Flugviktsmästaren Demetrious Johnson och UFC är inte på god fot med varandra, då organisationen hotat med att lägga ner hela viktklassen om Demetrious inte tar en match mot T.J. Dillashaw. Nu försvarar UFCs lätta tungviktsmästare Daniel Cormier flugviktsmästaren Johnson, och han anser att UFC helt enkelt borde ge Demetrious ordentligt betalt.
Detta hade Cormier att säga via ”UFC Tonight”:
UFC, if you want Demetrious Johnson to fight T.J. Dillashaw, give him the money. Pay him a million dollars and say ‘that’s your fight.’ I know it’s a lot for a 125-pounder, but the guy’s the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world. Pay him the money, and then let him go fight. … Pay him as the No. 1 fighter in the world for once.
The UFC really doesn’t understand how to market him, because they have to get creative. He’s smaller. He’s not the biggest guy. He’s dominant. Even when Anderson Silva was the guy running through his division, his points weren’t very high, so they have to get creative. I don’t know if they’ve gotten creative. But I do believe DJ has done his part.
I think it’s the fight to take. Because not only is it the biggest fight he can have, but it’s also monumental and he’s trying to break that record. If he does it on a former champion in a division ranked even higher? It means even more for Demetrious Johnson.
Johnson sitter i dagsläget på hela tolv raka segrar där tio av dem har varit titelförsvar, och vem han slutligen kommer möta härnäst återstår att se.
