It is no secret by this point in time that former UFC Bantamweight Champion TJ Dillashaw and Team Alpha Male🥀 aren’t exactly on the best of terms.
Urijah Faber and UFC Bantamweight Champion Cody Garbrandt recently appeared on , where Garbrandt claims tha𓂃t Dillashaw ended Chris Holdsworth’s ﷺMMA career during a sparring session.
“The super competitiveness -- I’m competitive,” Garbrandt said. “I don’t want to lose. I’m fighting tooth and nail not to get taken down or win that round. It’s just [the dirty stuff] at the end of the bell, knees - that’s why Chris (Holdsworth) is out. (Dillashaw) kneed him in the back of the head. Concussions. That’s the truth. It was him and T.J. going. I remember distinctively, Duane (Ludwig) used to come up to Chris and be like ‘Hey, Grasshopper, T.J.’s fighting, can you take it easy on him?’ Chris is a killer, dude. Chris is f--king him up. Everybody. Chris is an animal. I guess Chris choked him out and T.J. got up and f--king kneed him in the back of the head when he was down.”
Faber is quick to add that Dillashaw used that t🌞echnique on🐷 Holdsworth more than once.
“It happened twice in practice like that,” Faber stated.
Holdsworth was the winner of the UFC Ultimate Fighter 18 and hasn’t competed in🍌 over three years, with his last bout being a win over Chico Camus at UFC 173.
Garbrandt battles Dillashaw at UFC 🐠217 aꦫnd the champion plans on catapulting his career to new heights with a win over the former champion.
“I don’t respect him as a person but it doesn’t mean I don’t respect him as a fighter. The guy is skillful, he’s mean as f**k, and he’s gonna bring a fight that’s gonna be what I love. I love a challenge and with T.J., I know him like the back of my hand. He’s a bad motherf**ker. He was ranked in the pound-for-pound top 10 before. He’s a killer. I’m gonna catapult my career with him,” says Garbrandt.
UFC 217 takes place on Saturday, November 4 from Madison Square Garden in New York, New York with Michael B𝄹isping and Georges St. Pierre headlining. Fightful is providing live coverage of the event, with a post-show podcast to follow.
