MONTREAL – One person who is invested in the slow-to-catch on Demetrious Johnson mythos is his coach, Matt Hume, who has been with "Mighty Mouse" since day one. Hume, who runs the AMC Kickboxing and Pankration gym in Kirkland, Washington, has literally taken Johnson from a factory nine-to-fiver who just wanted to get in shape to the most electric dynamo to ever sport UFC gold.
Still, we wonder about Johnson as a feature attraction.
Heading into his sixth flyweight title defense against Kyoji Horiguchi on Saturday night, Johnson’s longtime coach said that he barely hears any criticism that his main guy can’t sell a fight, and that it’s not Johnson’s fault if he’s installed as a ridiculously heavy favorite.