HOUSTON – Miles Johns is vigilant about assessing the competition in the UFC bantamweight division. For example, when UFC 247 opponent Mario Bautista’s name slid across his desk, Johns (10-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) claims he knew exactly what he was getting himself into. In an interview with MMA Junkie on Wednesday, Johns revealed Bautista (7-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) was actually on his short list of fighters he wanted to face in his sophomore UFC outing. “I actually told a couple people this was the fight I wanted after I saw his Jin (Soo) Son fight,” Johns said. “He had an excellent fight – a ‘fight of the night’
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Miles Johns wanted a fun fight at UFC 247, thinks he found it in Mario Bautista – MMA Junkie