After securing his record-tying ninth straight flyweight title defense against Tim Elliott earlier this month, the 5-foot-3 Demetrious Johnson stands tall as the most dominant champion in the UFC. How great is he?
Enough for some to make the theoretical stake that he’s the number one pound-for-pound fighter in the game right now. Better than Dominick Cruz. Better than Conor McGregor. Better than the suspended Jon Jones, who held the largely conversational (and extremely hypothetical) P4P crown for so long.
And though he’s been reticent on the matter, even “Mighty Mouse” sees himself at the front of the list after Saturday night’s adversity-strewn match with Elliott.