Bryan Caraway and T.J. Dillashaw go way back, dating back to their time togetheron TheUltimate Fighter. The duo of extremely talented fighters has also trained together with Team Alpha Male.
Caraway touched on their relationship following his unanimous decision victory over Eddie Wineland at UFC on Fox 16 on Saturday. Whendoing so, he revealed a nickname that him and his fellowtraining partners have for the reigning bantamweight champion.
Hes almost a psycho, Caraway said. As kind of a funny joke, Team Alpha Male started calling him Lieutenant Dan because hed snap. If he didnt have a training partner or someone wasnt there, hed just freak out. Id be like dude calm down. It was like his life depended on it. And I knew that great things were going to come out of him.
Lieutenant Dan refers to the comically irritable character from the critically-acclaimed film, Forrest Gump.On a more serious note, Caraway described how Dillashaws recent success and constant drive has inspired him to become a better fighter.
Now its awesome. Ive been an old dog in this sport for a long time. Ive been fighting for 12 years. To see somebody young and hungry come in after Ive already fought in the WCF, already fought in Showtime, already fought in Strike ForceTo see him come in with that kind of energy and see his hard work propel him past me to a world championship, he was a big motivation to me. Training with him when he was below me when I used to beat him up, to coming up and being a world champion now, I was like, thats the s I need to do."
Given his recent victory over Wineland, the No. 6 ranked fighter in the bantamweight class, Caraway could geta shot at his good friend and competitor in the near future.
Source: http://fansided.com/2015/07/25/bryan-caraway-compares-t-j-dillashaw-lieutenant-dan/
