Former UFC champ Dillashaw to retire, agent says

TJ Dillashaw, 1 of the apical bantamweight fighters successful the past of MMA, has retired from the UFC, Dillashaw's cause Tiki Ghosn confirmed to ESPN connected Monday.

Dillashaw, a erstwhile two-time UFC bantamweight champion, went into his rubric situation against bantamweight champ Aljamain Sterling astatine UFC 280 successful October with a atrocious near enarthrosis injury. Sterling won the bout via second-round TKO aft Dillashaw's enarthrosis came retired of its socket respective times implicit the people of the bout.

Dillashaw, 36, had enarthrosis country Nov. 10 that volition support him retired of enactment for immoderate clip and owed to the severity of the wounded much country whitethorn beryllium required, per Ghosn. Dillashaw volition instrumentality this clip to fto his enarthrosis heal and absorption connected his family, the cause said. He is present retired of the UFC's drug-testing excavation tally by USADA and retired of the UFC's authoritative rankings.

Dillashaw (17-5) held the UFC bantamweight rubric from 2014 to 2016 and again successful 2017 and 2018. The California autochthonal was relinquished of the loop successful 2018 erstwhile helium tested affirmative for the banned substance EPO and suspended 2 years by UFC anti-doping spouse USADA.

Dillashaw returned from suspension to bushed Cory Sandhagen via divided determination successful July 2021, earning the rubric changeable against Sterling. Dillashaw needed genu country aft that victory, which kept him 15 months.

Later Monday, the UFC confirmed Dillashaw's squad informed the promotion that helium is present retired. News of Dillashaw's determination was archetypal reported by MMA contented creator Michael Wonsover.