Moving to ONE Championship has led to significant changes for Demetrious Johnson.
Travel to places like the Philippines and Japan has put a few more frequent flyer miles on his card. Fans have to get up a lot earlier (or stay up a lot later) to catch his fights live. And though the competition is stiff, the name recognition of his opponents isn’t what it was during his eight-year run under the Zuffa banner.
One thing hasn’t changed: Johnson keeps winning.
Yes, his time in the UFC ended in a narrow split decision loss to Henry Cejudo, but that was the lone blemish for “Mighty Mouse” as he otherwise ran roughshod over the promotion’s flyweight division (including a TKO win over Cejudo in their first meeting), recording 11 consecutive successful world title defenses and marking himself as arguably the pound-for-pound greatest fighter on the planet.