UFC 177: Dillashaw retains title with 5th-round head-kick knockout victory over Soto
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No Renan Barao? No problem.
UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw came in ready for anything against his one night's notice opponent Joe Soto - and a win wasn't as easy as many believed it would be.
Soto hung in with the champ for nearly all five rounds and cracked his opponent pretty good a few times, until Dillashaw took things into overdrive with a nasty head kick finish in the final frame.
The victory marks Dillashaw's first title defense as UFC bantamweight champion and he did it in front of his home crowd in Sacramento.
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