The UFC is once again involved in a historic milestone in MMA. Over the weekend, the company finalized its “trade” with Asia’s ONE Championship, sending former 125-pound titleholder Demetrious Johnson to compete in the Far East. Meanwhile, ONE’s welterweight champion Ben Askren heads to the UFC to make his Octagon debut.
This would be a new phase in Johnson’s storied career, an opportunity that he says was difficult to pass up.
“At the end of the day, I felt that I’m pretty young in my career and I wanted to try something different,” “Mighty Mouse” said on a conference call on Sunday (transcript via MMA Fighting).