On Wednesday morning, T.J. Dillashaw announced that he had voluntarily relinquished his UFC bantamweight title after failing a drug test.
The failed drug test stems from his flyweight title bout with Henry Cejudo at UFC Fight Night 143, which Dillashaw lost via first-round technical knockout.
ESPN’s Ariel Helwani claims that Dillashaw has been suspended for one year by the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC), with a formal announcement expected to be made this morning.
Although it hasn’t yet been revealed what substance TJ tested positive for, it’s interesting to note that former teammate Cody Garbrandt accused Dillashaw of using performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) back in 2017, prior to their co-headlining bantamweight championship bout at UFC 217.