Demetrious Johnson

Dillashaw reportedly dropping to 125 for flyweight title fight

Things are getting freaky in the UFC. Just recently it was announced that the consensus UFC flyweight GOAT Demetrious Johnson was traded to ONE in exchange for undefeated welterweight Ben Askren. Then “confirmed” reports were flying around that the 125 pound division was being shutdown. Keeping that in mind the latest news bit is probably … Read more

Demetrious Johnson talks about his reaction to ONE transfer

When we found out that the UFC was getting Ben Askren we were as happy as one could be about the signing. It ended up being bittersweet because it meant that flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson was leaving. The exchange of fighters between the UFC and ONE organizations was groundbreaking to say the least because it … Read more

UFC mum on Askren signing; gets called out by the ‘Funky’ one

Undefeated former ONE Championship welterweight champion Ben “Funky” Askren is now officially part of the UFC’s 170-pound division after the historic trade for former longtime UFC flyweight champ Demetrious Johnson. ONE made a formal announcement about adding “Mighty Mouse” to their roster and they’ve already had a media conference call featuring Johnson. That happened over … Read more

Legend Kid Yamamoto has died

MMA legend Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto announced via Instagram on August 26, 2018 that he was fighting cancer. Unfortunately, the legend lost the battle and the news of his passing has quickly spread throughout the MMA community. Kid was respected and at one point considered one of the best lightweights in the world. He was small … Read more

UFC 227 garnered more buys than expected

UFC 227 is in the books and it boasted a solid main event pitting bantamweight champ T.J. Dillashaw against Cody Garbrandt. The feud is one of the most well known but probably not mainstream like Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor. Also on the card was former flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson vs. current champ Henry Cejudo. … Read more

TJ Dillashaw’s coach wants him to fight Henry Cejudo for flyweight title next

TJ Dillashaw just secured his spot as the undisputed bantamweight champ once again by knocking out Cody Garbrandt at UFC 227 over the weekend. And Olympic gold medalist Henry Cejudo used his power and wrestling to upset longtime champ Demetrious Johnson for the flyweight belt. Following Cejudo’s win, he voiced on the mic that he … Read more

UFC 227 Reebok payouts are in and they are more of the same

Reebok payouts for UFC 227 are meh. Again. TJ and DJ both have $40K from the sports apparel company but the amount they could have pulled in independently is probably triple at minimum. Still, here are the numbers for the event via MMAFighting… T.J. Dillashaw: $40,000 Cody Garbrandt: $30,000 Henry Cejudo: $30,000 Demetrious Johnson: $40,000 … Read more

Dana White recaps UFC 227 (VIDEO)

UFC President Dana White shares his take on Demetrious Johnson losing the flyweight title to Henry Cejudo at UFC 227 and seems to agree with the judges’ decision. White said the co-main event played out as he expected with both guys going at each other hard from the opening bell. TJ Dillashaw retained the bantamweight title with his first TKO of Cody Garbrandt and White says Gardbrandt will now have to fight his way back into title contention. White also comments on the recently announced news of the upcoming UFC lightweight championship bout between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor.

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