{"id":316349,"date":"2019-06-14T07:02:01","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T14:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=316349"},"modified":"2019-06-14T07:02:01","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T14:02:01","slug":"tj-dillashaw-opens-up-on-decision-to-cheat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/tj-dillashaw-opens-up-on-decision-to-cheat\/","title":{"rendered":"TJ Dillashaw opens up on decision to cheat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, news broke that UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw had tested positive for the injectable-only banned substance EPO. Dillashaw was stripped of his title, and suspended for two years by the United States Anti-Doping Agency for this crime.<\/p>\n<p>Though he quickly admitted to his mistakes on social media, Dillashaw has been quite quiet since this unfortunate news surfaced. Speaking on Chael Sonnen&#8217;s<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/player.fm\/series\/youre-welcome-with-chael-sonnen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"You're Welcome (opens in a new tab)\">You\u2019re Welcome<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>podcast, however, the former bantamweight champion opened up on the ordeal in a way that he has not done yet.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, it had a lot to do with his need to make 125 pounds for a flyweight title fight with Henry Cejudo.<\/p>\n<p>See what TJ Dillashaw had to say below (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowkickmma.com\/tj-dillashaw-opens-up-intentionally-cheating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LowKickMMA<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p data-pw-in-article=\"true\"><em>\u201cI\u2019ve hidden out, I haven\u2019t done any interviews, I haven\u2019t done \u2013 I\u2019ve just kind of hidden away from \u2013 there\u2019s things I\u2019ve been wanting to say, but I didn\u2019t, because I don\u2019t want to create any excuses,\u201d TJ Dillashaw said. &#8220;Let\u2019s start off, first and foremost, I cheated. I don\u2019t want to run around that, that\u2019s why even I announced it when USADA was coming out. I didn\u2019t want to create excuses.<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-pw-in-article=\"true\">\u201c<em>It was like, look, this is it, I did it, I want to be upfront with you guys. I didn\u2019t want to create any excuses of why I did it, I knew eventually I would talk about it, and this is now, it\u2019s the first time I have. I was so into doing something that has never been done before. Not the two champs. Obviously, I wanted that more than anything, I wanted to prove I\u2019m the best in the world, but was also to drop that weight class. I\u2019m a lean 135\u2019er. I wanted to drop the weight class to go to the 125s, and I played it off to how easy it was going to be. &#8216;I can do this, no problem, I always cut weight.&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-pw-in-article=\"true\">\u201c<em>And I pushed my body to the extreme. About six weeks out, my body started to crash, I started to get tired, I started feeling I didn\u2019t want to wake up for practice. I test everything. I test my hair for toxins, I test my saliva for hormone levels \u2013 I want to be the most optimized athlete I possibly can. And I started crashing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-pw-in-article=\"true\"><em>\u201cI decided to take something I knew I wasn\u2019t allowed to take,\u201d TJ Dillashaw concluded. \u201cIt\u2019s called Procrit, it\u2019s an anemia medication that would help me, not only make the weight, but be myself. And, you know, I\u2019m not mad I did it, because I don\u2019t think I could\u2019ve taken the fight. I\u2019m obviously going to own up that I cheated, I got caught \u2013 it\u2019s a rough one man. It\u2019s hard not to hate yourself a little bit. To \u2013 I don\u2019t know. It\u2019s a tough one.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-pw-in-article=\"true\">What do you think of this explanation from TJ Dillashaw?<\/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 6\/14\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, news broke that UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw had tested positive for the injectable-only banned substance EPO. Dillashaw was stripped of his title, and suspended for two years by the United States Anti-Doping Agency for this crime. 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