Johnson happy for Cejudo, flyweights, focused on new chapter

[CC27]

UFC should give the div a chance with Cejudo cause he is someone who was like TJ wants to come down for a super fight, hell yeah lets do it.

MM had record number of defenses and nobody cared about him or the div and had the chance to fight TJ in a big fight and he turned it down.

 

[HaulParris]

Imagine if MM was the one who beat TJ

Lots of people around here would probably be calling him GOAT right now

Maybe, or maybe people would still find fault with him. I think to a sizeable and very vocal segment of Sherdog, DJ is always going to be seen as not good enough, and they’re entitled to their opinion. I’m happy DJ is no longer getting sh:t on by Dana, and though I would have loved to see DJ vs TJ fight, I commend DJ for standing up for himself and trying to negotiate a better deal.

 

[Kinger85]

I'll be happy for Henry if he manages to get this dream date with Nikki Bella.

 

[SalvadorAllende]

Mighty Mouse taking the high road here as usual.

Dude is going to make bank and fighting in Asia must feel pretty special. He will be retired in a couple of years with his full brain and a lot of money.

 

[ferrisjso]

Demetrious Johnson has moved on from the UFC's flyweight division just as much as it has moved on from him.

The UFC's 125-pound weight class took center stage last week, in a way it never did during Johnson's six-year reign as champion. Henry Cejudo defended the title against TJ Dillashaw on the UFC's first event on ESPN, and both athletes were promoted heavily beforehand.

Meanwhile, Johnson, who parted ways with the UFC for Asia-based promotion One Championship months ago, spent all of last week in Japan, filming promotional material for One. He says he didn't have any thoughts about his old division moving on, other than joy for Cejudo.


Johnson (27-3-1) will make his One debut against Yuya Wakamatsu (10-3) March 31 in Tokyo, at an event fittingly titled "A New Era." The card will also feature former UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez.

Few would blame Johnson if he were to feel bitter toward his old home. He was the flyweight division from 2012-18, defending the belt a UFC-record 11 times. None of those fights seemed to resonate with the public, however, as much as Cejudo's did on Saturday.

But Johnson, 32, said he is completely content with how things unfolded -- and it doesn't hurt that he is exactly where he wants to be. Many of his favorite MMA fighters growing up -- Fedor Emelianenko, Quinton Jackson, Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua, Mirko Cro Cop -- rose to prominence in Asia.



Johnson didn't even catch the fight live in Japan, but he learned the result from his wife shortly after it ended.

For the record, he and Cejudo are 1-1 against each other. Johnson knocked him out in 2016, and Cejudo evened the score with a split decision in August. Johnson says he'd never rule out a third meeting, but it would have to take place in Asia -- where he's happy.



http://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/...y-henry-cejudo-flyweights-focused-new-chapter

Damm he's bitter, like does he mean he's like not coming back to the US at all, or just to fight?

On one hand he's totally right how disgusting it is Dana was talking about folding his division when he was on his ninth title defense(Aldo as far as I know never got that treatment and for the era he was dominating in his numbers sucked just as bad), it's one thing to kick out boring title contenders, but MM is almost the GOAT. On the other hand, he really does act like it's a nuisance to be entertaining and I think his vision of just going to work, doing his job, going off grid then coming back in a few months and rinse repeating is naive. Like Dana ain't being a dick for asking you to try and be more entertaining(outside of the cage) and I know that ain't what Dana was asking, he was being a dick but you should try to sell PPV's. Like what you think your friends in Asia paid 8 figures for(if they use PPV system?)?

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

DJ: Close the division, I don't care
Cejudo: I'm going to fight for the division!

 

[SUPERPREDAT0R]

one fc bigger and better then UFC wtf he talkingn about he should have rematched cejudo he finally had an adversary then he leaves

 

[Shadey1]

It's a shame things never worked out for Johnson. He was one of the greatest fighters, yet was madly under appreciated