{"id":80695,"date":"2014-01-06T09:38:01","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T17:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=80695"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:19:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:19:39","slug":"dillashaw-assuncao-loss-a-blessing-in-disquise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/dillashaw-assuncao-loss-a-blessing-in-disquise\/","title":{"rendered":"Dillashaw: Assuncao Loss &#8216;A Blessing In Disquise&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/TJ-Dillashaw-PNG.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80701\" title=\"TJ Dillashaw PNG\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/TJ-Dillashaw-PNG.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/TJ-Dillashaw-PNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/TJ-Dillashaw-PNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/TJ-Dillashaw-PNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Team Alpha Males, T.J. Dillashaw is coming off a highly contested split-decision loss to ATT&#8217;s Raphael Assuncao at UFC Fight Night 29.<\/p>\n<p>The defeat marked his first since losing the TUF 14 final tournament bout to John Dodson.<\/p>\n<p>Now set to face Mike Easton at this month&#8217;s Fight Night 35 event, T.J. says the experience of his last defeat was a blessing in disguise.<\/p>\n<p>His words via <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2014\/01\/listen-to-mmajunkie-radio-1630-with-t-j-dillashaw-cole-miller-brad-tavares-ufc-fight-night-34-blast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAjunkie Radio<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;It kind of just fueled my fire to get back training as soon as possible. I knew that there were things that I could have done better to solidify the win, and things that I could have done that I need to improve on,&#8221; Dillashaw said. &#8220;If I would have just gotten that choke I probably would have not found out that there were things I needed to work on, so maybe it was a blessing in disguise that I got that win taken away from me.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team Alpha Males, T.J. Dillashaw is coming off a highly contested split-decision loss to ATT&#8217;s Raphael Assuncao at UFC Fight Night 29. The defeat marked his first since losing the TUF 14 final tournament bout to John Dodson. 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