T. J. Dillashaw

In June 2014, he married Rebecca and on June 19, 2017, an Instagram video revealed that the couple is expecting their first bundle of joy sometime around late December.

He was born on February 7, 1986, in Sonora, California, US to Hal and Janice Dillashaw and raised as their only child in Angels Camp, California.

He studied at Bret Harte High School for four years. There he wrestled for Coach Jan Schulz. During his 2002-03 junior years he also played in the school soccer team.

He became a sectional qualifier four times and a California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) state qualifier twice. The CIF state championships saw him garnering fifth position as a junior while ending the season accumulating a 45-7 record.

As a senior he earned second place at the CIF State championships while garnering a record of 52-6 and concluding with an all-inclusive 170-33 record.

He graduated from high school in June 2004 and his thriving wrestling career there led him to earn an athletic scholarship to wrestle for Cal State Fullerton Titans while attending college at California State University, Fullerton.

While his freshman year during the 2005–2006 season saw him garnering a 14–16 record that included a 10–8 mark in dual matches, his sophomore season saw him bagging an all-inclusive record of 17–14 that included an 11–4 mark in dual matches, with 5–3 in the Pac-10.

During summer of 2006 he went to Ukraine to hone his wrestling skills.

The University Greco Wrestling Championships held in Akron, Ohio in April 2007 saw him finishing at the sixth position in 132.25 pounds. That year he grabbed fourth position at the Pac-10 championship.

The Pac-10 Championships in 2008 saw him earning the fourth place and moving forward he finished second at the Cliff Keen Invitational.

As of August 2017, his estimated net worth is around $0.6 million.