Demetrious Johnson Kills Any Hope That He’ll Return to The UFC

A person Championship title contender Demetrious Johnson has proficiently killed any chance that he will at any time return to the UFC.

At UFC 256, Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno tore the property down in an fast typical that is absolutely on the shortlist of very best flyweight fights of all time. Just about all of Demetrious Johnson’s fights in the division would not qualify for this record since he was as well fast paced turning in a person-sided dominations around his foes. That all ended when Johnson dropped a razor-close determination to Henry Cejudo in a pretty unusual classic fight for him in the division. At the time, no just one could have guessed that it would be the very last time we would at any time see Demetrious Johnson in the UFC. Speedy ahead to 2020, and the previous flyweight king has confirmed that he will never battle at 125 once more.

“I’ll notify you what – I’m not coming back again to 125. I’ll notify you that suitable now…No. It is far too a lot work.” Johnson claimed in a new job interview with ESPN. “It’s not much too a great deal perform, but I experience like my entire body will work much better just organic, appropriate? I signify if I’m going for walks all-around at 128 pounds – and I have no fat on me, I’m shredded as is proper now – and to cut down to 125, it’s just not healthier for the liver. I’m finding older now. It’s just like, I’m not nervous about it.”

Shortly just after his aforementioned bout towards Henry Cejudo at UFC 227, Demetrious Johnson was 1 fifty percent of a trade that associated previous A single Championship welterweight champion Ben Askren. Since then, Johnson has been competing at 135 in what is ONE’s flyweight division and the UFC’s bantamweight division. Johnson could theoretically continue to return to the UFC and compete as a bantamweight this time about, but Johnson shut that risk down and currently is aware of where he will be ending his MMA career.

“I acquired a great deal (of fights still left on my A single Championship agreement). I’m gonna retire in One Championship. I’m not coming back to…This is my past halt.” Demetrious Johnson concluded.

Do you feel Demetrious Johnson would be the flyweight winner of the UFC nowadays if he had stayed in the advertising?