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Kevin Lee Thinks Demetrious Johnson Should Be ‘Thanking Him’ For UFC 216

UFC 216 headliner Kevin Lee has risen from relative obscurity to fighting for the interim lightweight title in a little over a year. Now riding an impressive five-fight win streak including four finishes in a row, Lee is set to take on Tony Ferguson in the main event of the pay-per-view (PPV) card from Las […]

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UFC 216 headliner Kevin Lee has risen from relative obscurity to fighting for the interim lightweight title in a little over a year.

Now riding an impressive five-fight win streak including four finishes in a row, Lee is set to take on Tony Ferguson in the main event of the pay-per-view (PPV) card from Las Vegas on October 7, while longtime flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson takes a back seat as he attempts to secure his record-seeking 11th title defense in a row against Ray Borg in the co-main.

While it may seem unfair for Lee to headline UFC 216 over the far more accomplished ‘Mighty Mouse,’ the Detroit, Michigan native actually sees it as favorable for the flyweight champ, who has historically not been a ratings draw compared to his fellow UFC champion colleagues.

““I think that’s the way it should be. The UFC knows that…

“Look, Demetrious if anything, Demetrious should be thanking me. He’s getting pay-per-view points for the first time in his career, and it’s going to be because of me. So, if anything, I’m looking for a lil’ Christmas gift from Demetrious… I think the demand is definitely out here, more for this fight, than especially Demetrious vs. Ray Borg. I mean come on. Demetrious has to give it up to me. I’m putting money in his pocket; how can he be upset? When we do the press conference, and I’m sitting right next to him, I’ll let him know.”

Johnson notoriously turned down a super fight with former bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw in favor of a fight with the far lesser-known Borg, much to the public chagrin of UFC President Dana White.

The Borg fight was initially scheduled for September’s UFC 215; however, a last-minute illness forced the challenger out of the fight and off the card.

Whether or not Johnson’s refusal to fight Dillashaw played any part in his taking a back seat to Lee vs Ferguson remains unknown, but Lee figures his fight with Ferguson is the main event for a reason.

“I think people are excited to see more out of me, and I’m excited to show it to them. Tony, he can take a shot. He can keep moving. He even scrambles well on the ground. I feel like we will have a lot of different exchanges, a lot of momentum. I’m excited for it.”

Do you agree with Lee vs. Ferguson headlining over ‘Mighty Mouse’s attempt to make history?

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Demetrious Johnson & Dana White Set For Sitdown To Discuss Recent Issues

It seems as though UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson is ready to squash his beef with promotion President Dana White. For the past few months “Mighty Mouse” and White have bickered back-and-forth through the media about Johnson’s refusal to fight former UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw in what could be a record-breaking 11th successful consecutive […]

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It seems as though UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson is ready to squash his beef with promotion President Dana White.

For the past few months “Mighty Mouse” and White have bickered back-and-forth through the media about Johnson’s refusal to fight former UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw in what could be a record-breaking 11th successful consecutive title defense. Johnson later suggested that White threatened to shut the 125-pound division down due to his refusal to compete against Dillashaw.

Johnson joined The MMA Hour yesterday (Mon. July 17, 2017) to offer an update on his relationship with White, claiming that he and the UFC boss are set to have a sitdown meeting and discuss their differences in two weeks time during UFC 214 weekend (quotes via MMA Fighting):

“I don’t think it’s fair when you have two grown men bicker on the f*cking Internet,” Johnson said. “You know what I mean? We’ll end up like Blac Chyna and Rob Kardashian. Grown men, they sit down and talk about it, and that’s what we’re going to do in two weeks.”

“It was just a big misunderstanding and we’re going to meet with Dana White,” Johnson said. “Dana White’s a grown-ass man, I am too, he’s got kids, I got kids, we’re going to sit down and get on the same level and go from there and see what options we have.”

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Aside from his business with White, Johnson has also been making moves in regards to his managerial department. For the longest time Johnson’s longtime trainer Matt Hume served as his manager, however, the 125-pound champ decided to hire on Malki Kawa of First Round Management to handle those duties while he and Hume focus on what they do best – winning fights:

“Me and Matt both felt it was time to be managed by, to get a manager, tou know what I mean?” Johnson said. “It’s time in my career to bring in somebody who’s going to focus on that part of business, so me and Matt can focus on what we do best, which is get ready for the fight. Matt’s always been a great manager and helped me get ready for my fight and is one of my main training partners, now it’s time to put that responsibility on somebody else.”

Upon bringing in Kawa to manage him, one piece of advice he took away was to stop rushing into his next Octagon appearance so soon due to his anticipation to break Anderson Silva’s consecutive title defense record. Despite the advice, Johnson claims he will fight sooner rather than later as he wants to throw down one more time before year’s end:

“They’re ‘you’re always in a rush to fight,” Johnson said. “You’re always fighting, fighting, fighting. you fight three times in 2013, you fought three times in 2014 you just f*cking fought in April. So relax, let your hand heal, and that way when you’ll have your best performance when you’re going up against the record, this record will probably never be broken again. So let’s relax, let’s get through this, let your body heal, let your hand heal, and we’ll go from there.”

“I’m fighting this year,” Johnson said. “There’s money to be made, and I want mine.”

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Dana White Is ‘Sure’ Mighty Mouse vs. Ray Borg PPV Will Be ‘Off The Charts’

After a series of very public fueds between UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson and president Dana White, it appears as if “Mighty Mouse” will get what he wants, but at the expense of his popularity, according to White. While White and the UFC tried to put together a so-called super fight between Johnson and former […]

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While White and the UFC tried to put together a so-called super fight between Johnson and former bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw, “Mighty Mouse” was adamant about facing Ray Borg, who he felt had earned a title shot.

“You want Ray Borg, we’ll give you Ray Borg,” White told MMA Junkie. “I’m sure the fans will be clamoring, and ticket sales will be through the roof and pay-per-views will be off the charts.”

“I’m not thrilled with Demetrious Johnson,” White said. “You’re the pound-for-pound best in the world, T.J. Dillashaw challenges you – one of the best in the world, former world champion – and you flat out deny the fight, flat out say, ‘I won’t do it. I want Ray Borg.’

“Who wouldn’t want to see Demetrious Johnson vs. T.J. Dillashaw? Dillashaw calling me every day: ‘I’m cutting weight. I’m cutting weight. I’m dieting. I’m training. I’m cutting weight. Do I got the fight? Do I got the fight?’ Ask T.J. Dillashaw next time you see him or you interview him. Calling me every day, chomping at the bit for the fight. You expect the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world to go, ‘Let’s do it.’”

White and Johnson have gone back and forth in the media regarding the Dillashaw fight, but it appears that the often brash UFC president has given up on trying to make that fight happen.

“Mighty Mouse” very rarely defends his belt on pay-per-view, rather the lack of popularity of Johnson and his weight division in general usually force the UFC to put his title defenses on free FOX cards.

Of course, White’s point was to make him more popular with a fight against a former champ and well-known fighter in Dillashaw, but Johnson stuck to his guns and instead will likely fight Borg, the number five ranked flyweight.

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Demetrious Johnson On UFC’s Poor Promotion: Nobody Knew I Was Fighting

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

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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.”

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Dominick Cruz Says 135 Pounds Would Be ‘Very Difficult’ For Mighty Mouse

Dominick Cruz doesn’t think Demetrious Johnson would have the same amount of success if he were to move up to 135 pounds. Johnson made history this past weekend (Sat. April 15, 2017) when he defeated Wilson Reis in the main event of UFC on FOX 24 to tie Anderson Silva’s title defense record at 10.

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Dominick Cruz doesn’t think Demetrious Johnson would have the same amount of success if he were to move up to 135 pounds.

Johnson made history this past weekend (Sat. April 15, 2017) when he defeated Wilson Reis in the main event of UFC on FOX 24 to tie Anderson Silva’s title defense record at 10. With one more win ‘Mighty Mouse’ will become the most dominant champion in promotion history, and takes one step closer to becoming the greatest of all time.

The flyweight king has not lost inside the Octagon since making the cut down to 125 pounds to take part in the weight class’ inaugural tournament to determine the first ever champ. His last defeat in mixed martial arts (MMA) competition actually came against Cruz in 2011 when he challenged for the 135-pound title.

During the UFC on FOX 24 post-fight show, Cruz explained why it would be difficult for Johnson to move back up to bantamweight following his tremendous run at 125 (quotes via FOX Sports):

“At 125 [pounds], I can’t see too many people [challenging him],” Cruz said. “At featherweight, everybody at the top five is hard, everybody at 135 [pounds] in the top five is hard to beat, especially for somebody that small. I mean I fought him and the size difference is a problem. If I move up to 145 or 155, size is a problem.

“So that is a big deal in these fights, especially when you’re our size from 145 and down, weight matters. I think it’d be very difficult.”

While Cruz does admit that ‘Mighty Mouse’ would ‘absolutely’ be great competition in a return to 135 pounds, he believes that it will be too tall a task for the flyweight king to challenge the likes of himself, TJ Dillashaw, and the heavy-handed champion Cody Garbrandt. A move up to bantamweight seems unlikely in the near future, however, as Johnson seems to be completely focused on achieving history with his next title defense.

Johnson has said that he will move up to 135 pounds if the UFC comes at him with the right offer – that offer being $1 million.

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Five Reasons Demetrious Johnson Still Isn’t The GOAT

Last night (Sat. April 15, 2017) at UFC on FOX 24 from Kansas City, Missouri, UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson furthered his case for being the greatest mixed martial artist of all time, when he defeated Wilson Reis via third-round submission to defend his 125-pound title for a record tenth consecutive time. ‘Mighty Mouse’ tied

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‘Mighty Mouse’ tied the record held by former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva. Although Johnson has looked dominant for the past few years as the undisputed champion at 125 pounds, there are still a few clear reasons why we still can’t consider him the greatest of all time (GOAT) quite yet.

Here are LowKickMMA’s top five reasons that Johnson still is not the greatest MMA fighter of all-time.

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5. Level Of Competition

Racking up 10 consecutive title defenses in no easy task; however, Johnson’s level of competition isn’t exactly up to par with those that he battles with for the moniker of greatest of all time.

Many of the names in the flyweight champ’s list of victims don’t necessarily stick out to anyone; such as John Moraga, Ali Bagautinov, Chris Cariaso, a young Kyoji Horiguchi, Tim Elliott, and Wilson Reis. Moraga is currently on a three-fight losing streak and is now ranked outside of the top ten.

Bagautinov has lost three of his last four Octagon appearances and is no longer with the UFC. He has not participated in MMA competition since November of 2016 when he suffered a unanimous decision loss to Kyoji Horiguchi.

Cariaso always had a very up-and-down career at 125 pounds, and lost two more back-to-back fights following his loss to Johnson before calling it a career in October of 2015. Kyoji Horiguchi was handed a shot at Johnson’s throne after three Octagon wins against lackluster competition, not to mention ‘The Supernova’ was extremely young when he took on ‘Mighty Mouse.’

Horiguchi has since decided not to renew his contract with the promotion and instead does his work for RIZIN nowadays. Elliott suffered a three-fight losing streak before being cut by the UFC in 2015. He went on to lighter competition under the Titan FC banner and returned to an unsuccessful title challenge against Johnson.

And last but not least we have Reis, who Johnson made easy work of yesterday, whose only notable win heading into his title bout on a three-fight win streak was against No. 8-ranked Dustin Ortiz.

This level of competition is just not quite up to the caliber for a fighter that should be considered the GOAT.