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
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
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
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.
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
Share this article share tweet text email link on Facebook on Twitter via text message on LinkedIn via email https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2025/03/mma-junkie-radio-3549-demetrious-johnson-reinier-de-ridder-interviews-conor-mcgregor-at-white-house-more March 17, 2025 8:30 pm ET 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
Demetrious Johnson thinks something needs to change in Sean Strickland’s fighting style after UFC 312. Strickland (29-7 MMA, 16-7 UFC) lost to middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis (23-2 MMA, 9-0 UFC) for a second time, this time in much more definitive fashion when he dropped a unanimous decision in Saturday’s main event at Qudos Bank Arena
