Do you miss watching Mighty Mouse fight in the UFC?

[Davidjacksonjones]

Demetrious Johnson (aka DJ or Mighty Mouse) has been fighting in ONE Championship the past few years. His last fight in the UFC was against Henry Cejudo on August 4, 2018, where he lost by split decision. Shortly after he was traded for Ben Askren.

Definitely one of the most skilled fighters ever, with the most consecutive title defenses at 11. I feel that if he was in the bigger weight classes, he would have been a pretty huge star. Not many seem to care about the flyweight classes

Have you been keeping up with Mighty Mouse's fights in One Championship? Do you miss watching his fights in the UFC?

 

[KOPPE]

To me DJ is the best mma fighter ever. People talk about Khabib and Mr Dickpills but this is the real goat

 

[AmonTobin]

My P4P. He’s legendary but criminally overlooked I think because of his stature.

 

[DragRacer]

I always tuned in whenever he fought.
Being traded for Ben Askren has to be one of the biggest L’s in MMA history, in hindsight.

 

[Davidjacksonjones]

I always tuned in whenever he fought.
Being traded for Ben Askren has to be one of the biggest L’s in MMA history, in hindsight.

I guess from a financial perspective, Ben Askren did make Jorge Masvidal become a huge PPV star, who went on to sell 1.3 million with Usman

 

[Elvis.]

Yes of course, one of the top 10 of all time , I wish he would come back , so many interesting matchups for him now

 

[BrockLesnarsTurtleBack]

He's a good fighter but it's hard to take him seriously because of how tiny he is.

 

[Hdfi]

I watched all his fights in the UFC and ONE. a true GOAT. Very strong candidate for the most complete fighter of all time.

Ps: he would defeat Moreno, Figgy and Pantoja if he was still in the UFC.

 

[dmwalking]

Yes/no. It would be nice to see him compete in the UFC, but I’ve enjoyed his fights in ONE as well. I guess I don’t miss him because I still watch his fights. He’s not retired. But then again, I would like to see him fight the top 3 UFC guys.

 

[Minnja]

Yeah, it'd be great to see how he would have came back from the Cejudo loss. But he seems to be enjoying ONE so can't be too upset.

 

[Smooth Princess]

Absolutely miss Mighty Mouse in the UFC. There's so many guys who would who would have made legendary fights with him since the UFC cut or traded him or whatever they want to call it. It's an absolute shame to have to let him go.

 

[dmwalking]

He's a good fighter but it's hard to take him seriously because of how tiny he is.

i didn’t take him serious because of how shallow the division was during his reign. Watching him
Bounce back from his loss in spectacular fashion finally made me appreciate his skill set. Dude is a complete mixed martial artist.

 

[Poirierfan]

Demetrius is one of the all time greats imo. I rather be watching him that Holly, that's for sure. Lol

 

[Fight Professor]

I respect MM but I haven't really missed him.

 

[Killer Kadoogan]

absolutely not. i love MM, love what he's doing in ONE, but not in the UFC. doesnt fit the mold.

 

[scoobster]

nope......................too small its like watching 10 years olds fight, i just wanna get in there and break them up and send them to their rooms

 

[TheTickG]

No, I don't.

I did enjoy his fights when he was there though.

 

[VanMMA]

Yes i miss him. He was under appreciated.

The most technically proficient fighter that we have ever seen.

 

[World eater]

Not really.
But then again, I watch ONE all the time.

 

[Olir]

No, and that doesn't make someone an uneducated MMA fan for feeling that way.

Yes the guy was clearly very good, but his determination not to test himself made for very bland entertainment. Even his fancy finishes were against noobs and nobodies, no disrespect to them, but go down your local BJJ gym if you want to watch a brownbelt helicopter armbar a whitebelt. He could have jumped weight and given us some legendary fights but he stayed in his lane. Askren provided 1000x the entertainment in his short stint than DJ did.

Eventually DJ fought half decent competition at his own weight and lost; now he's off in the steroid leagues and is actually taking entertaining fights so what's there to miss?