Aljamain Sterling says he will pick TJ Dillashaw over Cory Sandhagen for a title shot after UFC Vegas 32
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TJ Dillashaw on Aljamain Sterling
The former two-bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw is making his return after two years of suspension, he takes on the top contender Cory Sandhagen at the main event of UFC Vegas 32, and the champ Aljamain Sterling has his eyes set on this one.
Sterling said he will be closely watching this one, “I’m very excited to see what this one brings,” Sterling said. “I’m very excited to see what T.J. Dillashaw shows up because, you beat T.J. Dillashaw, does that give you a title shot? I don’t know. But if T.J. beats him, does that give T.J. a title shot? Absolutely. It should absolutely give T.J. a title shot. But in the sense of the other way that I’m looking at it, I don’t know what this win really does for Sandhagen other than getting another marquee name added to his resume.”
“T.J.’s been suspended, he’s been out of competition for two years,” Sterling said. “He cheated, he’s been cheating for a very long time, ask his teammates. This is something that has been disclosed to me years ago and of course, you don’t want to be the whistleblower and not have any evidence but the evidence has been his teammates talking about it, his former teammates talking about it, and of course, now being caught, it’s pretty safe to say that where there’s smoke there’s fire.”
“I gotta say Sandhagen gets the job done,” Aljamain Sterling picks Cory Sandhagen over TJ Dillashaw
Sterling got his title shot, after defeating Sandhagen in a title eliminator, but he thinks Sandhagen possesses the skills to get things done against Dillashaw, “I think it’s gonna be a good stylistic matchup,” Sterling said. “A guy who’s so much taller, rangier, fights with so much calmness and now fighting with a little bit more stank in terms of brutality, trying to really hurt guys in there.”
He added, “I think this is gonna be a very, very fun fight to watch. If I had to put my money on it, I gotta say Sandhagen gets the job done. These guys used to train together and I do believe them formally training together gives him some type of confidence that he understands what he’s dealing with going in there. If T.J.’s truly off the stuff, I like Sandhagen’s chances even better in this one.”
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