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Joseph Benavidez ‘surprised it took that long’ for TJ Dillashaw to get caught for PED use

Apparently Team Alpha Male could keep a secret. That’s got to be one of the lessons drawn from the fallout of TJ Dillashaw’s recent USADA drug test failures. The former bantamweight champion relinquished his title after testing positive for the performance enhancement drug Erythropoietin (EPO). An initial positive test from a sample collected in the lead-up to Dillashaw’s superfight against Henry Cejudo prompted the retesting of an earlier sample, which also came back positive for the substance. Dillashaw has been suspended for two years in the wake of the findings.

The reaction from those who have worked and trained alongside him?