It's long been said that "The Ultimate Fighter" series has run out of gas, but with UFC bantamweights Cody Garbrandt and TJ Dillashaw opposing coaches on the upcoming season, there could be life in the old dog just yet.

The bad blood between the two has been well documented since Dillashaw left Team Alpha Male to join his coach Duane Ludwig at Elevation Fight Team. Ever since then, there's been no shortage of words back and forth between the two, and the rivalry is said to hit new levels under the spotlight of TUF.

Speaking to the guys at Submission Radio this week, Dillashaw talked about his heated run-ins with Garbrandt and said that all the aggression was coming from the opposing camp.

"He's just worried about what I'm doing," Dillashaw said. "Why is another grown man worried about how I live my life? You know what I mean? I was never close with him. I was never friends with him, and he's just obsessed with what I'm doing and how I'm living and what's going on in my life.

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"I don't question anything of what he's got going on cause that's him. I could care less. You know, I just kind of feel like they're just obsessed with what I've got going on."

The former UFC bantamweight champion then spoke about the series itself and how the tension between the pair of them had been during filming. Dillashaw didn't go into specifics but said Garbrandt was only playing up to the cameras when they were around the pair of them.  

"Off-camera, not on interviews, things are fine," Dillashaw said. "Things are perfectly fine. We're in rooms together and things are nothing, but as soon as the camera is on and doing interviews, he's the tough guy because he wants to look cool. For him it's all about looking cool and getting his social media followers up (laughs).


"It's a lot of petty stuff. He's getting his hair lined up and his eyebrows waxed and looking as cool as he possibly can, but really I think it makes him look just kinda dumb, you know, to buy into all that. He really doesn't have the wits behind him. He can talk, but really, it's just him getting angry. You saw with Cruz as well, he just kinda gets angry and loses it. He really doesn't have any valid points."

With Team Alpha Male adamant that they have training footage of Dillashaw being knocked out by Garbrandt, the former champion opened up about why this fight will set the record straight 

"He can talk whatever he wants, he can pump himself up and have to do it because he's insecure about the situation and knows that I'm the better fighter," Dillashaw said. "He can say whatever he wants, but it's going to come down to that night and that's the most exciting part about it.

"This is what I live for. I live for these emotions and for getting out there and putting on a show and showing off to everyone."