TJ Dillashaw has admitted he was attempting to "line his pockets" for his 2019 fight with Henry Cejudo where he tested positive for a banned substance.
Dillashaw was the bantamweight champion at the time, and moved down to flyweight to challenge Cejudo, who had just dethroned the legendary Demetrious Johnson a few months prior. Six weeks out from the fight, the bantamweight realised that his body wouldn't allow him to get down to 125lb on his own and he decided to take EPO to help stay energised while cutting.
And he has admitted that the reason he took the fight, as opposed to attempting to move up in weight or take another route to an historic moment was that he was keen to make as much money as possible. He admits now that he shouldn't have made the move, and all evidence indicates that he never used performance enhancing drugs before or since.
