Daniel Cormier appreciates Demetrious Johnson.
Johnson, a former UFC flyweight champion who defended the title 11 occasions, introduced his retirement from MMA throughout the ONE 168 broadcast this previous week. “Mighty Mouse” (25-4-1) referred to as it a profession because the ONE Championship flyweight (135 kilos) title holder.
ONE CEO Chatri Sityodtong named Johnson as the primary inductee into the ONE Championship Corridor of Fame, and UFC CEO Dana White stated Johnson may even have a spot within the UFC Corridor of Fame.
Cormier thinks Johnson’s character ought to be praised as a lot as his in-cage achievements.
“I feel what spoke the truest to Demetrious Johnson, he left to ONE FC and completed his profession there,” Cormier stated on “Good Man/Dangerous Man” with Chael Sonnen. “We did the very best fighters of all time, and he was sitting proper up on that stage with us breaking down fighters as a result of he will get respect. That’s one of many hardest issues on the planet to get, particularly once you’re coping with an entire bunch of alpha personalities within the sport, to be universally revered. Demetrious Johnson is universally revered, not solely as a fighter however as the daddy, because the husband.
“He’s an ideal man that really does deserve all of the credit score and accolades and the whole lot he’s going to get on this subsequent section of his profession. And he’s a man – he’s small, however he don’t take no stuff. That massive physique constructing YouTuber was like, ‘I’ll grapple DJ,’ and DJ goes and submits him. Demetrious will beat on you. So many nice reminiscences contained in the octagon, however he additionally made nice reminiscences exterior the octagon, and he’s constructing an ideal future for himself. So congratulations, Demetrious Johnson, one of many biggest champions the UFC has ever seen.”
Johnson, who was ranked No. 3 on MMA Junkie’s 30 Biggest UFC Fighters of All Time checklist, competed in his ultimate MMA combat in Might 2023 – a trilogy towards Adriano Moraes. He efficiently defended his ONE flyweight title by unanimous determination.
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