T.J. Dillashaw will return to the UFC later this year after serving a two-year suspension due to a positive drug test for EPO, and the 35-year-old wants to reclaim what he feels is rightfully his: the bantamweight title.
Although Dillashaw hasn’t fought since his first-round TKO loss to then-flyweight champion Henry Cejudo in 2019 — in a bout which he also tested positive for EPO — the former two-time bantamweight titleholder still feels he deserves an immediate title when he returns.
“I’m ready to go straight for the belt, if that’s the opportunity that comes at me because I know Yan wants it.