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With a win over Tim Elliot tonight, impressive or not, the flyweight king remains on his winning streak. With that being said, let's discuss about Demetrious Johnson's future at FLW, BW and future fights a head of him.
Next fight:
With DJ unwilling to make the move to BW and Cruz busy with Garbrandt and Dillashaw, the only fight that makes sense at this point is a trilogy with Joseph Benavidez. Joe is on a 6 fight winning streak, with wins over Cejudo, Makovsky, Bagautinov, Elliot, Ortiz and Moraga. He deserves it over anyone else.
Future at Flyweight:
Three key match ups are going down soon:
At UFC 206, (N.7) Zack Makovsky (19-7) vs (N.10) Dustin Ortiz (15-6)
At UFC 207, (N.4) Jussier Formiga (19-4) vs (N.14) Sergio Pettis (14-2)
At UFC 207, (N.11) Louis Smolka (11-2) vs (N.13) Ray Borg (9-2)
Most recently,
(N.3) Kyoji Horiguchi (18-2) defeated (N.8) Ali Bagautinov (14-5)
(N.12) Brandon Moreno (13-3) defeated unranked Ryan Benoit (9-5)
Unranked Rob Font (13-2) defeated TUF 24 semi-finalist Matt Schnell (9-3) in his FLW debut.
Key Match Ups;
-(C) Demetrious Johnson (25-2-1) vs (N.1) Joseph Benavidez (25-4)
-(N.3) Kyoji Horiguchi (18-2) vs (N.5) Wilson Reis (21-6) winner
vs > Winner get's next shot.
-(N.4) Jussier Formiga (19-4) vs (N.14) Sergio Pettis (14-2) winner
-(N.7) Zack Makovsky (19-7) vs (N.10) Dustin Ortiz (15-6) winner
vs
-(N.11) Louis Smolka (11-2) vs (N.13) Ray Borg winner
-(N.2) Henry Cejudo (10-2) vs (N.8) Ali Bagautinov (14-5)
-(N.9) John Moraga (16-5) vs Tim Elliot (14-7-1)
-(N.12) Brandon Moreno (13-3) vs Matheus Nicolo Pereira (12-1, 2-0 in UFC)
-Rob Font (13-2) vs Alexander Pantoja (16-2, TUF semi-finalist)
Not to forget Tj Dillashaw's statement about moving down to FLW. Dj vs TJ would be an epic fight.
Long story, Demetrious Johnson will always have someone new to face at FLW.
Next fight:
With DJ unwilling to make the move to BW and Cruz busy with Garbrandt and Dillashaw, the only fight that makes sense at this point is a trilogy with Joseph Benavidez. Joe is on a 6 fight winning streak, with wins over Cejudo, Makovsky, Bagautinov, Elliot, Ortiz and Moraga. He deserves it over anyone else.
Future at Flyweight:
Three key match ups are going down soon:
At UFC 206, (N.7) Zack Makovsky (19-7) vs (N.10) Dustin Ortiz (15-6)
At UFC 207, (N.4) Jussier Formiga (19-4) vs (N.14) Sergio Pettis (14-2)
At UFC 207, (N.11) Louis Smolka (11-2) vs (N.13) Ray Borg (9-2)
Most recently,
(N.3) Kyoji Horiguchi (18-2) defeated (N.8) Ali Bagautinov (14-5)
(N.12) Brandon Moreno (13-3) defeated unranked Ryan Benoit (9-5)
Unranked Rob Font (13-2) defeated TUF 24 semi-finalist Matt Schnell (9-3) in his FLW debut.
Key Match Ups;
-(C) Demetrious Johnson (25-2-1) vs (N.1) Joseph Benavidez (25-4)
-(N.3) Kyoji Horiguchi (18-2) vs (N.5) Wilson Reis (21-6) winner
vs > Winner get's next shot.
-(N.4) Jussier Formiga (19-4) vs (N.14) Sergio Pettis (14-2) winner
-(N.7) Zack Makovsky (19-7) vs (N.10) Dustin Ortiz (15-6) winner
vs
-(N.11) Louis Smolka (11-2) vs (N.13) Ray Borg winner
-(N.2) Henry Cejudo (10-2) vs (N.8) Ali Bagautinov (14-5)
-(N.9) John Moraga (16-5) vs Tim Elliot (14-7-1)
-(N.12) Brandon Moreno (13-3) vs Matheus Nicolo Pereira (12-1, 2-0 in UFC)
-Rob Font (13-2) vs Alexander Pantoja (16-2, TUF semi-finalist)
Not to forget Tj Dillashaw's statement about moving down to FLW. Dj vs TJ would be an epic fight.
Long story, Demetrious Johnson will always have someone new to face at FLW.