The former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bantamweight champion, TJ Dillashaw, says he’s still up to dropping down to 125 pounds (Flyweight) and go head-to-head with Demetrious Johnson, the longtime champ, and #1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world…
He says Cody Garbrandt, his set opponent for UFC 213 right now, is “mentally weak” and that he doesn’t think he’ll make it to the fight…
The reason why? T.J. Dillashaw wants to fight “Mighty Mouse”, not just fight him, but beat him, in his very own division and in this way cause a screeching halt in Johnson’s progress toward his record-setting goal of title defenses…
The reason all this uncertainty has come about is because the current champ, Cody Garbrandt, has become “questionable” for the upcoming Bantamweight title fight this summer…
In T.J’s recent interview with submission radio he had some interesting things to say…
“I’m willing to drop down to fight Demetrious at 125 (pounds) cause he’s trying to break this record, it’s a big deal. No one wants to see him fight someone that he doesn’t know or somebody he’s already beaten for this record. He’s talking about how much money he wants to make on his next fight, well he’s not gonna do that by fighting number eights and tens. It’s not a super fight, I’m coming down to 125. It’s a challenger at his weight class that will give him the biggest challenge possible, and that’s what he’s scared of. He wants to take an easier fight that’s going to get him the record so that he can have the most title defenses in UFC history. You can’t call yourself the best pound-for-pound fighter if you’re gonna dodge me. I’ve got the utmost respect for Demetrious Johnson. But this comes down to you selling a fight. He wants to make some big money? Let’s do it, man. This is about as big as it’s gonna get for him.”