If you wish to be a world champion, Demetrious Johnson believes there’s no simpler place to do it than on the planet of blended martial arts.
The reigning ONE flyweight world champion is at the moment taking a while away from the game to mirror on his future after almost 20 years of dominance. In the course of the course of his profession, Demetrious Johnson has captured each the UFC and ONE flyweight titles whereas defeating a few of the greatest names within the sport. Consequently, ‘Mighty Mouse’ is taken into account by many to be considered one of, if not the best pound-for-pound fighters within the historical past of the game.
However that didn’t cease Johnson from kinda-sorta discrediting his personal work by suggesting that it was simpler to win a world title in MMA than in different sports activities, particularly boxing.
“That’s the factor about boxing,” Johnson mentioned on TikTok. “Combined Martial Arts is the best sport to turn out to be champion in. Once you struggle boxing, it’s boxing. Each individual you struggle in boxing goes to be good in boxing… if you struggle blended martial arts, you’re gonna have individuals who have vital massive holes in them, proper? You will have a man like Alex Pereira…6-1 and he turns into a champion in blended martial arts. You’ll be able to haven’t any wrestling expertise and turn out to be a world champion. You take a look at Brock Lesnar, he grew to become a world champion and he had no stand-up expertise in anyway.
“That’s why I really feel MMA is the best to turn out to be a world champion…you may have deficiencies and nonetheless turn out to be a champion. In boxing, you may’t, you need to be boxer to turn out to be a world champion, you simply should” (h/t MMA Information).
Demetrious Johnson Has Dominated the Competitors in A number of Organizations
Amassing a report of 25-4 since making his professional MMA debut in 2009, Demetrious Johnson rapidly rose to prominence by turning into the first-ever UFC flyweight world champion three years later. He efficiently defended the title an astonishing 11 occasions earlier than lastly being bested by Henry Cejudo by way of a break up resolution of their UFC 227 rematch.
Following the loss, Demetrious Johnson was a part of a first-of-its-kind commerce that noticed ‘Mighty Mouse’ transfer over to Asia-based promotion ONE Championship in change for former ONE and Bellator welterweight champion Ben Askren. Since making his transfer to ONE, Johnson has curated a 6-1 report and got here out on prime in a trilogy with ex-titleholder Adriano Moraes. Johnson additionally made historical past, competing within the promotion’s first hybrid-rules struggle with Muay Thai icon Rodtang Jitmuangnon. DJ defeated ‘The Iron Man’ by way of a second-round rear-naked choke.
