![]() The fight took place at Fight For Wrestling, an MMA event located in California attempting to raise money to fund the Cal Poly wrestling team. Two months later, Dillashaw returned to fight Brandon Drucker, winning the fight via first round submission. Dillashaw used his superior wrestling to earn a dominant unanimous decision win. On March 26, 2010, Dillashaw made his professional debut against fellow pro debutant, Czar Sklavos. Dillashaw began training with Team Alpha Male, and collected a 2–0 amateur record before turning pro. After training with Team Reign for a year and a half, Munoz encouraged Dillashaw to move up north closer to his hometown of Angels Camp, California, to Team Alpha Male in Sacramento, California. Fullerton for 3 years, while competing in the UFC middleweight division and invited Dillashaw to join the Reign Training Center fighter class at the conclusion of his senior year. Mixed martial arts career Īfter graduating from California State University, Fullerton, in 2009 with a Bachelor of Science in kinesiology, Dillashaw contemplated turning to MMA. ![]() In total, Dillashaw was a three-time NCAA Division I National Qualifier at Cal State Fullerton. In April 2007, he placed sixth in the University Greco Wrestling Championships in Akron, Ohio, at 132.25 pounds. ![]() Dillashaw's sophomore season was a more successful one having an overall record of 17–14 with an 11–4 mark in duals, including 5–3 in the Pac-10. Dillashaw traveled to Ukraine in the summer of 2006 to work on his wrestling skills. In the 2005–06 season, Dillashaw's freshman year, he posted a 14–16 record including a 10–8 mark in dual matches. With a successful high school career, Dillashaw received a full-ride scholarship to wrestle for Cal State Fullerton Titans. He placed second at the CIF State championships as a senior to cap off a 52–6 record and finished with an overall record of 170–33. As a junior, Dillashaw placed fifth at the CIF state championships, and ended the season with a record of 45–7. ![]() While wrestling for Coach Jan Schulz at Bret Harte High School, Dillashaw was a four-time sectional qualifier and two-time California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) state qualifier. He grew up in Angels Camp, California, alongside his two brothers Justin and KC with KC being the oldest one out of the three. He received a two-year suspension and made his comeback in 2021, challenging for the bantamweight championship again in 2022 before retiring.ĭillashaw was born in Sonora, California, to Hal and Janice Dillashaw. He was later stripped of the belt in 2019 after testing positive for a banned substance, erythropoietin, in the drug tests for his UFC Flyweight Championship bout against Henry Cejudo. Dillashaw lost the title to Dominick Cruz by split decision in 2016 before regaining it against Cody Garbrandt in 2017. In 2014, he won the UFC Bantamweight Championship by dethroning Renan Barão, who was on a 32-fight unbeaten streak. Tyler Jeffrey Dillashaw (born February 7, 1986) is an American former professional mixed martial artist who competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former two-time UFC Bantamweight Champion.ĭillashaw competed on the 2011 Ultimate Fighter season. Purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Philipe "Furão" Della Monica Philipe "Furão" Della Monica ( Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu)īlack belt in Bang Muay Thai under Duane Ludwig Sam Calavitta ( Strength and Conditioning) Huntington Beach Ultimate Training Center (2018–present)
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