TJ Dillashaw: Open & Honest Reflection on Drugs Ban and Returning To Capture UFC Gold |

Former UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw sat down with BT Sport's Adam Catterall to reflect on his UFC journey, drugs ban and return in Abu Dhabi as he attempts to capture UFC gold. #UFC280 #TJDillashaw #AljamainSterling
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[@mvux143]

"I won't let that mistake define who i am". Powerful words

[@bane8305]

Tell this bozo his smooth talking doesn't make up for his poor actions

[@garrettsanner2695]

@@bane8305 What will exactly? Owning up to mistakes and moving forward is all anyone can do.

[@bane8305]

@@garrettsanner2695 your boy lost bozo

[@lepetitprince2188]

🐍

[@mega00760]

this guys heads above the UFC reporters, great interview ill listen again

[@anthonygadd295]

I agree so much man! How much better than Brett Okamoto? Brett seems lovely, sure, but my god are the interviews bland

[@rewmeister]

@@anthonygadd295 agreed

[@partnah2887]

can’t doubt his bulletproof mindset. dude sounds confident af

[@tottenham2294]

@GanjaDan EPO isn’t a steroid please educate yourself on EPO before commenting :)

[@smokepurp5614]

@GanjaDan I never thought aljemain sterling would not be the hated one going in

[@Aidandenniston]

@@tottenham2294 technically it’s a hormone, which is a steroid. Is it a typical androgen steroid , no. But a steroid non the less

[@zaclomas7493]

No not all hormones are steroid hormones epo is a peptide hormone

[@johnboylan3832]

He sounded pretty confident before Cejudo destroyed him too.

[@CD-nk3jq]

Oh my... that may be the most brilliant choice of words ever for a video with this man in it! God, I love BT Sports UFC uploads ❤️

[@ronan4521]

Ah there's that snake in the grass

[@iamthechosenone10]

LOL that will never get old

[@milessabin5097]

Where’s your mommy? 😂😂😂

[@raulgomez8973]

-Connor Mctapper

[@benhenderson3773]

@@raulgomez8973 Mcnuggets

[@amalluminati]

heres that little weasel

[@wendalwilsonrhoads]

Jon Jones, Nate Diaz, Diego Sanchez, Marvin Vettori, Sean O’Malley, Anderson Silva, Brian Ortega and many more have failed ped tests and none of them seem to get the same hate that TJ does. I’ve never been a big TJ fan but at least he never made excuses about it

[@LJ-qu3fm]

O malley did his 2 years and admitted it. Jon gets plenty of hate so that's ludicrous. Ortegas went under the radar and so did vettori and nates

[@babakk2359]

Nate’s was supplements and usada apologized lol. But I agree 100%, all the others deny like lance Armstrong did but he was actually honest and accepted his fate like a man. Not his fan or anything but the man deserves respect

[@asdf3668]

what ped did nate use?

[@keev5594]

It’s more than just PEDS that make Tj unlikeable

[@juxhinmeminaj3446]

@@LJ-qu3fm damn never knew they caught o malley and vettori and i totally forgot about ortega. People hate on tj for no reason, the skill is still there

[@FakeAndTrolled]

Never understood why TJ gets singled out for doing what the majority of the roster does.

[@weareall1]

Not after USADA though...

[@brando3098]

Jealousy envy that's why.

[@michaelr9731]

People don’t like him because of the urijah situation

[@jordowhite1604]

@@michaelr9731 I like him because of the Uriah situation

[@lord_commander95]

@CrispinBell wouldn’t be a solid excuse because the drug he used couldn’t be infused by accident

[@miguelhorney2137]

Great to see Adam back interviewing

[@jonathanmorse2886]

Not bringing that same drug cheat energy he's been so vocal about tho has he

[@lizze5717]

This is a great interview.. TJ has definitely taken accountability for his choices , I hope he gets his belt back

[@jaybeam1466]

Dude's 36. Dan Hardy said he was 38. I was like WTF?

[@talon3684]

Killashaw getting this belt back 💯

[@burlhorse61]

More like needleshaw

[@Tonyjohnson2523]

What happen buddy

[@andrewbudiman1310]

Respect to dillashaw

[@googletoldme2292]

Hold your head up TJ !!!

[@alproc634]

For cheating? Stop d riding

[@funnypool80]

Jon failed drug test but doesn’t have to deal with the constant media attention towards it. wonder why

[@partnah2887]

cuz he’s never coming back 😂

[@warrengeew]

@@partnah2887 bet he does, he's looking like a proper heavyweight now, if anyone's gonna do this comeback well it's Jon Jones lol

[@funnypool80]

The reason why tj is vilified isn’t even because he failed a test it’s mostly bc of the TJ and Uriah situation

[@DarkNomad38]

Who cares jones is the goat

[@funnypool80]

@@DarkNomad38 I love Jon I’m genuinely just wondering why TJ gets so much hate while others don’t

[@pattycakes_pattypie]

Everybody’s on steroids - Nate Diaz

[@KV____]

3 time bantamweight champ soon.. undeniably bantamweight goat at that point

[@fall-out]

💉💉💉💉

[@KV____]

@@fall-out yall r a bunch of broken records at this point it’s so unoriginal move on 😭😭 Jones popped many times and there’s a huge amount of people who still consider him the goat lmao the standards are hilarious

[@David-kg1tm]

BT sport does a lot better job of interviewing than the UFC staff

[@theguvnor3880]

I was never a TJ fan but those fights against Barao made me a believer.

[@northeastslingshot1664]

The irony. Beat Baraou who was juiced his entire career until the end

[@sukhdevr3489]

Barao without drugs was awful.

[@pandapumper]

I remember the first fight really well. Barao walked into the cage like he was unbeatable, but tj looked like he just knew something that we didn’t. And he did . His movement was too much for Renan and tj possibly started the decline of baroa’s career. I’m not a massive fan of tj, but he is a great fighter. I do believe that he employed a similar style to dom and dom beat him after a lay off. Tj still salty to this day

[@alphenit]

That Open & Honest Reflection on Drugs only became an Open & Honest Reflection because he was caught.

[@dohnjoe4516]

exactly

[@ives3572]

TJ's gonna be the UFC bantamweight GOAT if he wins the title and becomes a 3-time champ

[@ericoranday7]

I think cory sandhahen won that fight tho for sure

[@Tonyjohnson2523]

Lol

[@lepetitprince2188]

More like a snake on epo than a 🐐

[@marcuskerry9246]

Come on TJ take the title back!! All the best!

[@stevjohnson3681]

Screw him. Dudes been cheating for a long time. With his razor nipples

[@pritpalsira]

These Bt Sport interviews are excellent.

[@WunnSEN]

What a great Interview this was!

[@jasonharvey1159]

Let’s go TJ!!!! Get your belt back

[@s2mey382]

Drugs aside, probably the best BW ever. If he's 80% of what he was then he'll be champ again Saturday

[@bane8305]

Interview aside, this is probably one of the worst steroid takers ever.. thats why his nervous anxious self won't be champ on Saturday

[@SkrvnHiptR77]

TJ: now I'm bored with that family man bullshit and happy to be ocd about fighting again! World: sounds about right, welcome back!

[@dd-ph9fv]

This man is winning that belt back on Saturday!!! Can't wait to see where all the haters will be at then!!

[@lxbg9295]

that will be cool a moment, but will still be here saying CEO OF EPO

[@nixonszombie]

He will never be respected by his peers or acknowledged by the fans as one of the greatest. Tarnished his legacy forever.

[@zacharyatchley6791]

TJ Roidashaw

[@waalex11]

Yes! F the Haters.

[@noicemate9111]

@@zacharyatchley6791 lmao never heard this one 😂

[@KratosofSparta9]

Really want TJ to win. Mainly because the whole Aljo and Merab friendship. They've made it clear they won't fight eachother so whats the point. Kills the whole vibe of such a killer division.

[@TheLooseJoints]

8:02 yup he really stood by that by turning that drug test from a negative to a positive.

[@_jared0731]

Ok tj has already talked about his side of the story about taking epo and getting suspended multiple times. Is it really necessary to keep talking about it? Is it going to be a focal point every time he fights?

[@liamchanning23]

Yes it's necessary. Every title fight has a story and TJ is 50% of it. If it wasn't spoken about it would be weird, almost as if it was being brushed under the carpet and accepted. But I do think it should become less and less prevalent the more he fights, but as for now, it makes complete sense that it's being spoken about.

[@gauravagarwal5719]

His analysis of the O'Malley vs Yan fight is friggin on point!

[@raphaelness1239]

Whoah! y'all ever watch Believing Bruce? Check out T.J.'s nose swipe at 6:22 right as he's saying he was the most tested fighter! He couldn't contain it :) I'd be interested to see what Bruce would say about it...

[@jonathanbyrne1093]

Love this guy

[@user4fvRm2mf]

These guy have the best job in the world, I wish I was exposed to MMA at an early age maybe I could have competed myself.

[@ZWhiskey]

If I could have any UFC fighters mindset, it would be TJ’s. And new Saturday

[@abrahamayala3347]

Lets go TJ !

[@thelonesomewanderer8359]

can't hate on dillashaw, he did his time fair and square. just hope for a good clean fight

[@abhisheksingh-dg2vp]

tj is 👌🏻🔥 he's gonna get the belt back 💯

[@shikharsingh1674]

If TJ wins this Saturday, i think he will be the 1st ever 3 time UFC Champion in any division. I don't think this has been done before. And, all 3 wins will be of undisputed belt 🙏

[@KRISTIANSMILJANIC]

Randy Couture captured a world title three times although that was in two divisions so TJ might be the first three time champ in the same division

[@henryhooker1579]

Randy was the only other one

[@josefjusufssob4351]

no khabib is The better champ he was champien many Times more than this cheter inshallah islam Will win

[@caiminlaws7029]

@@josefjusufssob4351 nobody’s talking about Khabib? 😂 hahaha wierd…. Get his balls out yooo moufff boiii

[@AriGoldBawse]

The Cody wins should be NC, he was on the juice

[@r8m8s8]

Did he just call the EPO a “medication” 😮

[@dootpooter4740]

He says he took medication for Anemia. What's hard to understand?

[@alessandrofele1561]

He took procrit which is a medication? It’s just banned

[@rewmeister]

look into it, silly goose.

[@shootboxpodcast]

It IS a medication.

[@danielbarnes547]

I've always been a huge fan of this cat. Easily one of the best, ever...

[@user-fx5cd4px3k]

Thomas Jeffrey is the man

[@golfy498]

This guy survied that round on 1 arm gotta give him his due for not tapping out early on

[@gwrld2308]

Legends in the fight game can say there the best cause they never took anything

[@lakebennett1274]

Ok But 2014,15&18TJ was Champ so Meaning 3 of his 5 samples from title victories weren't tested. They only went back to 2016. Cruz,Lineker,Garbrandt*2 were the ones they went back and tested besides henry?

[@livingcreatures3572]

I got funny feeling dillashaw and O’Malley win

[@lookherelooklisten3078]

The GOAT of BW

[@ericoranday7]

Um dominick cruz n cejudo beat him on steroids so not the goat 4sure

[@lookherelooklisten3078]

@@ericoranday7 who asked?

[@lepetitprince2188]

The goat of epo

[@aliencity9309]

Let's give This man a fair Chance

[@indigatorveritatis8891]

Cody called him out for EPO before he was caught...

[@TemporaryJ]

So the only reason Cody brought that up was because of how TJ left the gym. If TJ left more respectfully and didn’t have bad blood with Urijah then Cody wouldn’t have snitched on him.

[@deancallan1072]

The CEO of EPO 😂

[@kevinmitchell7527]

Brilliant interviewer

[@hms9891]

Dillashaw is one of the toughest guys I’ve ever seen, his match with sandhagen where he blew out his knee, and couldn’t see out one eye because of the blood was wild after a long lay off…. Aljo has a problem on the weekend

[@bane8305]

He isn't tough Hes so weak minded he resorted to taking steroids risking the lives of his opponents and their careers ... Tough people don't need steroids

[@renzobenzo5647]

Never liked this guy, but I love how he told it like it is and accepted his part. AND NEW 🤔

[@stevencasey5444]

He feels bad he got caught. Doesn’t take away previous accomplishments but he tried to take everything from one man because he was afraid to feel weak and be a weight bully. Excited to watch him fight though.

[@conboy66]

Cejudo was a weight bully at 125 though 🤦‍♂️

[@stevencasey5444]

@@conboy66 made it without ever cheating though

[@DeRock401]

Bantamweight 🐐 TJ

[@thesatisfiedcustomer4869]

for some reason i still like TJ. Great fighter.

[@gwrld2308]

I did too bro but bro u can’t call yourself the best when u take EPO bro u can’t

[@maybeobviously650]

What they should of asked him is if he has any remorse for breaking barao and garbrant like that ,🤔 no doubt this homie was on stuff that far back 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@reigns1902]

I'm not too sure about that. Look at him now, he's just as ripped which has me suprised. But not as lean tho.

[@jaredjared8347]

No doubt because why? Dude was tested just like everyone else. If he cheated back then they would've caught him.

[@s2mey382]

I did read he had every sample retested back to 2016 and they were all cleared. Read into that what u will

[@dd185]

🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍

[@thekidd7]

Love how everyone's giving TJ a pass.. the guy is filthy and every single W he ever got is suss to me.

[@sirmctominayy2991]

Cheatershaw

[@GladiatorFC821]

WE ARE POSTING AMAZING FIGHTS

[@Andrew-is7rs]

Next week, Connor Benn talks emotionally about his pregnancy and landing a lucrative sponsorship deal with Cow and Gate

[@muhammedomar5399]

He popped positive for the Cody fight as well...when his samples were retested

[@aa-up4sf]

3 time champion I'm sure of it he just delivers in his big fights

[@Timesend]

🔥🔥

[@mossdar]

These fighters must love doing interviews with bt sport in comparison to the 💩 they get asked by their American counterparts. We in the Uk are heads & shoulders above the us when it comes to these types of interviews.

[@seanwilliams9243]

still juicing without a shadow of a doubt

[@joshywhvick]

Why take the PEDs TJ your reputation will forever be tarnished

[@jkh5]

TJ by tko. Then TJ vs Yan or O’Malley will be an absolute banger of a fight.

[@ashleyaboley8894]

hahah

[@budrobinson7965]

Changed my view.

[@SamaelVR]

There's nothing TJ could say that would satisfy the skeptics so I'm glad he's not trying. Just going for gold and if he gets it, his haters will be so butthurt.

[@downfromthereeefters]

Nah, a lot of people will switch up if he wins. “Props to TJ, he’s a beast and I knew he could do it” same people calling him a snake and a cheater now. UFC/MMA community is lame and goes wherever the wind goes

[@liambartlett6527]

@@downfromthereeefters the casuals go where the wind goes.

[@SamaelVR]

@@downfromthereeefters Big agree

[@Eagles.Fan.Since.Super.Bowl.52]

I lost all respect for TJ, but I still believe he's the best in the division. Father time is catching up so he needs to be laser focused for the rest of his career.

[@jsavage9134]

He’s a real dude and people hate on him anyway!

[@TemporaryJ]

Back in the day I was hating on him but now I can see that TJ was doing what was right for HIS career. Maybe he could have went about it in a different way and left more amicably but he did what he had to do.

[@Mr.Foreplay48]

Let’s Go TJ!!🥊🥊

[@bmoredrew4724]

pretty sure sandhagen won the fight against tj even though tj had him against the fence alot he didn't do anything

[@BrazFencil]

Right?

[@Rafael-xt1nm]

The eyes never lie. TJ is and has always been a disingenuous individual.

[@tonyholland7936]

Sterling was hammering TJ's steroid use whilst it is blatantly obvious he is on them himself! Anyone using this method of "trash talk" are completely disrespectful and lose points as far as I'm concerned.

[@abigailirvine3414]

The best interviewer asks a question and let’s the fighter answer and not interupt

[@AA-wu2fk]

Fighters can redeem themselves from starting back from the bottom and redeeming themselves drug free but tj definitely shouldn't have fought for the title after 1 fight that's bs,not fair to the rest of the division,let's go aljo

[@kaali_619]

Got caught. Admitted. Took it like a man. Earned his way back top. He's the GOAT of 135. What a killer mindset. Killashaw!!!

[@mikenowitzki6732]

Sweet Bruce Lee shirt

[@thugwafflebro8062]

The backpack 😂

[@gazelbert2180]

So the story is he took anaemic medication only for the Cejudo fight? Where does EPO come into this?

[@shootboxpodcast]

Anaemic medication is pretty much EPO

[@serialchiler]

His voice sounds deeper

[@juniorballs6025]

Not even remotely interested in the clown to be honest. Rather follow a clean fighter, doing things correctly.

[@PhamVans]

In all fairness, it was just an increased red blood cell injection that he took. Although considered a PED, it's not the worst of them. If the UFC was to go back and test previous fighters, I'm sure you'd find a lot worst.

[@rman229]

nah

[@tclarkiv]

@@rman229 there is no nah that is legit what epo is everything the dude said in his comment is true

[@rman229]

@@tclarkiv any unearned advantage is equally bad in a so called clean sport. it doesnt matter if it was "just" EPO

[@jaingarvit2621]

@Matrick most are on steroids now too

[@tclarkiv]

@@rman229 I agree cheating is cheating but there is a major difference between anabolic steroids and EPO.

[@mpmatthewperez]

If he wins no one can talk after

[@dohnjoe4516]

except we can lol, he still cheated

[@battleready7252]

And NEW!!

[@Jimbob-yp6yi]

🐐

[@Tragic_32]

I GOT TJ INSIDE 3 RDS

[@samboulton7722]

Smash him TJ. Redemption is sweet.

[@somerled5513]

Adam always speaks to fighters like someone is tickling his arse with a feather at the same time.

[@dkmma3312]

Dudes had so many surgeries. Must have good surgeon 😄

[@briantneary2248]

My biggest Problem with Dillashaw popping for PEDs was I truly believe he didn't need them. I've always been a huge fan but I lost a lot of respect for him. I would welcome him winning me back as a fan again and this Saturday is his chance

[@henryhooker1579]

He needed them for the weight cut that was the only reason, he had to drain himself to get down to 125 for his fight against cejudo

[@sukhdevr3489]

Did Jones need them too? I always thought he didn't.

[@talon3684]

TJ didn't need it to make the weight but he needed the energy because he was sapped of it. Demetrious Johnson spoke about it and asked TJ straight up why he did it and he told him point blank that's what it was. He didn't have the energy after the weight cut to compete at Flyweight and what he took gave his energy back to him after cutting so much. He's admitted to his wrongdoing, was and has been upfront from the start, some of the real UFC followers and casuals hate him for doing what he did and but at the end of the day, he's doing right by himself, he did his time, and he's back as the same elite bantamweight he's always been probably on his final Championship run given his age. He's still as sharp as ever and he's still going to be a problem.

[@stevjohnson3681]

@@talon3684 he would of never admitted hadnt he got caught. He would of rode off calling himself a legit double champ. Its funny people say "well he admitted it" guess what he couldnt deny it it was in his piss.

[@stevencoardvenice]

These guys are all doping. Get over it. Something has to REALLY go wrong for them to actually test positive

[@-bld-]

Nothing but excuses for cheating. He can't just man up and say "I wanted the cardio edge, so I took EPO.". Lance Armstrong 2.0, except without the charity and vision to help others.

[@jackwood4299]

Adam Caterall pretty much cancelling Conor Benn but up Tjs arse because it’s good for his own career!

[@jaydenfakhr]

Everyone is on steroids tj just caught

[@rockyruane9379]

A roided out injured old fighter. This is not gonna end well for Dillashaw.

[@raymundogonzalez4963]

what is that hat?

[@HamSandwich682]

He was on EPO his whole career and beat guys with his pace and cardio. Should be a lifetime ban for blood doping

[@Copemaxx]

100%

[@HamSandwich682]

@@lookherelooklisten3078 Then how did Cody know he was on EPO years before he popped?