TJ Dillashaw is a highly accomplished mixed martial artist. A former two-time bantamweight champion and arguably one of the greatest mixed martial artists of all time. The 36-year-old from Sacramento, California has time and again proved his mettle inside the Octagon. However, regardless of his talents and credentials, MMA was not always an option for TJ Dillashaw.
It was TJ Dillashaw’s wife Rebecca Dillashaw who pushed the young Dillashaw into competing in mixed martial arts. “One of the reasons why I’m fighting is because of my wife,” Dillashaw said on the UFC 280 Countdown ahead of his title fight against Aljamain Sterling. “I don’t want to be a physician’s assistant and she knew that I would not be good in an office for eight hours a day.” He further added.
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After a successful career in collegiate wrestling, Dillashaw shifted his attention to mixed martial arts. Mark Muñoz, Wwho coached at Cal St. Fullerton offered Dillashaw to come and train with him after his senior year. Dillashaw, who was dating Rebecca at the time, opened up the idea to her, and the support he received from he was all he could have asked for.