It has been a crazy week for the bantamweight division and its champion T.J. Dillashaw.
Where the reigning 135-pound king was slated to face former long-standing title holder Dominick Cruz in a highly anticipated bout sometime in 2015, those plans were scrapped in a big way when "The Dominator" announced he'd suffered yet another knee injury. It was undoubtedly a crushing blow for Cruz—who had recently ended a three-year layoff with a triumphant return at UFC 178 back in September—and the shake-up in the bantamweight title picture wouldn't stop there.
Several minutes after the Team Alliance representative broke the news of his injury, fellow contender Raphael Assuncao took to his Twitter account to announce he'd suffered a broken ankle in training and would also be out for an extended period of time. The Brazilian veteran is sitting on a seven-fight winning streak and has been campaigning for a title opportunity for the better part of the past two years. With Cruz out of the picture, the shot at Dillashaw's strap more than likely would have gone to him, but with the Atlanta-based fighter also on the sidelines, the entire championship picture went into a state of chaos.
Source http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2309608-tj-dillashaw-open-to-fighting-jose-aldo-or-mighty-mouse-not-urijah-faber
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