Demetrious Johnson has lengthy established that he’s one of many best combined martial arts fighters to have ever lived.
After making a clear sweep of the flyweight division within the UFC, ‘Mighty Mouse’ additional constructed his legacy in ONE Championship, whereby he now reigns because the promotion’s flyweight world champion.
As the one fighter to ever win world titles in each promotions, Johnson can nonetheless add to his glowing legend when he defends the ONE flyweight world title at ONE Combat Night time 10 on Prime Video.
Johnson, who’s by no means been in a trilogy, will face rival Adriano Moraes in the primary occasion of the Might 5 card at 1stBank Middle. Similar to all of ONE Championship’s Amazon playing cards, ONE Combat Night time 10 is offered stay and at no cost to all Prime Video subscribers.
As he heads into his first struggle again in the USA, let’s look again at Demetrious Johnson’s three greatest wins in ONE Championship.
#3. Danny Kingad
Competing in a event was at all times certainly one of Demetrious Johnson’s profession objectives, and he did simply that the second he arrived at ONE Championship.
Johnson utterly dominated Yuya Wakamatsu and Tatsumitsu Wada in his first two matches within the ONE Flyweight World Grand Prix earlier than he confronted Danny Kingad within the ultimate match of the event.
Decided to finish a aim he’s at all times seen himself engaging in, ‘Mighty Mouse’ placed on a clinic and subjected Kingad to a technical masterpiece. The American legend utilized super wrestling strain that virtually negated no matter offense Kingad had deliberate.
Johnson took absolute management of the match en path to the unanimous determination win to seize the ONE Flyweight World Grand Prix title.
#2. Rodtang Jitmuangnon
For somebody who’s competed professionally for near twenty years, Demetrious Johnson has definitely confronted each opponent conceivable.
That was till he confronted off towards a hanging monster in Rodtang Jitmuangnon.
Johnson took on Rodtang, the ONE flyweight Muay Thai world champion, in a mixed-rules bout at ONE X in March 2022. The four-round contest was separated below two rulesets, with the primary and third utilizing Muay Thai and the remaining rounds utilizing MMA’s International Guidelines.
The match, nevertheless, by no means made it previous the second spherical.
After weathering the storm within the first body, Johnson knew that Rodtang was in uncharted territory and it was his job to tug the Thai celebrity into the deep finish.
Johnson, in a single fluid movement, ducked Rodtang’s left hook and rapidly wrestled his approach right into a dominant place. As soon as taking management of Rodtang’s again, Johnson slapped in a decent rear-naked choke to seize the submission win.
#1. Adriano Moraes
Poetic is one phrase to explain Demetrious Johnson’s flying knee knockout of Adriano Moraes of their second assembly at ONE on Prime Video 1.
Moraes, arguably probably the most adorned flyweight in ONE Championship historical past, holds the excellence of being the one particular person to ever end Johnson. The Brazilian celebrity knocked Johnson out of their first assembly at ONE on TNT I in April 2021 with a knee strike that despatched tremors all through the fight sports activities world.
So when their second match got here rolling out in August 2022, Johnson knew that he needed to get one again.
Issues, nevertheless, seemed bleak within the first two rounds as Moraes managed a lot of the struggle along with his grappling. Johnson, although, turned issues round within the third when he used his boxing to shut the gap and cease ‘Mikinho’ from taking the struggle to the bottom.
As soon as the fourth spherical rolled in, Johnson knew that he had the rhythm and the match below his management. ‘Mighty Mouse’ continued to make use of his arms and clocked Moraes with a stinging proper cross to arrange the flying knee that instantly put the match to a detailed.
Johnson walked into the rematch because the challenger for the ONE flyweight world title, and he walked out of the world with 26.4 kilos of gold draped over his shoulder.
