Both Petr Yan and top contender Aljamain Sterling took shots at TJ Dillashaw for demanding a title shot right after his return post-suspension.
Sean O’Malley supported his fellow bantamweights on his YouTube channel by saying that he does not think TJ Dillashaw deserves a shot at the belt so soon.
Sean O’Malley: TJ Dillashaw should fight me first
Sean O’Malley said that he had seen Aljamain Sterling’s tweet about what TJ Dillashaw said. Sterling questioned why someone should be rewarded right after serving time for cheating.
Sean O’Malley agreed that he did cheat with the EPO, but he has also done his two years, so he was not sure.
But he called out TJ Dillashaw and stated that he did not think he was deserving of a title shot so soon, and should at least go through him first.
TJ Dillashaw does not consider Petr Yan the champion
In an interview with ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, TJ Dillashaw said that he did not consider Petr Yan to be the undisputed champion of the 135-pound division. Yan won the vacated title by defeating a 0-2 down Jose Aldo and is yet to defend his title.
Dillashaw has claimed Petr Yan is an interim champion, at most.
Petr Yan, in retaliation, called him a cheater, and asked him to wait in line for the belt.
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