Johnson (photo) obtained the latest submission in UFC history. Photo: Reproduction
Shortly after successfully defending the UFC flyweight belt for the sixth time, Demetrious Johnson He was already beginning to speculate about his next commitment inside the octagon. The champion, who submitted Kyoji Horiguchi in the main fight of UFC 186, on Saturday night (25), in Montreal, Canada, readily accepted the idea of facing him again. John Dodson, considered to this day his challenger who offered the most danger until then.
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Johnson, who defeated Dodson by the judges' decision in January 2013, stated that he would accept a rematch without hesitation – if the title contender wins his next fight, next month. “I never run away from any rematch or any fight. But I'm not the person who looks for opponents. A champion doesn't go after the challengers, but the challengers come to me. If he gets past Zach Makovsky, we can fight again,” said Johnson, in a post-fight press conference.
In the fight against Horiguchi, Johnson reached an impressive milestone by finishing the fight at 4:59 of the fifth round, with exactly one second left before the bell. When commenting on the fact, Johnson joked and remembered his old record in the UFC, when he submitted John Moraga at 3:43 of the fifth round, the organization's latest submission in its history. The mark was broken shortly afterwards, with the victory of Frankie Edgar about Cub swanson at 4:56 of the final round. “My record was broken a little while ago, so I thought that if I waited until the last second, no one would beat my record again,” he commented.
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