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Shortly after Henry Cejudo defied the odds and swiped the UFC flyweight title from the waist of long-time champion Demetrious Johnson at UFC 227, he called out TJ Dillashaw, who defended the UFC bantamweight title with a first-round knockout of Cody Garbrandt in the card’s main event. Cejudo’s hope, he explained, was to move up to bantamweight and challenge Dillashaw in an attempt at becoming a two-division champion.<\/p>\n

Initially, TJ Dillashaw seemed lukewarm about the possibility. More recently, however, he’s sounding a lot more interested in fighting Henry Cejudo \u2014 just not under quite the circumstances Cejudo hoped.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the latest episode of The Joe Rogan Experience MMA Show, TJ Dillashaw divulged that he’s hoping to cut down to flyweight<\/a> to challenge Cejudo for his title, rather than the other way around. He considers this the best possible option for his legacy at present, not just because a win would make him a two-division champion, but because Henry Cejudo is a former Olympic gold medalist in wrestling.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/youtu.be\/BB7tpgwvg1g<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Henry Cejudo thing entertains me so much because he\u2019s a gold medalist,\u201d TJ Dillashaw told Joe Rogan<\/a> (transcript via MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cHe wants to claim himself as the greatest combat athlete ever. \u2018I\u2019m a UFC champion, I\u2019m a gold medalist!\u2019 I\u2019ll go out there and beat you in wrestling. MMA wrestling is completely different. I\u2019m the better athlete. I can beat him anywhere, I know I can, watching him fight. That\u2019s why I\u2019m very excited about it. I think it\u2019s the greatest thing for my name right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

While TJ Dillashaw is interested in this fight, he says there’s no movement with respect to making it official just yet \u2014 though he seems to believe the UFC is interested.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s been nothing serious but there\u2019s been hints and we did our media tour together and they put us on camera together and had us talk shit to each other,\u201d the bantamweight champ said. \u201cThey didn\u2019t say that because everything is real but it\u2019s like, \u2018 Oh shit, this is what you guys want! Okay, you really think you can beat me? Then fuck you man, let\u2019s do this shit!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Dillashaw then reiterated that, for him, this fight would need to occur at flyweight, not bantamweight. That way there can be no excuses.<\/p>\n

\u201c[At] 125, absolutely,\u201d TJ Dillashaw said. \u201cI don\u2019t want no excuses that I\u2019m the bigger man.”<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 9\/13\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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