T.J. Dillashaw

Dillashaw dislocates shoulder twice mid-fight after revealing it happened '20 times' in training ... T.J. Dillashaw once fought through several ligament tears ...

“I had no idea, I was just in the zone,” he said. How could the Athletic Commission know if he doesn’t tell us. He did not participate in public workouts this week, nor did he warm up on fight night by hitting against pads. It’s not like he came in out of shape or looked injured... He added that he had told the referee before the fight that he expected his shoulder to pop out mid-fight, but asked him not to stop the fight if that was the case. He dislocated the shoulder AGAIN in the second round, before the referee finally stepped in to stop the fight as Sterling battered his defenceless opponent.

Dillashaw had an uphill battle, revealing that he entered his title fight against Sterling with a significant pre-existing injury.

Sterling snatched a D'Arce choke attempt and wound up with a back mount. Goddard, according to UFC commentator Jon Anik, informed the broadcast team that Dillashaw's injury was disclosed to him before the fight. Dillashaw remarkably toughed it out, surviving rear-naked choke attempts and making it to his feet. Sterling mauled Dillashaw over the course of two rounds in which Dillashaw was afflicted with a recurring shoulder injury. It did not take long for Sterling to mount Dillashaw and land big punches. Sterling took down Dillashaw early in Round 1 and Dillashaw's shoulder appeared to pop out of place, eliciting a grimace from the former champ.

Aljamain Sterling successfully held on to his UFC bantamweight championship with a second-round TKO win over TJ Dillashaw in the co-main event of UFC 280 at ...

Marlon "Chito" Vera has been impressive lately and has a win over O'Malley. Sterling was referring to Yan's main card matchup with Sean O'Malley. Sterling dominated the round going from mount to back control, threatening with rear-naked choke attempts and ground-and-pound throughout the round. His reign as champion has been defined by his rivalry with Petr Yan. Aljo wasted not time in dragging the fight to his waters. He wins his fight, I win my fight, we’ll see what happens.”

Sterling took Dillashaw down immediately and the shoulder popped out. It was all downhill from there for the former bantamweight champion.

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TJ Dillashaw looked to have dislocated his shoulder early in the fight and continued into the second round before the champion was able to seal the win.

Dillashaw's coach looked to have popped his shoulder back in place, or at least make it more comfortable, but he was visbily in pain throughout the fight. TJ Dillashaw looked to have dislocated his shoulder early in the fight and continued into the second round before the champion was able to seal the win TJ Dillashaw dislocated his shoulder early in his title shot against Aljamain Sterling and was somehow able to continue to fight into the second round before the bantamweight champion got the job done with a TKO stoppage.

Former UFC champion T.J. Dillashaw sheds some light on his shoulder injury that was evident during his UFC 280 title fight.

It’s not like he came in out of shape or he looked like he was injured or whatever. “I gotta apologize to the weight class. “This was a tough one to come into. Unfortunately, in the second round, I couldn’t push off my shoulder. And as he told Daniel Cormier in the Octagon interview, it was an injury he’d been dealing with for nearly half a year now. And while his corner was able to pop it back in, it eventually got re-injured in the second round, leaving him fighting with one arm.

Aljamain Sterling beat TJ Dillashaw, who was dealing with a dislocated shoulder, via TKO at 3:44 of the second round to retain his UFC bantamweight title.

"Any of those guys are good," Sterling said. Sterling, 33, defended the belt successfully in a rematch against Yan in a split decision at UFC 273 in April. The California native was coming off a split decision over "I was just in the zone. The first round mainly consisted of Sterling taking Dillashaw down, keeping him there and doing some damage from top position and the back. "I full mounted him, I rolled his arms up," Sterling said. He was in great shape. "I've got to apologize to the weight class. Sterling kept the pressure on, took Dillashaw down and used big punches and elbows from back control to get the TKO. I made sure I kept the pressure on, do what I need to do. "I had no idea," Sterling said of Dillashaw's injury. Sterling retained the UFC bantamweight title with the victory, though there were some other circumstances at play that were out of his hands.

Aljamain Sterling picked up a dominant win over an injured TJ Dillashaw to retain his bantamweight belt in Abu Dhabi.'The Funk Master' showcased his d.

I apologize to the weight class. “Hats off to Aljamain for doing what he does. The two-time UFC champion went back to the corner and his coach managed to pop his shoulder back into place, allowing the fight to continue but it seemed to be a matter of time before he was taken out.

The former bantamweight champion entered the UFC 280 co-main event with an existing injury to his shoulder, and it flared up very quickly in their title bout on ...

I took up a position, but I wasn’t gonna wait another year to get a shot.” I thought I’d be able to get it back in the socket but I wasn’t able to. I knew I wouldn’t be able to scramble to my feet because I couldn’t push off my arm. “I just tried to control the hands the best I could. I told the ref in the back before we came out that most likely my shoulder is going to pop out. I’ve got to apologize to the weight class, I kind of held it up.