Isn't 34 pretty old for 125lb? 34 fights too.
He said 135 pound title mate, not 125.
River gave Yan tons of trouble on the feet with his counter striking, speed and boxing. And he's about the same height as mighty mouse.
At no point of his career post moving down to flyweight after starting at BW did DJ show any willingness to go back up, hell he didn't even want to fight TJ at 125. On skill alone he doesn't beat Yan or Sterling. As for the chances of him ever returning to the UFC, given the money he's making and opponents he's facing in One, I'd wager they lie somewhere between buckley's and none.
I'm more just considering whether DJ's time is up, or coming to an end soon. He won 3 fights last year including Danny Kingad, who is no joke.
Johnson was only training twice a week back then and simultaneously doing full time construction work:LOL he wasn’t even willing to fight Dillasnake coming down to 125lbs...
Prior to that Dom easily slapped him around and EXILED him from BW.
MM made his name fighting subpar 125lbs competition, he’s in the minor leagues for a reason.
Johnson wanted to fight Dillashaw (during his first and second run), Garbrandt, and Cruz (during his first and second run) at 135 lbs, all he asked for was a $1-2 million total purse.
He wouldn't even agree to fight Dillashaw at 125 without him having a fight there first. Not even going to mention he threw out a number he knew he wasn't going to get when asking for 2million when inclusive of win bonuses he topped out at what around 440-500k in his last couple of fight. Guy would have got creamed at 135 and he knew it, no wonder he was content beating lesser opponents at 125.Johnson was only training twice a week back then and simultaneously doing full time construction work:
And in spite of that, he won the stand up against a prime Cruz.
Johnson wanted to fight Dillashaw (during his first and second run), Garbrandt, and Cruz (during his first and second run) at 135 lbs, all he asked for was a $1-2 million total purse.
Isn’t your sentence up ?The only pic I see of him post fight he looked Vitor juicy.
Maybe he had perfect down lighting and a vascular pump
That one's touched up. They forgot to blend his bug bites.
Flyweight in ONE is 135...
I’m aware. That doesn’t mean he can’t come back down to 125 in the UFC (hypothetically).
This is correct...
self pitty bc I had way more faith in Justin.
I agree, skill-wise, DJ is just above everyone, perfect technique, perfect timing, very creative and unpredictable, I'm pretty sure you can't do better in MMA.
