After 12 straight wins in UFC championship fights, flyweight king Demetrious Johnson looks as close to unbeatable as anyone to ever compete in the Octagon. Only a single one of those fights — the first one, against Joseph Benavidez — was particularly close. When Johnson first met Henry Cejudo back at UFC 197 in April 2016, a second squeaker was expected. After all, Cejudo was an Olympic wrestling gold medalist with a decent striking game and poise for days. Johnson couldn’t blow him out too, could he?
Of course he could.