ONE Championship: Adriano Moraes warns Demetrious Johnson he’s looking for ‘a beautiful KO’
- ‘Mighty Mouse’ is set to challenge for the ONE flyweight title when events resume
- ‘I don’t think I have the credit, but I’m the champion’ says Moraes – ‘I’m gonna be really ready for this fight’
Demetrious Johnson has taken the ONE Championship flyweight division by storm, winning the flyweight grand prix in his first year in the promotion.
“Mighty Mouse” may have got a big, shiny belt for his efforts, but it seems many have forgotten who wears the real title, and have written him off.
“Yes, of course I think I don’t have the credit,” Adriano Moraes told SCMP MMA’s Post Fight Podcast. “But I’m the champion. The most important is when my friends, my family, my wife, my amazing mum, say I’m their hero, and this for me is all right.
“I really appreciate that, and for the other people, they are just the others. I’m keeping my work going, and let’s see what’s gonna happen.”
Brazilian Moraes (18-3) and former UFC flyweight champion Johnson (30-3), of the US, were set to meet in Chongqing, China for the title in April before the global outbreak of the coronavirus saw the show moved to Jakarta, Indonesia. ONE tried to move things around again, scheduling some fights behind closed doors in Singapore, but eventually had to put everything on hold, like every other sporting promotion.
“Almost two years out of the cage, you know – I’m an athlete, I love to go to fight,” said Moraes, who last fought in January 2019, when he reclaimed his belt from Geje Eustaquio. “So let’s see what’s gonna happen, everybody’s looking forward for this fight. I’ve had a lot of time to train technique and get a better Adriano Moraes – hopefully I can show the best Adriano ever. I’m gonna be really ready for this fight. I want to defend my belt.”