T.J. Dillashaw’s rivalry with Cody Garbrandt may be in the rear-view mirror from a competitive standpoint, but there’s still no shortage of ill will between the former teammates.

Dillashaw (16-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC), the UFC bantamweight champion, beat Garbrandt (11-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) for a second consecutive time at UFC 227 in August when he scored a first-round TKO victory. Dillashaw has won both fights by stoppage, putting to rest one of the more heated feuds in the sport over the past couple years.

Many words were exchanged between Dillashaw and Garbrandt in the lead-up to their two fights. After winning the first fight by second-round TKO at UFC 217 in November, Dillashaw lived up to his promise to score another definitive victory. Now that he did that, the reigning titleholder said his feelings toward Garbrandt haven’t changed.

“Hell yeah I’m cool with how it unfolded,” Dillashaw told MMAjunkie. “It’s exactly as I said it was going to go down. I told you I was going to knock him out in the first round, I did. I said I’d ruin his career, I’m doing it. The guy is screwed at 135. He should have went back to the drawing board and gotten better, but he talked his way into an ass-whooping.”

Dillashaw, 32, said he doesn’t expect to ever see Garbrandt inside the octagon again for the remainder of his career. Unless Dillashaw drops the belt, a steep climb will be required from “No Love” to get himself back in title contention.

Nothing is guaranteed, but Dillashaw truly believes he’s moved past the long-lasting drama with Garbrandt and Team Alpha Male. He said he couldn’t be more pleased to have come out the winner.

“I’m happy,” Dillashaw said. “It’s not only him, it’s the whole team. The whole team needed a (expletive) ass-whooping. They talked all that crap, they want to accuse me of a bunch of bull(expletive). That’s the game. Karma’s a (expletive).”

As far as what comes next, Dillashaw said he’s hopeful for a champion-vs.-champion fight with current UFC flyweight titleholder Henry Cejudo (13-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC) comes to fruition, and he wants to do it at 125 pounds.

“I guarantee you Cejudo is just as big as me right now,” Dillashaw said. “I don’t want the excuse of me beating Cejudo’s ass and (him saying), ‘Oh, it’s because he’s bigger than me. (Expletive) that. I’m not. I’ll be at 125. There’s no excuses.”

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