Sandhagen grossed out by Dillashaw’s cheating ahead of UFC Vegas 32 main event
Cory Sandhagen is grossed out by T.J. Dillashaw’s cheating past.
Cory Sandhagen isn’t concerned about T.J. Dillashaw’s cheating past as he prepares to take on the former two-time bantamweight champion at UFC Vegas 32 this Saturday, but ‘The Sandman’ is a little grossed out by it.
Sandhagen holds nothing against Dillashaw but says that there are lines ‘you just don’t cross’ as a professional combat sports athlete and that cheating is one of them.
“There are lines that you don’t cross in the sport. You shouldn’t try to cheap-shot people. You shouldn’t go outside of the rules while you’re in there,” Sandhagen told ESPN in a recent interview (h/t Sportskeeda). “And you definitely shouldn’t do anything that is illegal in order to give yourself a huge advantage in a fight.”
“As a competitor, and really, as a person, really the only word that I could kinda come up for it is – it doesn’t bother me, T.J. has to live with T.J.’s decisions; I have to live with my decisions – but it is like a little bit gross in my opinion to put yourself in an illegal advantage in a one-on-one combat scenario and something that your really love,” Sandhagen added. “I mean, it’s gross. If there’s a word for it, it’s kinda just gross.”
Dillashaw will return to competition after a two-year hiatus following a failed 2019 drug test. The Duane Ludwig protege was suspended for two years by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) after he tested positive for EPO in his flyweight title bout against Henry Cejudo at UFC Fight Night 143. Dillashaw lost the fight via first-round TKO.
Sandhagen has won his last two fights via highlight reel knockout and will look to enter title contention with a win over Dillashaw on Saturday.
UFC on ESPN: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw takes place on July 24 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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