Demetrious Johnson blasts UFC flyweight title farce – ‘I never missed weight’
- Former UFC flyweight king says ‘you have two jobs as an athlete, make weight and fight’
- ‘When I fought Joseph Benavidez I had to cut eight pounds – I sat in that tub and made weight’
Demetrious Johnson was fairly frank in his assessment of the UFC flyweight title farce that unfolded last weekend in Norfolk.
Deiveson Figueiredo got a second-round knockout of Joseph Benavidez on Saturday night – but wasn’t able to win the vacant title because he missed weight.
“It’s a s*** show,” Johnson told Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show on Monday night.
The belt had of course been stripped from Henry Cejudo, who took it from UFC flyweight legend Johnson in August 2018 but had not defended it since beating TJ Dillashaw over a year ago.
“Me and Joseph fought in 2012 in Toronto,” Johnson said. “Me cutting to 125 [pounds], I had to cut eight and a half pounds. I was like, let’s get in that tub because you know what, I ain’t giving away 20 per cent’. Money is money and I’m not about giving free money away.