Anthony Smith has accused T.J. Dillashaw of selling ‘wolf tickets’ for a fight he knew he had no chance of winning against Aljamain Sterling at UFC 280.
Dillashaw was granted a title shot despite harboring a pre-existing shoulder injury that popped out of place multiple times during his fight with Sterling, making for one of the most underwhelming fights on the card.
Practically handicapped for the entire fight, Dillashaw was unable to mount any offense of his own due to the injury, losing via second-round TKO in one of the most lopsided defeats of his career.
The former two-time bantamweight champion apologized for ‘holding up the division’ after the fight but Smith is disappointed he even agreed to the matchup in the first place knowing his shoulder was severely compromised and that he ‘couldn’t even lift his own arm’ in training camp.