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Dillashaw admits being ‘overly aggressive’ in sparring, denies injuring ex-teammate

During an appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast in early September, Urijah Faber and Cody Garbrandt spoke about how T.J. Dillashaw supposedly roughed up some of their training partners during sparring. Garbrandt, in particular, claimed that Dillashaw was responsible for the concussion that their teammate Chris Holdsworth recently suffered.

“It was him and T.J. going. I remember distinctively, Duane [Ludwig, former TAM striking coach and current Dillashaw coach] used to come up to Chris and be like ‘Hey, Grasshopper, T.J.’s fighting, can you take it easy on him?