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TJ Dillashaw Recalls ‘Most Nervous’ Night After Late-Notice Switch To Joe Soto

Ex-bantamweight champion Dillashaw recalled when his opponent, Renan Barao, collapsed cutting weight before their rematch, and he was asked to face Soto instead. Soto had spent eight weeks as his main sparring partner at Team Alpha Male and was a former Bellator champion. “I had everything to lose,” Dillashaw said of winning the 24-hour replacement fight via KO in 2014.