‘Went for two belts, comes away with none’: The reaction T.J. Dillashaw’s ‘adverse’ USADA findings
Social media has been reacting to TJ. Dillashaw’s announcement that he is relinquishing the UFC bantamweight title due to the results of a USADA test.
By John Balfe-20 Mar 2019
T.J. Dillashaw is no longer the UFC bantamweight champion.
As reported earlier today, Dillashaw announced on social media Wednesday that he was voluntarily relinquishing the UFC’s 135-pound championship after being notified of a failure of a USADA drug test stemming from his January flyweight title defeat to champion Henry Cejudo.
It means that just weeks after aiming to add a second UFC world title to his collection, Dillashaw is now left without a title belt and has been issued with a one-year ban dated retroactively to his January 19 loss to Cejudo.
As you might expect, the reaction to this bombshell news has begun to dominate the MMA social media circles and below are some of the early opinions to filter out of what is a still developing situation.
TJ Dillashaw has been suspended for a year by the NYSAC, according to sources. A formal announcement is expected to be made this AM. Unclear at this time if he will be suspended longer by USADA but this is a NYSAC and USADA issue. Also unclear what he failed for. Developing.
Within the space of a few months T.J. Dillashaw has gone from being on the verge of becoming a double champ in the UFC to now holding no titles. Incredible.
T.J. Dillashaw news is great for flyweights, especially Jussier Formiga and Deiveson Figueiredo. Whoever wins Saturday should get a shot at Henry Cejudo next.
TJ Dillashaw went down in weight, almost killed himself getting down in weight, lost in 32 seconds and has been caught using drugs whilst getting down in weight hahaha what a fucking disaster from start to finish https://t.co/MfnsQrTr49
If UFC will ask me to fight for the vacated title tomorrow I will agree without a doubt in my mind and I don’t care who will be my opponent. I want that belt!