UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling believes TJ Dillashaw is still cheating. Dillashaw was suspended from the UFC for two years following a positive drug test, and is set to challenge for Sterling’s belt at UFC 280. On The MMA Hour, Sterling appeared convinced that Dillashaw is up to his old tricks.
“When he’s talking about all this stuff, I’m like, dude, you were on the same s*** that [Renan Barao] was on. Whatever it was, even if it wasn’t the same exact thing, you were definitely on something.
Aljamain Sterling “Indifferent” to “Cheating Weasel” TJ Dillashaw
Your teammates outed you years ago. There’s been rumors, even before that press conference happened with him and Cody Garbrandt, there were rumors going on for the longest. But what am I going to do? Sit here and b**** and moan and say, ‘Oh, I hear he’s cheating, let me go snitch on him?’ Your people told on you.
If that’s what you need to do to get by and feel better at night, I think there’s some type of issue there and he might be a little bit unconfident in his own skill set, that he feels the need to do something like that in order to get some type of edge.”
Sterling pointed to Dillashaw’s recent performance in the Octagon as evidence.
“Isn’t it fascinating he got knocked out by Henry Cejudo with a toe? It wasn’t the shin, it wasn’t the foot — it was the toe that knocked him down and wobbled him the way that it did. And he came back and took those monster shots from Cory Sandhagen — hmm, I don’t know, my man. I don’t know.
I know you can make the argument, ‘Oh, he cut too much weight, the brain fluids.’ Miss me with that s***. The guy’s still cheating.
He’s still finding ways to cheat. Once a cheater, always a cheater. And it’s just going to be nice to beat a guy like that, get a nice feather in my cap, and to say that I did it the right way, and he’s a p****.” Despite the inflammatory comments, Sterling insists that he’s “indifferent” to the “cheating weasel”.
“I’m very indifferent about T.J., and the main thing is the guy is a cheating little weasel that’s been doing this for years.
On one side of the coin, I respect him because even if you are cheating, you still have to have some type of work ethic and drive and motivation to get up in the morning and put in the work and still have the technique to win those fights. So kudos to you — you get a hand clap.”
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