After scouring the globe to find current Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson a suitable opponent by getting all 125-pound champions from other organizations to participate in The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 24 "Tournament of Champions," Tim Elliott prevailed above all.
Which is rather ironic, really, as Tim is an ex-UFC fighter, who didn’t fare too well in his run with the WME-IMG-owned mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion, going 2-6 and dropping his last three in a row before getting his pink slip.
But, after getting through the TUF house, Tim found himself face-to-face with the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world in Johnson.