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Daniel Cormier: Demetrious Johnson Should Be Paid One Million Dollars To Fight T.J. Dillashaw

It seems that everyone has an opinion on the situation of the UFC attempting to have flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson fight former bantamweight champ T.J. Dillashaw. That includes current UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier, who believes the UFC should show Johnson the money in order to make the fight happen. Johnson is not in […]

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Johnson is not in favor of fighting Dillashaw due to Dillashaw never fighting at that weight and him possibly not making the weight. Cormier, who is not someone who criticizes the UFC often, voiced his opinion on UFC Tonight.

“UFC, if you want Demetrious Johnson to fight T.J. Dillashaw, give him the money,” Cormier said Wednesday (transcript courtesy of MMA Fighting. “Pay him a million dollars and say ‘that’s your fight.’ I know it’s a lot for a 125-pounder, but the guy’s the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world. Pay him the money, and then let him go fight. … Pay him as the No. 1 fighter in the world for once.”

If Johnson wins his next bout then he would break former middleweight champ Anderson Silva’s record for 10 successful title defense. Although Johnson has not been someone who has sold very well with casual fans, Cormier believes both parties, the UFC and Johnson, can do better in making it happen.

“I think the responsibility for everything can be shared between Demetrious and the UFC,” Cormier said. “The UFC really doesn’t understand how to market him, because they have to get creative. He’s smaller. He’s not the biggest guy. He’s dominant. Even when Anderson Silva was the guy running through his division, his points weren’t very high, so they have to get creative. I don’t know if they’ve gotten creative. But I do believe DJ has done his part.”

Cormier stated that the UFC needs to work on their ways of marketing African-American stars. He also thinks that the UFC needs to be tricky with the way that they market smaller fighters.

“Honestly as an African-American, you have to market people differently,” Cormier said. “There is a different demographic, and I don’t know if DJ really fits neatly into any certain one. Because just his family and everything, everything combined, you gotta get tricky marketing these small guys, especially an African-American guy. So the UFC doesn’t really know how to do that yet with him. But, you have to have ‘it,’ Cormier continued. “Ronda Rousey happened organically. It just has to connect. It hasn’t connected for DJ, UFC has to take responsibility because they don’t know how to market him properly yet.”

With all of that said, Cormier is a true believer in the fact that Dillashaw is the right fight to make at this stage in Johnson’s career instead of top contender Ray Borg, who Johnson is interested in fighting.

“I think it’s the fight to take,” Cormier said. “Because not only is it the biggest fight he can have, but it’s also monumental, and he’s trying to break that record. If he does it on a former champion in a division ranked even higher? It means even more for Demetrious Johnson.”

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T.J. Dillashaw Willing to Give up Purse if he Misses Weight Against Demetrious Johnson

T.J. Dillashaw isn’t pleased with the hold-up in his potential flyweight title bout with Demetrious Johnson. Johnson put the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on blast and said the promotion has been using bullying tactics on him. The removal of pay-per-view (PPV) points and being forced to take fights is what pushed “Mighty Mouse” over the […]

T.J. Dillashaw Rips Demetrious Johnson For Being Scared To Fight Him

UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson created a stir within the MMA community when he released a lengthy statement about his mistreatment by the UFC and their attempts to bully him into a fight with former bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw. He also noted that that UFC President Dana White threatened to shut down the entire flyweight […]

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Dillashaw, who poked fun at Johnson on Instagram, spoke with Brett Okamoto of ESPN to talk about the situation as well as why he thinks Johnson is refusing to fight him.

“I understand where he’s coming from with some of it, but a lot of it was a slap in the face to me as well,” said Dillashaw. “Trying to say that I don’t really deserve a title shot which I think is complete bullcrap. I don’t think there’s anybody in his weight class right now to push him and I’m healthy, I’m in shape, I’m already in the process – because Dana told me that’s who I’m fighting – of dropping the weight class. I’m waking up at 143 pounds in the morning, so that’s a very, very reachable goal. So for him to go and discredit my name and the things that I’ve accomplished just to not be worthy of a title shot kind of pissed me off a little bit. And it’s kind of embarrassing to have him go and call himself the GOAT, to be the greatest of all time and turning down fights because he’s scared to fight. He can say whatever he wants to say about all his other issues he has and being bullied – which, I don’t understand how the greatest of all time gets bullied – but it all comes down to him being scared of me beating him. He knows that I’m a bad matchup for him and that it’s a fight that he does not want.”

Dillashaw was scheduled to fight current bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt on July 8 at UFC 213, but Garbrandt was forced to withdraw from the bout after sustaining a back injury. As a result, Dillashaw began campaigning for a flyweight title shot despite having never competed in the division. There has been some concern about this potential fight in the fact that it puts Johnson in danger if Dillashaw misses weight. Dillashaw considers this to be excuse making as he believes he could make the weight.

“I’m gonna make it. I have the utmost confidence. I know that I’m gonna make it. I’ve never missed weight once in my entire life or my career going from wrestling from eight years old through all my professional career. If I agree to do something, I’m doing it. I’m a very dedicated athlete, and like I said, I’m already waking up at 143 pounds. That’s not big of a weight cut at all. I think it’s just an easy excuse. 100 percent. Put that [stipulation] in there. I’m not gonna miss the weight. That’s not something I have to be worried about at all. I’ve already got it down to a perfect science of what I’m gonna be doing. So yeah, go ahead and put it in the contract because I’m not gonna miss weight.”

Johnson’s name has been included in the conversations about who is the greatest fighter of all time. According to Dillashaw, he sees this whole situation as a condemnation of all that praise.

“Don’t be scared. To me it’s like, you’re being a ***** about it. Tell the truth. You’re talking about how you don’t want to fight me for all these other reasons, but really you don’t want to fight me because you’re scared. Guess what man, you’re the greatest of all time. Put it out there. This is gonna be a historical event for you to try to break your record, let’s make this the real deal. Let’s make it against an opponent that’s gonna sell some pay-per-views, that’s gonna be a big draw. It’s just frustrating to see him backpedaling from this, and it’s embarrassing for the sport for the greatest of all time to be avoiding the fight the way he is.”

Johnson also aired grievances on a host of issues including the company’s failure to promote him and low pay. Dillashaw can be sympathetic to those issues. However, he thinks a fight with him could solve most of Johnson’s problems.

“I feel like him fighting me will be able to fix a lot of his problems. He will get a pay-per-view cut. He’s actually gonna make the paychecks he’s earned. He is pound-for-pound best fighter in the world right now, and I think this is the fight to get him paid. If he doesn’t step up, I think a lot of people are gonna have to put an asterisk next to his record of beating Anderson Silva’s streak as well as being called the greatest of all time. I really think it’s kind of a chickens**t move to bail out of this fight.”

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Dana White Says Demetrious Johnson Not Wanting to Fight T.J. Dillashaw is ‘Insanity’

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White doesn’t understand why Demetrious Johnson is opposed to fighting T.J. Dillashaw. White recently revealed that the UFC was looking into booking a flyweight title bout between “Mighty Mouse” and Dillashaw in August. Johnson isn’t gung-ho about the idea and would rather defend his title against Ray Borg. During […]

Cody Garbrandt Feels T.J. Dillashaw is Too Slow For Demetrious Johnson

Cody Garbrandt isn’t giving T.J. Dillashaw much of a shot in a potential bout against Demetrious Johnson. A lot has been made over Johnson’s next move. While Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White has expressed interest in booking Johnson vs. Dillashaw for August, “Mighty Mouse” sounds more interested in defending his flyweight title against […]

T.J. Dillashaw Looking to Fight Demetrious Johnson, But Mighty Mouse Isn’t Interested

Perhaps lost in the ocean of information that came out of the UFC Summer Kickoff press conference, not to mention the build up to UFC 211, is the fact that the bantamweight title fight between champ Cody Garbrandt and T.J. Dillashaw is very much in limbo. That’s because Garbrandt is suffering back problems, and announced […]