Michael Johnson Wasn’t Surprised by Brookins’ Dominant Win

Filed under: UFCOn this week’s episode of The Ultimate Fighter, former WEC fighter Jonathan Brookins advanced to the semifinals by beating Sako Chivitchian by first-round rear-naked choke, while former Sengoku fighter Nam Phan beat Cody McKenzie by sec…

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Michael JohnsonOn this week’s episode of The Ultimate Fighter, former WEC fighter Jonathan Brookins advanced to the semifinals by beating Sako Chivitchian by first-round rear-naked choke, while former Sengoku fighter Nam Phan beat Cody McKenzie by second-round TKO. In our weekly interview with Michael Johnson, MMAFighting.com asked Johnson for his thoughts on those fights, as well as his own upcoming fight with Alex “Bruce Leroy” Caceres.

Johnson said he was impressed by both Brookins and Phan, and was keeping an eye on them as potential future opponents, but he said that most of his attention was focused on his fight with Bruce Leroy, which will air on next week’s episode.

The interview is below.