{"id":466190,"date":"2026-02-10T16:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T16:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/466190\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T16:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T16:51:09","slug":"aljamain-sterlings-reveals-best-ufc-moment-was-beating-lying-cheat-dillashaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/466190\/","title":{"rendered":"Aljamain Sterling&#8217;s Reveals Best UFC Moment Was Beating &#8216;Lying Cheat&#8217; Dillashaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC bantamweight champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/tag\/aljamain-sterling\" class=\"tag-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aljamain Sterling<\/a> has named his October 2022 victory over T.J. Dillashaw at UFC 280 as the most satisfying moment of his career, citing Dillashaw&#8217;s history of performance-enhancing drug use.<\/p>\n<p>Best moment? Probably punching T.J. Dillashaw,&#8221; Sterling told Home of Fight. &#8220;I just know he&#8217;s a cheat. He&#8217;s a lying cheat. &#8216;Oh no, I only got caught that time.&#8217; Yeah, you only got caught that time. Your teammate outed you before the fight&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I studied his game. I always heard the rumblings that he was cheating, but I couldn&#8217;t say anything until he got caught. He got caught, so now I can say everything I want to say.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sterling defeated Dillashaw via second-round TKO at UFC 280 in Abu Dhabi, successfully defending his bantamweight title against a challenger who entered the bout with a severe shoulder injury. Dillashaw underwent surgery shortly after the loss and has not competed since.<\/p>\n<p>The animosity stems from <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bokamotoESPN\/status\/1115690899906940928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1115690899906940928%7Ctwgr%5E71d6c5e19b014491bd75b7a019b0d1a7d1d6e10d%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.redditmedia.com%2Fmediaembed%2Fbbbun8%2F%3Fresponsive%3Dtrueis_nightmode%3Dfalse\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dillashaw&#8217;s 2019 suspension after testing positive for EPO<\/a> following his loss to Henry Cejudo. Sterling claims a teammate of Dillashaw&#8217;s informed him about the cheating before their scheduled bout.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"YouTube video player\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"object-cover group-hover:opacity-90 transition-opacity duration-200 ease-out\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;will-change:opacity\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770742269_10_image.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling has named his October 2022 victory over T.J. Dillashaw at UFC 280&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":466191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[28097,49,48,641,638,82,190284],"class_list":{"0":"post-466190","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-aljamain-sterling","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-fighting","12":"tag-mma","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-tj-dillashaw"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}