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T.J. Dillashaw on ‘a—hole’ gym reputation: ‘It’s got me to where I’m at’

Word from within the confines of the Team Alpha Male gym is that T.J. Dillashaw wasn’t exactly a gracious training partner. Former teammates like Cody Garbrandt, Urijah Faber, and Chris Holdsworth have their anecdotes about how the ex-UFC champion would try to hurt people in the practice room.

Dillashaw did admit that he could get “overly aggressive” during sparring sessions. But for him, it’s all in a day’s work.

“I know I am. I was gonna admit to it, I’mma admit that I’m an… I don’t hide from it,” Dillashaw told Brendan Schaub in a recent episode of Showtime’s Food Truck Diaries.