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TJ Dillashaw will only be out three months after having knee surgery.<\/p>\n

In Dillashaw’s return fight against Cory Sandhagen, he appeared to hurt his knee in the first round. It threw off his footwork but he still hung in the fight and ended up winning a split decision<\/a>. However, Dillashaw knew his knee was injured and on Thursday underwent successful surgery.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a medial meniscus bucket handle tear, a lateral meniscus tear, and a PCL tear,\u201d Dillashaw told Brendan Schaub this past Saturday during\u00a0\u201cUFC 265 Calabasas Fight Companion\u201d<\/a> (via MMAJunkie<\/a>). \u201cI\u2019m just glad it wasn\u2019t ACL. I\u2019m happy with the results because it would\u2019ve been nine months (if it would\u2019ve been an ACL tear). I\u2019m looking at a three-month recovery right now until I get back to training, (then) fight for the title at the beginning of next year.\u201d<\/p>\n

TJ Dillashaw also says he’s surprised Sandhagen never heard or felt his knee pop. He says it made a sound and he knew his knee was messed up. Yet, he knew he had to push through to get the win.<\/p>\n

Although it is good news he never tore his ACL, it’s no doubt disappointing for Dillashaw to suffer another injury. However, he will have time to recover before his next fight<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSo it was the last 30 seconds of the round, and I was in like a lazy leglock,\u201d Dillashaw recalled. \u201cWe were in the 50\/50 position, and I was completely out of it, but I was chilling. I knew I won the round, so I was going to sit up top and let the round finish out, but then he turned and started punching me. So I was like, \u2018All right, b*tch,\u2019 and I started hitting him back for my own ground-and-pound. I came in hard on my own leg and started ground-and-pounding, and we got into a scramble.<\/p>\n

“He tried to get up on his feet, and I went to sit up on top, so I leaned my chest over my own body, and at the same time my LCL just went, \u2018pow.\u2019 It was loud, dude,” Dillashaw concluded. “I\u2019m surprised he didn\u2019t hear it or feel it because I heard it when it happened. As soon as the round was over, I sat down and I said, \u2018My knee is f*cked.\u2019 They bleeped it out because it\u2019s ESPN.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Dillashaw says, the plan is to recover and fight for the belt next time out. Aljamain Sterling is set to rematch at Petr Yan at UFC 267 in October where the winner will likely face Dillashaw sometime in 2022.<\/p>\n

Do you think TJ Dillashaw should fight for the belt next time out?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TJ Dillashaw will only be out three months after having knee surgery. In Dillashaw’s return fight against Cory Sandhagen, he appeared to hurt his knee in the first round. It threw off his footwork but he still hung in the fight and ended up winning a split decision. 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