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Tonight, on the main card of UFC 207, former UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw will be stepping into the Octagon against streaking bantamweight John Lineker. <\/a><\/p>\n

While the fight was expected to produce the bantamweight #1 contender, UFC matchmaker Sean Shelby recently stated that the fight is not guaranteed to produce the next bantamweight title challenger<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"TJ<\/p>\n

\u201cThe great thing about the bantamweight division right now [it\u2019s] on fire,\u201d Shelby said. \u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s another division with more contenders. We\u2019ll see what we get out of this fight [in terms of contenders]. On paper, regardless of title contendership, it\u2019s straight fire. It\u2019s all offense.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ahead of the fight, Dillashaw himself believes that a change in weight classes could be in his future. He spoke to MMAFighting<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t make enough money to wait [for a title shot]. I can\u2019t sit on the shelf and just wait. I\u2019ve got too big of goals in life so I\u2019m gonna continue to fight, I\u2019m not gonna sit around and wait. I said after my last fight I was gonna take no fight other than a title fight but look, I\u2019m taking the No. 2 guy again.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not gonna wait around forever to get a belt back… If I\u2019m gonna continue to get overlooked, if Cruz is gonna continue to pick guys in the top 10 instead of the top 5 I might have to go [to another division]. The goal is to have a belt around my waist.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Dillashaw has been a man on a mission since losing the bantamweight championship to Dominick Cruz earlier this year via split decision.<\/a> Following that fight, Dillashaw did everything in his power to secure a rematch with Cruz, even offering to make an extremely expensive bet with Cruz over the fight<\/a>. With Cruz ultimately being booked to fight Cody Garbrandt at UFC 207, Dillashaw was then booked to fight John Lineker at the event.<\/p>\n

\"John<\/p>\n

Only time will tell if Dillashaw or Lineker will be able to secure a bantamweight title shot with their performance tonight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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