrious in front of them? What bigger fight could you have in front of those two guys besides me and Demetrious?
Dana says as far as he’s concerned that there’s still gonna be a fight July 8th, but I highly doubt it. You know, Cody seems very mentally weak to me and he’s already making excuses about what’s going on with his back. He said that he’s been hurt for months and that he was supposed to be cleared March 1st.
Well, he was running around looking like an idiot on the Ultimate Fighter and his back didn’t seem to be bothering then. He did the coaches challenge, he was trying to get in everyone’s face, trying to fight then, but then all of a sudden when we’re getting closer to the fight and things are about to get real, he’s hurt.
