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Demetrious Johnson on UFC 314′s Paddy Pimblett: ‘One day he will be a champion’

BAD MMA News — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:27:04 +0000

Demetrious Johnson sees championship potential in Paddy Pimblett . Pimblett (22-3 MMA, 6-0 UFC) meets former title challenger Michael Chandler (23-9 MMA, 2-4 UFC) in Saturday’s five-round UFC 314 co-headliner (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+ ) at Kaseya Center in Miami. While breaking down footage of Pimblett’s Cage Warriors days, Johnson was very impressed with his skills. He thinks the persona overshadows his actual ability. “This is why he’s so good,” Johnson said on his YouTube channel .

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Alexandre Pantoja or Kyoji Horiguchi? Demetrious Johnson would favor UFC champion

BAD MMA News — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 22:02:13 +0000

Demetrious Johnson doesn’t see Kyoji Horiguchi being the one to dethrone UFC flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja . Horiguchi (34-5 MMA, 7-1 UFC) has re-signed with the UFC after vacating his RIZIN flyweight title. The former UFC 125-pound title challenger, former Bellator champ and former RIZIN champion will return to the octagon for the first time since November 2016. After failing in his first UFC title bid against Johnson in 2015 , Horiguchi hopes he can become the first Japanese UFC champ. However, with Pantoja at the top, Johnson doesn’t think Horiguchi can beat him.

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Former UFC champ says Tom Aspinall should stop waiting for Jon Jones

BAD MMA News — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 17:09:22 +0000

Demetrious Johnson advises Tom Aspinall against waiting for UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones . It’s been more than 500 days since interim champion Aspinall (15-3 MMA, 8-1 UFC) has competed as he awaits his title-unification bout with Jones. But with the rumor circulating that Jones is asking for six months to prep for Aspinall once the fight is finalized, Johnson thinks the Brit needs to move on

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Why Demetrious Johnson ranks Islam Makhachev as MMA’s pound-for-pound best

BAD MMA News — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 02:51:40 +0000

One of the GOATs of MMA, Demetrious Johnson , believes pound-for-pound rankings boil down to the total skillset a particular fighter possesses. Pound-for-pound debates can quickly get convoluted because everyone has slightly different criteria to shake out the hypothetical rankings. Johnson considers activity, championship status, and recency, but nothing tops being a well-rounded fighter. “MMA is the easiest sport in the world to become a world champion,” Johnson told MMA Junkie Radio .

Why Demetrious Johnson ranks Islam Makhachev as MMA’s pound-for-pound best

BAD MMA News — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 02:51:40 +0000

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Ex-UFC champ Demetrious Johnson sticking to retirement despite getting multiple offers

BAD MMA News — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 02:15:33 +0000

MMA retirements often times don’t last. However, Demetrious Johnson is certain his is definite. The majority of retirements in combat sports, and particularly MMA, after seemingly taken with a grain of salt. The fame, potential for financial upside, glory and competition have frequently led to athletes picking the gloves back up after putting them down. Johnson, a former UFC and ONE Championship titleholder, hasn’t once contemplated making a comeback to MMA since he announced to the the world that he was done in September. “There’s no point to it,” Johnson told MMA Junkie Radio.

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Demetrious Johnson had the perfect response to Yoel Romero’s ‘Minnie Mouse’ flub

BAD MMA News — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 17:47:08 +0000

Yoel Romero certainly knows who Demetrious Johnson is, but you’ll have to forgive his lack of knowledge on mouse cartoon characters. I’m just thankful it gave us one of the funniest unintentional jokes of the year in MMA. Here’s why. During an interview with Submission Radio , Romero was asked to name his four greatest UFC fighters of all time. Romero rattled off Jon Jones No

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MMA Junkie Radio #3549: Demetrious Johnson, Reinier de Ridder interviews, Conor McGregor at White House, more

BAD MMA News — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:31:08 +0000

Monday’s episode of MMA Junkie Radio with “Gorgeous” George and “Goze” is here. On Episode 3,549, the boys welcome in a pair of phenomenal guests: MMA legend Demetrious Johnson and UFC contender Reinier de Ridder . The fellas also discuss Conor McGregor’s surprise appearance at the White House, results from UFC Fight Night 254 and more! Tune in!

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UFC legend Demetrious Johnson rubbishes claims of Jon Jones never losing: ‘He broke the rules’

BAD MMA News — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 16:56:36 +0000

Demetrious Johnson can’t consider UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones undefeated. Outside of a 2009 disqualification loss to Matt Hamill for using then-illegal 12-6 elbows, Jones (28-1 MMA, 22-1 UFC) has never lost in MMA. He dominated generations of light heavyweight talent as champion, then successfully claimed a second UFC belt at heavyweight after Francis Ngannou left the promotion. Johnson, the record holder for most consecutive UFC title defenses, says Jones’ blemish can’t be ignored, even if it’s a disqualification. “He did lose

Demetrious Johnson makes surprising call about Henry Cejudo’s future after UFC Fight Night 252

BAD MMA News — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 17:55:06 +0000

Demetrious Johnson urges Henry Cejudo to retire after UFC Fight Night 252. Cejudo (16-5 MMA, 10-5 UFC) suffered his third-straight loss when he dropped a technical decision to Song Yadong (22-8-1 MMA, 11-3-1 UFC) in Saturday’s main event at Climate Pledge Arena. Cejudo’s loss to Song ended in unfortunate fashion when the former UFC dual-champion was rendered unable to continue after getting poked in the eye midway through Round 3. Cejudo took the full five minutes to try and recover, and opted to continue fighting until deciding that he couldn’t see at the end of Round 3. Despite the controversial nature of the fight-ending sequence, Johnson doesn’t see a need for Cejudo to continue competing

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