When Cody Garbrandt won the bantamweight title at UFC 207, it set up a rivalry fight for one of the hottest feuds in MMA of the past couple of years: former bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw vs. his former training partners at Team Alpha Male. The two had been jawing at each other publicly since Dillashaw left Alpha Male and the UFC looked to draft off that natural dislike by building season 25 of The Ultimate Fighter around their feud.
The reality show was intended to build interest in their title fight at UFC 213 this summer but an injury forced Garbrandt out of the bout and since then, their feud cooled why Dillashaw fruitlessly chased a title shot against flyweight kingpin Demetrious Johnson.