Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-10-22, good mma bout: Aljamain Sterling vs TJ Dillashaw gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2022).
Dillashaw vs Sterling is scheduled to take place Saturday, October 22nd, at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), in a 5-round bantamweight (135 lbs, 61 kg) bout; it is valid for the UFC bantamweight title and it is on the undercard of Charles Oliveira vs Islam Makhachev – UFC 280. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Aljamain Sterling record
The black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and current Ufc Bw champ Aljamain Sterling entered this fight with a mma record of 21-3-0 (48% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 bantamweight in the world.
He lost to Marlon Moraes at the end of 2017 (Aljamain Sterling vs Marlon Moraes) but then he has won seven fights beating Cory Sandhagen (Aljamain Sterling vs Cory Sandhagen) and twice Petr Yan in his last three (via disqualification – illegal knee, Petr Yan vs Aljamain Sterling I and a controversial split decision in the rematch Aljamain Sterling vs Petr Yan II).
Sterling’s next fight: Aljamain Sterling vs Henry Cejudo
TJ Dillashaw record
His opponent, the former Ufc Bw champion TJ Dillashaw, has an official record of 17-4-0 (65% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.6 in the bantamweight division.
In his last three bouts he beat Cody Garbrandt in 2018 (TJ Dillashaw vs Cody Garbrandt II) and Cory Sandhagen in 2021 (Cory Sandhagen vs TJ Dillashaw); between these two fights he lost to Henry Cejudo in 2019 and was also suspended for two years by USADA due to testing positive for EPO (Henry Cejudo vs TJ Dillashaw).
Among the best fights of Dillashaw we suggest also a bout ranked in the top 10 Users’ mma Fights of the Year in 2014, Renan Barao vs TJ Dillashaw and in 2017, Cody Garbrandt vs TJ Dillashaw I.
Fight card
Here is the UFC 280 full fight card (we are going to update it after the weigh-in):
MAIN CARD (live on PPV)
Charles Oliveira vs Islam Makhachev
Aljamain Sterling vs TJ Dillashaw
Petr Yan vs Sean O’Malley
Mateusz Gamrot vs Beneil Dariush
Katlyn Chookagian vs Manon Fiorot
PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN / ESPN+)
Belal Muhammad vs Sean Brady
Caio Borralho vs Makhmud Muradov
Volkan Oezdemir vs Nikita Krylov
Gadzhi Omargadzhiev vs Abubakar Nurmagomedov
Armen Petrosyan vs AJ Dobson
Muhammad Mokaev vs Malcolm Gordon
Karol Rosa vs Lina Lansberg
Countdown – Video preview
Watch the official video of the full episode of UFC 280 countdown Aljamain Sterling vs TJ Dillashaw, a documentary to know better the life of both fighters and how they prepare for their bout.
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Aljamain Sterling vs TJ Dillashaw as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Official video
Official highlights – spanish
Result
Who won Sterling vs Dillashaw fight?
Aljamain Sterling defeated TJ Dillashaw via TKO at 3:44, round 2.
Post-fight interview
Listen the words of the winner or the two fighters after their bout, here is the UFC 280 post-fight octagon interview of Aljamain Sterling and TJ Dillashaw.
