Demetrious Johnson has every right to proclaim himself the greatest of all-time. But the reigning UFC flyweight champion just doesn’t have the resume to back it up. And that’s of no fault to “Mighty Mouse.” This past weekend, Johnson tied Anderson Silva for the most consecutive UFC title defenses at 10 when he submitted Wilson […]
Demetrious Johnson has every right to proclaim himself the greatest of all-time. But the reigning UFC flyweight champion just doesn’t have the resume to back it up. And that’s of no fault to “Mighty Mouse.” This past weekend, Johnson tied Anderson Silva for the most consecutive UFC title defenses at 10 when he submitted Wilson […]
Despite a huge weight difference, UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson revealed he would be willing to take on reigning lightweight champion Conor McGregor.
Johnson discussed the potential fight in a video released by TMZ Sports on Tuesday (warnin…
Despite a huge weight difference, UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson revealed he would be willing to take on reigning lightweight champion Conor McGregor.
Johnson discussed the potential fight in a video released by TMZ Sports on Tuesday (warning: contains NSFW language):
Johnson fights at 125 pounds, which is roughly 30 pounds less than McGregor weighed for his last bout against Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205.
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Brian Stann has been around as many greats have competed inside the Octagon. But the fighter-turned-analysis believes right now, the best of all-time is competing. And he is UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson. Over the weekend, “Mighty Mouse” scored another convincing win, defending his title for a 10th time to tie Anderson Silva for the […]
Brian Stann has been around as many greats have competed inside the Octagon. But the fighter-turned-analysis believes right now, the best of all-time is competing. And he is UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson. Over the weekend, “Mighty Mouse” scored another convincing win, defending his title for a 10th time to tie Anderson Silva for the […]
Brian Stann has been around as many greats have competed inside the Octagon. But the fighter-turned-analysis believes right now, the best of all-time is competing. And he is UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson. Over the weekend, “Mighty Mouse” scored another convincing win, defending his title for a 10th time to tie Anderson Silva for the […]
Brian Stann has been around as many greats have competed inside the Octagon. But the fighter-turned-analysis believes right now, the best of all-time is competing. And he is UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson. Over the weekend, “Mighty Mouse” scored another convincing win, defending his title for a 10th time to tie Anderson Silva for the […]
UFC president Dana White gave his typical post-fight thoughts to UFC on FOX 24 this past weekend after the conclusion of the event. The card featured Demetrious Johnson successfully defending his flyweight title against Wilson Reis, tying Anderson Silva’s all-time UFC record at 10. “Mighty Mouse” has systematically picked apart each of his last several […]
UFC president Dana White gave his typical post-fight thoughts to UFC on FOX 24 this past weekend after the conclusion of the event. The card featured Demetrious Johnson successfully defending his flyweight title against Wilson Reis, tying Anderson Silva’s all-time UFC record at 10. “Mighty Mouse” has systematically picked apart each of his last several […]
Demetrious Johnson wasn’t pleased with the promotion for his fight against Wilson Reis to say the least. Johnson’s record tying 10th consecutive title defense against Reis on UFC on FOX 24 this past weekend (Sat. April 15, 2017) did the lowest overnight numbers in the show’s history, with 1.74 million viewers. ‘Mighty Mouse’ (a self-proclaimed white
Demetrious Johnson wasn’t pleased with the promotion for his fight against Wilson Reis to say the least.
Johnson’s record tying 10th consecutive title defense against Reis on UFC on FOX 24 this past weekend (Sat. April 15, 2017) did the lowest overnight numbers in the show’s history, with 1.74 million viewers. ‘Mighty Mouse’ (a self-proclaimed white belt) submitted Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Wilson Reis in the third round via armbar.
During an appearance on today’s (Mon. April 17, 2017) episode of The MMA Hour, Johnson addressed the numbers and stated that it doesn’t affect him in the least. You either like what he brings to the Octagon, or you don’t (quotes via MMA Fighting):
“If you don’t like what I did Saturday night, if you don’t like a white belt who never did one jiu-jitsu tournament submitting a black belt, that’s your bag. I’m done defending myself,” Johnson said.
Johnson likes to keep busy on Twitch playing video games during his free time to interact with his fans. In the lead-up to his fight with Reis, Johnson decided to ask his followers how many of them had seen any commercials or promotion for the bout – and the numbers weren’t good:
“I went on Twitch and said, ‘I want to ask anyone in the world, have any of you guys seen a commercial for my fight?’” Johnson said. “And everyone was like, ‘no, no no.’ One guy said, ‘I saw one on UFC.com YouTube channel.’ I’m like ‘okay, I haven’t seen one either.’”
“The first time I saw a commercial for my fight was UFC 210,” Johnson said. “The last one, the first time I saw a commercial was one week before my fight. No one here around [his hometown] knew I was fighting, just because they didn’t see a commercial.”
In response Johnson isn’t going to put much energy into worrying about the UFC’s promotion of his fights, much like the promotion doesn’t put much energy into promoting his bouts:
“You have to take into account, how much advertising did they do?” Johnson said. “I put that in the back of my mind and then don’t worry about it and go out there and put it out of my mind.”
Despite a huge weight difference, UFC flyweight champion 
In response Johnson isn’t going to put much energy into worrying about the UFC’s promotion of his fights, much like the promotion doesn’t put much energy into promoting his bouts: