T.J. Dillashaw Cements Greatness in Dispatching the UFC's Hand-Picked Contender

Dana White had the shine in his eye when he looked at Cody Garbrandt.

You know the shine. It's a glimmer in the eye, a flash of something that might be happiness or something different. You've seen it before, back when the UFC president used to bloviate about Conor McGregor or Ronda Rousey or, going back even further, Chuck Liddell in the heady early days, back when White had a head at least one-third full of hair.

The shine is mostly absent these days. You still catch glimpses of it whenever White talks about Greg Hardy and how he deserves a second chance (despite previously assuring us that those accused of domestic violence have no place in the UFC). The shine is mostly hidden behind…