T.J. Dillashaw returned in style at UFC on ESPN 27 after 30 months away from the cage. A former UFC bantamweight champion, Dillashaw (16-4 MMA, 12-4 UFC) defeated Cory Sandhagen (14-3 MMA, 7-1 UFC) by split decision (47-48, 48-47, 48-47). The bantamweight bout was the UFC on ESPN 27 main event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. It aired on ESPN and streamed on ESPN+. Dillashaw, 35, competed for the first time since his hiatus due to a U.S. Anti-Doping Agency suspension that stemmed from a positive drug test for EPO surrounding his previous fight – a TKO loss to Henry Cejudo at UFC on ESPN 1 in January 2019. In the opening round, ring rust didn’t appear to be a contributing factor while Dillas… Click below to read the full story from MMAJunkie
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