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Demetrious Johnson laments pay received during UFC run: ‘I was just f*cking gutted’

Former undisputed UFC flyweight champion, Demetrious Johnson has revealed he crunched the numbers from his gold laden tenure with the Dana White-led promotion, claiming he was “f*cking gutted” to discover how underpaid he was during his time with the organization.

Johnson, a former undisputed flyweight champion and pound-for-pound number one fighter on the promotion’s books, departed the Octagon in a high-profile trad with ONE Championship, with Ben Askren moving the other way to the North American-based promotion back in 2018.

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And calling time on his illustrious mixed martial arts career earlier this year, Kentucky native, Johnson — who is regarded as one of the greatest combat fighters of all-time, called time on his career following a trilogy unanimous decision win over Brazilian star, Adriano Moraes to defend the ONE Championship crown back in May of last year.