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Cody Garbrandt calls T.J. Dillashaw a ‘hypocrite’ when it comes to Demetrious Johnson fight

LOS ANGELES — T.J. Dillashaw has been attempting to get a fight with Demetrious Johnson for the UFC flyweight title since last year, even before Dillashaw fought Cody Garbrandt and regained the UFC bantamweight title at UFC 217 last November via second-round TKO.

The Johnson vs. Dillashaw fight has not come together, though. Dillashaw has blamed that on Johnson. Garbrandt, meanwhile, thinks Dillashaw is being a bit two-faced about the whole thing.

“He’s a hypocrite,” Garbrandt said of Dillashaw at a UFC 227 media lunch Monday. “He calls ‘Mighty Mouse’ out for not fighting, but [the UFC] didn’t want to pay ‘Mighty Mouse.