The UFC bantamweight champion said Tuesday night on Stud Radio that Elevation Fight Team will be compensating him financially for training there moving forward. It was reported by Globo earlier Tuesday that Dillashaw would be departing from Team Alpha Male for the burgeoning team in Denver, which is sponsored by MusclePharm.
"Now, Elevation Fight Team came to me and they want to pay me some good money to train with them," Dillashaw said. "They're offering to pay me to train, instead of me paying to train. This sport is growing so much that that's the way I feel like it should be.