Demetrious Johnson was lately introduced as being a part of the 2026 UFC Corridor of Fame class, and a former Bellator MMA champ has weighed in on the UFC HOF induction for ‘Mighty Mouse’. This was acknowledged by Sergio Pettis forward of his primary occasion combat with the unbeaten Mitch McKee at PFL Chicago on April eleventh.
Pettis had an Instagram put up with Demetrious Johnson circa December, the place the 2 posed collectively contained in the cage as a part of a present that the previous’s older brother Anthony was selling. When requested for his ideas on DJ lastly turning into interwoven into the UFC Corridor of Fame, Pettis stated [via Bowks Talking Bouts],
“A lot deserved. Demetrious Johnson is among the GOATs in MMA on the whole, but additionally within the UFC. He had a hell of a reign. He barely misplaced that final combat towards [Henry] Cejudo. So, man, he deserves all of that. I’m very excited for him. I’m very comfortable for him and see him getting his flowers. It’s a lot, a lot [needed and] essential for him. Particularly after being retired and being performed with the game now. To get that love could be very highly effective. I’m very comfortable for him. A lot deserved.”
Demetrious Johnson was tapped out by a reigning UFC champ with a sub-one-minute choke
Demetrious Johnson was thought to be the game’s high pound-for-pound fighter throughout his peak, however he lately had a tough go when testing issues with one of many sport’s present high P4P combatants. This got here towards the present UFC middleweight champion Khamzat Chimaev, who labored with the previous UFC flyweight titleholder in a latest grappling session, whereby video was circulated all all through social media thereafter.
With a sixty-pound weight distinction between the 2, it was not lengthy earlier than Chimaev acquired a entrance chancery earlier than shortly thereafter securing a D’arce choke that elicited a faucet from ‘Mighty Mouse’ with onlookers shouting that the grappling trade lasted throughout 47 seconds.
