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Demetrious Johnson grapples 250-pound giant at IBJJF Pan Championships, takes home gold

Demetrious Johnson grapples 250-pound giant at IBJJF Pan Championships, takes home goldAfter 20 years and multiple world titles, P4P great Demetrious Johnson continues to dominate the competition. Johnson — who…

Demetrious Johnson grapples 250-pound giant at IBJJF Pan Championships, takes home gold

After 20 years and multiple world titles, P4P great Demetrious Johnson continues to dominate the competition.

Johnson — who is tied for the most consecutive title defenses in UFC history and still reigns as the ONE flyweight world champion — added some more gold to his trophy case at the 2024 IBJJF Pan Championships. Competing as a brown belt under Matt Hume and fellow ONE superstar Bibiano Fernandes, ‘Mighty Mouse’ took down three different opponents to stand atop the podium in the Master 2 featherweight division of the tournament.

Johnson also took home a silver medal in the openweight division where, according to a post from MMA journalist Ariel Helwani on X, his first opponent was 6’3″ and 250 pounds.

Demetrious Johnson Continues to Collect gold while mMA career hands in limbo

Demetrious Johnson’s last appearance inside the ONE Championship Circle came in May 2023 at ONE Fight Night 10 in Denver, Colorado. ‘Mighty Mouse’ successfully closed out his trilogy with former champion Adriano Moraes, retaining the promotion’s flyweight title with a decisive unanimous decision victory. Since then, DJ has left the door open for a return to ONE, but only if something truly intriguing comes along. Until then Johnson appears to be happy collecting gold medals at BJJ events around the country.

Check out some shots from Johnson’s dominant showing at the IBJJF Pans below:

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Demetrious Johnson takes home gold at IBJJF Masters World Championship in Las Vegas

Demetrious JohnsonONE flyweight world champion Demetrious Johnson took home gold following his appearance at the IBJJF Masters World Championships in Las Vegas. Mighty Mouse’ is considered by many to be the greatest flyweight fighter in the history of the sport after capturing world titles in both the UFC and ONE Championship. Currently, Demetrious Johnson reigns as […]

Demetrious Johnson

ONE flyweight world champion Demetrious Johnson took home gold following his appearance at the IBJJF Masters World Championships in Las Vegas.

Mighty Mouse’ is considered by many to be the greatest flyweight fighter in the history of the sport after capturing world titles in both the UFC and ONE Championship. Currently, Demetrious Johnson reigns as the ONE flyweight champion, but the pound-for-pound great is taking some time away from the cage to test his skills on the mat. This week, Johnson headed to the Las Vegas Convention Center for the biggest jiu-jitsu tournament in the world, the IBJJF Masters.

Johnson swapped out his four-ounce gloves for a gi, competing as a brown belt in the Master 2 division for competitors aged 35 and up.

Per a report from Bloody Elbow, Demetrious Johnson took home gold in his division, winning six matches, including a 10-0 shutout in the tournament finals. Not too shabby for a guy who hasn’t competed in a submission grappling tournament for nearly two decades.

With his run at Worlds now in the books, ‘Mighty Mouse’ will inevitably take a long hard look at what comes next in the world of mixed martial arts. Should he choose to keep things going, Johnson will likely defend his ONE flyweight world title against Kairat Akhmetov inside the ONE Championship Circle. But with nothing left to prove, Johnson could understandably walk away from the sport with his name already etched in the MMA history books.

Mackenzie Dern Gets Tapped Out In Rio

Highly touted MMA prospect Mackenzie Dern is known for her championship-level submission skills, but she apparently met her match in three-time world champion Bia Mesquita. Last night, Dern met Mesquita in the finals of the absolute class of the IBJJF’s Rio Falls grappling event from the Tijuca Tenis Club gymnasium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and suffered

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Highly touted MMA prospect Mackenzie Dern is known for her championship-level submission skills, but she apparently met her match in three-time world champion Bia Mesquita.

Last night, Dern met Mesquita in the finals of the absolute class of the IBJJF’s Rio Falls grappling event from the Tijuca Tenis Club gymnasium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and suffered her first submission defeat in a long period of time.

Dern lost to a choke from Mesquita, who also went on to win the gold medal in her individual division, in surprisingly fast time. Watch the video courtesy of MMA Fighting here:

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