HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. – T.J. Dillashaw thinks Aljamain Sterling is already trying to find ways to justify a loss in their upcoming UFC 280 title fight.
Ahead of their Oct. 22 co-headliner at Etihad Stadium in Abu Dhabi, bantamweight champion Sterling (21-3 MMA, 13-3 UFC) told “The MMA Hour” that he believes Dillashaw (17-4 MMA, 13-4 UFC) is not a clean athlete.
It’s no secret why Sterling would make that claim in the aftermath of Dillashaw’s positive drug test in 2019 that led to him being stripped of the 135-pound belt and earned him a two-year suspension from UFC competition. Dillashaw, however, has been tested 53 times by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency since his original failure, and without issue, according to the company testing database.
