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The subliminal bout between Demetrious Johnson and Dana White is a candidate for FOTY

Joe Silva was a wizard at making pairs, but the best matchmaker of all time has always been Benjamin Franklin. That smirking bastard brought mankind and electricity together when people still feared their goats were the devil, so it’s reasonable to think he can catch lightning in a bottle with Demetrious Johnson and T.J. Dillashaw.

This whole thing is very weird and divisive, this DJ vs. TJ/Ray Borg entanglement. A champion is asking for a bout with the next contender in his division — in this case, Borg — while the UFC is trying to coerce him into a fight with a more fan friendly fight (the former bantamweight champ, Dillashaw).