It’s been just over two years since one of the most significant trades in sports history took place when ONE Championship sent Ben Askren to the UFC in exchange for former flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson.
The reason why this occasion was so massive really comes down to this — it had never happened before and nothing like it has happened since.
At the time the trade was completed, Johnson was just two months removed from losing his flyweight title to Henry Cejudo in a razor-close split decision that brought his reign as UFC champion to an end after 11 consecutive defenses.