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Duane Ludwig: T.J. Dillashaw Would ‘100 Percent’ Be UFC Champion Without Me

The recent conflict between Team Alpha Male founder Urijah Faber and Duane Ludwig, the camp’s former striking coach, has made for a number of juicy headlines.

The drama continued last week when UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw announced that he would be leaving the Sacramento-Calif.-based camp to train at Elevation Fight Team in Denver. While Dillashaw was regarded as Ludwig’s prized pupil at Team Alpha Male, the coach says that he did not play a major role in the fighter’s decision.

“It was mainly his own decision; I won’t say it was all his own.