Known as the best fighter, Demetrious Johnson has 11 times to defend the title of UFC championship and is currently ranked in the number one position on the Flyweight MMA ranking of the tournament. One championship.
As the first champion of the Flyweight class at WEC/UFC, and has dominated the weight of nearly a decade, the technique of Johnson, from objects, geography, to fighting, extremely comprehensive. Comes with incredible speed and flexibility, Johnson became the living monument of the world MMA village.
Despite its very good achievements, Johnson always has difficulty on the path of martial artists, simply because in the US, the audience often doesn't care much with small weight classes. Therefore, it can be said that the play of this American boxer encountered many obstacles compared to colleagues.
“Usually, I have to get up at 7 am sometimes 5 hours, everyday work will be a forklift driver, garbage and porters construction materials at the construction site. I have to do this in parallel with MMA competition. I can never let myself relax on the weekend,” Demetrious Johnson said.
“I once broke my leg in the match against Miguel Torres at UFC 130. But the next morning I still had to wake up to work with my legs.”
Demetrious Johnson started the career of playing MMA since 2006, but the amount collected was not worth much compared to the meals and training money, so this boxer had to work more work as a mason to cover living expenses. Until 2011, he could be a full -time fighter and focused on his career.
According to Mmasalaries, the highest number of remuneration that Johnson received was only about 750 thousand USD, much lower than the boxers in other weight classes with similar achievements.
In the near future, “The Mighty Mouse” Demetrious Johnson will compete for the Flyweight of One Championship before the Adriano Moraes champion on the morning of April 8, at the One On TNT 1 event. The match of Demetrious Johnson will be broadcast live on HTV.