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#3 TJ Dillashaw survives early adversity to earn his second world title
The bitter rivalry finally concluded. At least for now, former teammates turned enemies, Cody Garbrandt and TJ Dillashaw had every reason to beat the snot out of one another and they each did that for about as long as the fight lasted.
Garbrandt was up to his previous antics that we saw vs Dominick Cruz when he won the title, taunting and trying to get in Dillashaw's head. It seemed more evident though that it was the other way around. Garbrandt was still fast and on point with his counters but he appeared stiffer than we had seen prior, but that didn't stop this from being a fun one.
The opening round was pretty close, each man landed about equally, but once the ten-second mark hit, Dillashaw came in with a combo looking to land and ate a huge right-hand square on the chin which dropped him. Garbrandt looked to end things then and there but Dillashaw was saved by the bell and visibly wobbled as he got up and went to his corner.
Dillashaw had shaken out the cobwebs between rounds and was back at it. He threw up a left head kick early in the round that Garbrandt's vision completely missed. He dropped to the ground but recovered fast, getting to his feet with Dillashaw searching for punches.
Garbrandt was back in it at this point but not for long. A quick exchange began with each fighter sort of whiffing until they both threw but Dillashaw landed first and dropped Garbrandt, following him to the ground, raining down punches to earn the victory.
As the fight was called, Dillashaw got up and screamed in Garbrandt's face, letting out all the emotion of finally getting back to the world title and finally taking out this teammate turned foe. A truly memorable and insane sequence of action while it lasted.
