{"id":269526,"date":"2018-02-06T10:44:14","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T18:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=269526"},"modified":"2018-02-06T10:44:31","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T18:44:31","slug":"tj-dillashaw-reveals-nagging-injuries-preventing-garbrandt-rematch-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tj-dillashaw\/tj-dillashaw-reveals-nagging-injuries-preventing-garbrandt-rematch-1\/","title":{"rendered":"TJ Dillashaw reveals nagging injuries are preventing Garbrandt rematch at UFC 222"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lat last week, UFC featherweight champ Max Holloway was forced out of his UFC 222 scrap with Frankie Edgar, leaving the card without a headliner. From there, the UFC kicked off a desperate search for a suitable replacement main event. One of the options was a rematch between bantamweight champ TJ Dillashaw and former champ Cody Garbrandt, who fought back in November in a fight that saw Dillashaw weather a first-round scare to win by second-round KO.<\/p>\n<p>While talk of this potential do-over generated plenty of excitement, Dillashaw was pretty quick to express<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tj-dillashaw\/t-j-dillashaw-explains-his-decision-to-not-accept-a-rematch-with-cody-garbrandt-at-ufc-222\/\">his complete disinterest in it<\/a>. He did just beat Garbrandt, after all, and with a newborn son at home, and plans for a superfight with flyweight champ Demetrious Johnson in the works for July, the timing doesn\u2019t make a lot of sense for him.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Dillashaw has divulged that he&#8217;s also dealing with some nagging injuries that would make it difficult for him to compete so soon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI\u2019m doing some rehab here for the next seven, eight weeks, trying to get back to being healthy,\u201d the champ told <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2018\/02\/t-j-dillashaw-cody-garbrandt-talk-way-into-ufc-title-shot-reveals-injury\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAjunkie<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201c[The UFC] called me, and we were talking about [fighting at UFC 222 against Garbrandt],\u201d he said. \u201cAnything\u2019s possible, but it just depends. It\u2019s definitely not something I want to do right now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI want to enjoy my time with my kid and heal up and get healthy. Obviously, if they need it desperately \u2013 that was something that was in talks \u2013 but it wasn\u2019t the case. They weren\u2019t able to do anything [for a bigger offer].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Garbrandt recently offered to share a portion of his fight purse with Dillashaw as extra incentive, it doesn&#8217;t seem like this will convince the champ. His focus is locked on the flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI bet Dominick Cruz $100,000 to do a rematch, and it didn\u2019t work out,\u201d Dillashaw said. \u201cAnd I feel like it\u2019s the same scenario. I\u2019ve got bigger fish to fry. I\u2019m looking to be <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/demetrious-johnson\/demetrious-johnson-argues-tj-dillashaw-doesnt-belong-pound-pound-discussion\/\">the best pound-for-pound guy<\/a>. I\u2019m going to go out there and beat Demetrious Johnson and be a double champ, be the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world, and see what happens from there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Who do you want to see TJ Dillashaw fight next?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 2\/6\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lat last week, UFC featherweight champ Max Holloway was forced out of his UFC 222 scrap with Frankie Edgar, leaving the card without a headliner. From there, the UFC kicked off a desperate search for a suitable replacement main event. 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