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T.J. Dillashaw Says He Has All the Advantages Against Henry Cejudo

January 16, 2019 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas

T.J. Dillashaw spoke with reporters ahead of his fight with Henry Cejudo at UFC on ESPN+ 1. Highlights are below per MMAjunkie:

On a possible move up to featherweight: “You’ve got to have long-term goals. You’ve got to break records. How are you going to be the greatest of all time if you don’t? But right now, I’m focused on Henry Cejudo. One step at a time. I won’t look past him, but I do have long-term goals and we’ll talk about that when it comes to it.”

On his physical advantage over Cejudo: “He doesn’t have an advantage – I think I have the advantage everywhere. He’s a great athlete, awesome wrestler. But I don’t think it’s going to be enough to push him over the edge to handle my pressure – I’m going to be able to finish him…I’m definitely faster. I’m carrying a little less weight around. Different-wise, is maybe how even more dediccated I had to be to camp. I’ve always been dedicated – I’ve always trained my butt off. But having to wake up and do my long-distance running in the morning, my intermittent fasting, a little bit of the calorie intake … (has made me more dedicated).”