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Demetrious Johnson was forced to overcome some adversity in his ONE Lightweight Grand-Prix semi-final showdown against Tatsumitu Wada.  DJ remains one of the consensus greatest fighters to ever lace gloves but even with all of his immense technical skills, life in ONE Championship has been far from easy. In fact, the argument could be made that Johnson is having a …

Demetrious Johnson has given props to his former opponent Henry Cejudo after his bantamweight title-clinching victory over Marlon Moraes at UFC 238. The pair, of course, shared the octagon on two different occasions for two extremely different fights in the past. UFC 197 stood as their first meeting and in many ways, it was perhaps the most destructive victory over …

Demetrious Johnson gave his take on the disastrous debut of his fellow ONE Championship fighter ‘Super’ Sage Northcutt in a recent interview. And ‘disastrous’ is a word that barely does the fight justice. Brought in by the Chatri Sityodtong-run promotion in the hopes of continuing their ascent into the U.S mainstream, Northcutt was sparked by his opponent Cosmo Alexandre in …

Demetrious Johnson secured a characteristically slick submission win over his ONE Championship flyweight grand-prix opponent Yuya Wakamatsu. DJ seemed to be in good spirits as he made his walk to the ONE cage this evening having left the UFC as their most dominant champion to date. Johnson clearly seemed to be enjoying the new rule-set he was fighting under, taking …

As Henry Cejudo gears up to make his first defense of his UFC flyweight title, be sure not to make the mistake of underestimating his chances again. It’s easy to disregard ‘The Messenger’ in this matchup because, on his day, UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw could well be the best – or at least the most technically impressive fighter on …

Relive the fight that saw a long-time flyweight king dethroned as Henry Cejudo gears up to defend his title against the bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw. Few had given Cejudo much of a chance heading into a rematch with the man who had so easily dispatched him just two years before. UFC 197 was the original date and while Henry’s Olympic …

ONE Championship have reportedly put pen to paper on a three-year broadcast deal with Turner Sports according to word coming from ESPN. ESPN reported today that the ever-growing Asian MMA promotion will be making their move into the US market as early as next January. It’s the logical next step after Chatri Sityodtong’s recent spree of signings – a spree that saw …

Conor McGregor has called on the CEO of ONE Championship to sign the UFC flyweights who look set to be cut from the promotion’s roster. The potential for the UFC to axe the flyweight division is a looming fear that has been on the cards for quite some time now, but when Demetrious Johnson finally made the move to ONE …

The UFC are reportedly planning on scrapping their flyweight division ahead of champion Henry Cejudo’s move up to bantamweight to challenge TJ Dillashaw for the title. FloCombat reported first that the promotion are planning on following up the exit of the division’s most successful champion by axing the weight-class from their roster. According to the same reports, not all of the current …

ONE Championship has made yet another big play, announcing grand-prix tournaments for both their flyweight and lightweight divisions. The Asian promotion have done everything in their power to elevate their status within the MMA world in recent times with marquee signings like Eddie Alvarez and Demetrious Johnson. Competition across the field is always a healthy thing for the sport as …

The reigning champion of the UFC’s flyweight division, Henry Cejudo, has hinted that the weight-class might not be around for much longer. When Cejudo managed to upset the odds by handing the longtime champion Demetrious Johnson his first career as a flyweight, who could ever have imagined that the former pound-for-pound number-1 would be part of a ground-breaking trade that …

The legendary former pound-for-pound number one reflected on his time in the UFC while expressing how excited he is for the new challenges that await him in his new home. The trade that saw Demetrious Johnson make the move over to ONE Championship in Asia is one that many are pointing to as a potentially game-changing breakdown of the barriers that …

Demetrious Johnson has revealed exactly why he decided to leave the UFC in favour of a move to Asian MMA promotion ONE Championship. Speaking to the media on Sunday night via conference call, Johnson explained how his views on fight-promotion in the US contributed to his decision to leave the world’s biggest MMA organisation. “I was always never the biggest …

Ben Askren looks set to sign for the UFC and with that, an entire career’s worth of questions will be answered as he finally competes against the very best in the game in the world’s premier MMA promotion. If you aren’t aware of Askren before seeing yesterday’s reports linking him to an unprecedented swap deal that would see him join the UFC, …

The former-UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson was edged out by Henry Cejudo on the scorecards at UFC 227 over the weekend. It still feels quite weird to call him the ‘former-champion’ but when Henry Cejudo managed to stun the world by defeating the long-time P4P #1, it really stood as one of the biggest shocks the sport has seen in …

After shocking the world by defeating Demetrious Johnson over the course of five-rounds at UFC 227 last night, Henry Cejudo wasted no time in calling for a super-fight with TJ Dillashaw. The pound-for-pound king that is Demetrious Johnson was finally ousted from his spot atop the UFC’s flyweight division. Henry Cejudo managed to impose his gameplan on his opponent enough …

Henry Cejudo managed to edge out longtime flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson on the scorecards in a shocking upset. The UFC’s flyweight division has a new king, ladies and gentlemen. When Henry Cejudo first went toe-to-toe with Demetrious Johnson at UFC 197, he did so after just three years experience in pro-MMA and just under a year-and-a-half inside the UFC. It …