Aljamain Sterling: Hitting ‘Cheat’ TJ Dillashaw Was Best Career Moment

Aljamain Sterling really enjoyed hitting TJ Dillashaw. Sterling defended his bantamweight title with a technical knockout victory over Dillashaw in 2022. Sterling recently said punching Dillashaw was the best moment of his career. While Sterling respects Dillashaw’s skills, his dislike for the former bantamweight champion stems from his infamous drug test failures. Sterling notes that Dillashaw’s former teammate turned enemy, Cody Garbrandt, has long accused him of cheating. While Sterling had his doubts at the time, he is now free to speak his mind since Dillashaw was caught cheating.

‘He is a lying deceiver’

“Best moment – ​​probably hitting TJ Dillashaw… I just know he’s a cheater,” Sterling told Home of Fight. “He’s a lying cheat. ‘Oh no, I just got caught that time.’ Yeah, you only got caught that time. Your teammate knocked you out before you fought him. Don’t get me wrong, I like TJ skill-wise, fun to watch and have studied a lot of his games. But I always heard the rumblings that he was cheating, but I couldn’t say anything until he got caught. He got caught, so now I can say whatever I want to say.”Dillashaw’s (17-5) fall from grace was one of the steepest in UFC history. Dillashaw had three bantamweight title defenses across two title reigns before challenging Henry Cejudo for the flyweight title in 2019. Dillashaw was knocked out in just over half a minute and also failed a pre-fight drug test. Dillashaw received a two-year ban, retroactive to the date of his fight against Cejudo. Dillashaw returned to competition in 2021, earning a split-decision victory against Cory Sandhagen to earn a title shot against Sterling. Dillashaw hung up his gloves after his loss to Sterling. While Dillashaw is still considered one of the best bantamweights in history, his legacy will forever be marred by PED use.