Dillashaw voluntarily relinquishes title after USADA finding

UFC 217: Garbrandt v Dillashaw

TJ Dillashaw is no longer the UFC bantamweight champion.

The fighter announced today he is vacating the title after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) and New York State Athletic Commision (NYSAC) had an “adverse finding” in a test Dillashaw submitted before his last fight.

The NYSAC has since announced a year-long suspension for Dillashaw, retroactive to Jan. 19. He was also fined $10,000.

Dillashaw had this to say on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BvOsK_nlrAL/?utm_source=ig_embed

Dillashaw’s last fight was not actually in the 135-pound division where he was champion. He challenged Henry Cejudo for the latter’s flyweight championship, and Dillashaw was finished early in a controversial ending to that fight.

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