Filed under: News , UFC , Videos A possible meeting with T.J. Dillashaw was the sticking point in  one messy situation between flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson and UFC officials not that long ago. But with the developments of Saturday’s UFC 217 mega-event, at least two players in the equation don’t see many impediments to making it happen now. That’s Dillashaw, as he made clear after UFC 217 , and UFC President Dana White. Back in June, Johnson (27-2-1 MMA, 15-1-1 UFC) expressed his problems with the idea of Dillashaw (15-3 MMA, 11-3 UFC) – then the UFC’s former bantamweight champion – cutting the line in front of the rest the flyweight division for a title shot. So the 125-pound kingpin insisted on meeting contender Ray Borg instead

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