UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson is poised to make history in just a few hours when he meets Wilson Reis in the Octagon to defend his title for the tenth time. If successful, he will have tied the record of arguably the greatest fighter of all time, Anderson Silva. It’s an achievement worthy of all the buzz it’s receiving, but traditionally, the flyweight division has had great difficulty getting much steam behind it.
In a recent interview with Bloody Elbow’s Three Amigos Podcast, Johnson discussed why he feels the division has struggled to gain a solid foothold with fans in terms of viewership, a problem he feels is attributed to the lack of drama among the athletes in the weight class.