Demetrious Johnson says he could take Henry Cejudo but ‘I’ve got things to conquer’ in One Championship
- Former UFC flyweight champion says Cejudo’s ‘Triple C’ gimmick ‘is a great bit, he’s doing what he needs to do’
- ‘Do I think I could take him? Of course,’ says ‘Mighty Mouse’
Demetrious Johnson is a big fan of what Henry Cejudo is doing in the UFC. But he still thinks he could take him.
The former UFC flyweight champion is 1-1 with “Triple C”, who ended Johnson’s record run of 11 title defences last year before “Mighty Mouse” jumped ship for One Championship.
Cejudo has gone on to become a two-weight champion, beating Marlon Moraes for the vacant bantamweight belt earlier this year, and has been making fans laugh and cringe in equal measure with his bizarre on-screen persona.
“I think it’s great, everybody’s talking about him,” Johnson told Clinton Yates and Steve Covino on ESPN’s Now or Never. “Everywhere I go they’re like, ‘Man what you think about Triple C?’ They’re wrong, I think you guys are hating on the man.
“I think he’s doing good. Other than that it’s a great bit. He’s doing what he needs to do to get people talking about him, get his stock up, doing whatever he’s got to do to sell pay-per-views because that’s the business he’s in.”