TJ DIllashaw

Tyler Jeffrey Dillashaw or TJ for short is a professional mixed martial artist born on February 7, 1986. He is currently signed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and competes in the bantamweight division. He holds the current bantamweight championship title and is ranked fourth for pound-for-pound rankings by the UFC as of November 2015. Sherdog on the other hand ranked him first in the bantamweight division in the world.

The American mixed martial artist was born in Sonora in California and grew up in Angels Camp. He was in the wrestling and football teams during his high school years at Bret Harte High School. During college, he competed for the wrestling program of the Titans while enrolled at California State University-Fullerton. It was in 2010 when he started his career in mixed martial arts.

The bantamweight champion stands 5 feet and 7 inches and has a reach of
67.5 inches. He uses kickboxing and wrestling as his style for fighting. Dillashaw trains with the Elevation Fight Team and comes with brown belt in Bang Muay Thai. Aside from his bantamweight championship title, he also had earned several achievements including 2 successful title defenses, 2-time Fight of the Night and 3-time Performance of the Night. Since 2014, he had fought 4 matches which had been all in his favor. In these matches, he had the chance to defeat other notable fighters including Renan Barao, Joe Soto and Mike Easton.

Dillashaw holds a mixed martial arts record of 14 matches with 12 wins and 2 losses. His wins include 6 by knockout, 3 by submission and 3 by decision.