{"id":182567,"date":"2016-01-15T07:58:54","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T15:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=182567"},"modified":"2022-02-04T16:21:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T00:21:32","slug":"tj-dillashaw-sees-upside-of-mcgregor-getting-immediate-shot-at-lightweight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/tj-dillashaw-sees-upside-of-mcgregor-getting-immediate-shot-at-lightweight\/","title":{"rendered":"TJ Dillashaw sees upside of McGregor getting immediate shot at lightweight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following his 13 second <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/replay-mcgregor-knocks-out-aldo-in-13-seconds\/\">UFC 194 KO win<\/a> over Jose Aldo, it was revealed that Conor McGregor would be moving up to lightweight to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/mcgregor-vs-dos-anjos-officially-announced\/\">challenge Rafael dos Anjos<\/a> for his championship belt.<\/p>\n<p>It was announced that the fight would headline UFC 197 on March 5th, while Holly Holm vs. Miesha Tate would be the co-main event for the bout.<\/p>\n<p>While there&#8217;s been some controversy regarding McGregor challenging for the lightweight belt without vacating his featherweight championship, TJ Dillashaw sees a bit of an upside to the situation.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2016\/01\/video-did-conor-mcgregor-deserve-shot-at-2nd-ufc-belt-fellow-fighters-discuss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s kind of crazy he gets a title shot right away, but I do like it. 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