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TJ Dillashaw takes dig at Joe Rogan’s “biased” commentary during Dominick Cruz fight

Published 09:48 20 Jan 2016 GMT

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After rewatching UFC Boston's main event, TJ Dillashaw hasn't changed his tune about how it played out.

Dillashaw lost his bantamweight title to Dominick Cruz at UFC Fight 81 after a split decision went in favour of the man who famously never lost the strap. Cruz's elusive style made Dillashaw miss several loaded shots during the bout which seemed to be the the x-factor that earned him a split decision victory. Since the fight, Dillashaw offered his congratulations to the new champion in a lengthy Instagram post, although he maintains that the scoring of the fight baffles him. He also sounded his appreciation o his job and thanked the fans for making it all possible. However, an interesting part of the post was his criticism of Joe Rogan. Dillashaw called Rogan out for his "biased" commentary in favour of Cruz during the bout. He also tagged the UFC colour commentator in the post, so it will be interesting to see if we see a response in the near future.

Man I'm so lucky that I get to do what I love everyday of my life and put on shows for the world. Love being a martial artist and the person it has made me. Like me or hate me for what ever reason and think what ever you believe to be true, I just appreciate you watching and hope you enjoyed that fight. Congrats to Cruz for enduring everything he has and being able to come out and perform at his best, true respect for his determination and athletic ability. I know everyone has their right to their own opinion but as I laid in bed the last two nights not able to sleep thinking how I lost that fight baffled me. Not saying that it was a robbery because I knew that it was a close fight and have no one to blame but myself for leaving it that fu#king close. Did not fight my best and definitely things I could have done different laying there thinking to myself. Finally got a chance to watch the fight on my flight home today and after watching I'm even more confident I won that fight! Even the two rounds I was initially giving to him were much closer when I rewatched it, to be fair I gave my self three rounds but have no problem saying I won four rounds. @joerogan might need to go back and watch it again to hear how biased he was commentating, I agree with you it was a good close fight but think you picked Cruz before the fight started. HOLY SHIT WHAT A GOOD FIGHT! Better than I remember and want to do it again. Please Cruz, don't retire and give me that shot so I can get back what I believe is mine. @ufc

A photo posted by tjdillashaw (@tjdillashaw) on Jan 19, 2016 at 12:14pm PST