Demetrious Johnson and Eddie Alvarez can count on their ONE Championship schedules to be busy right out of the gate.
At a press conference in Singapore on Wednesday to promote the upcoming ONE: Heart of the Lion event (which takes place this Friday), the organization announced that Johnson (27-3-1) and Alvarez (29-6, 1 NC), the star talents who recently made the move over to ONE from the UFC, will both be competing in eight-man grand prix tournaments in 2019.
As expected, Johnson, who put together one of the most dominant title reigns in MMA history at 125 pounds, will be competing at flyweight, while Alvarez, a 155-pound titleholder in Bellator and the UFC, will be competing at lightweight.