UFC legend Demetrious Johnson has defined why he by no means wound up preventing TJ Dillashaw in an enormous dream combat.
As we all know, Demetrious Johnson is the best flyweight within the historical past of the UFC – and doubtless combined martial arts as an entire. He had a really epic run with the world title, earlier than finally going to ONE Championship after dropping the belt in a controversial determination loss to Henry Cejudo.
Demetrious Johnson was by no means fairly the celebrity that all of us believed he ought to be, and lots of people felt just like the promotion dropped the ball when it got here to really pushing him as such. That’s occurred many occasions up to now, however regardless of that, his legacy as among the best to ever do it’s nonetheless firmly intact within the eyes of the plenty.
In a recent chat with TJ Dillashaw, Demetrious Johnson gave his aspect of the story concerning why the bout, which was closely rumored, by no means got here to fruition.
Demetrious Johnson on TJ Dillashaw combat
“So we had been imagined to combat, proper? You keep in mind that? I’ll always remember. They referred to as me and stated, we wish you to combat TJ Dillashaw, I used to be like, pay me one million {dollars}. Really, the primary time they launched that to me was after I was about to combat Kyoji Horiguchi. We simply did the massive press convention.
“I bear in mind I used to be popping out of it, and Dana White was strolling this manner, and I used to be like, I’m in search of that superfight. He goes, so why don’t you combat TJ Dillashaw? I’m like, so pay me a motherf***ing million {dollars}. He was like, I can’t pay what you don’t usher in.”
As soon as upon a time this was a legit dream combat, and whereas it appeared like each needed it to occur, it seems as if funds received in the best way – which is changing into one thing of a recurring theme within the Final Combating Championship as of late.
Fortunately, the flyweight division appears to be as sturdy because it has been in a very long time proper now with Joshua Van at the moment main the cost.
