Last night, in the co-main event of UFC 216, Demetrious Johnson stepped into the Octagon with the intention of defending his flyweight belt for a record-breaking 11th-straight time. He did so with flying colors, dominating his young foe Ray Borg to a ridiculous fifth-round sequence in which he hit him with a suplex, caught his arm in mid-air, and locked up the arm-bar for the win.
Given the historical implications and jaw-dropping nature of this win, it should come as no surprise that it generated some interesting reactions from the MMA community. See some of the best reactions to Demetrious Johnson’s incredible victory below!
People that don’t train will never understand how impressive that just was. Amazing.
— Joe Lauzon (@JoeLauzon) October 8, 2017
I wanna see @MightyMouseUFC fight the champ of every weight class. Not convinced anyone below 205 could beat him. #ufc216
— Sean O’Connell (@realOCsports) October 8, 2017
Crazy way to finish a fight and to do it at the same time as breaking the record. Unbelievable. Huge congrats to DJ !
— Chris Weidman (@ChrisWeidmanUFC) October 8, 2017
TBE?
— The Diamond (@DustinPoirier) October 8, 2017
Chin drop to an arm bar?????? Just Bravo!
— Ben Askren (@Benaskren) October 8, 2017
Holy Shit. @ufc that’s a bad man right there. There were 1000’s of plays in football today and ZERO of them compare to that finish
— Ian McCall (@Unclecreepymma) October 8, 2017
Amazing….. well deserved…. @MightyMouseUFC you are the best…..go for crazy shit and you will get crazy results #UFC216
— Andre Soukhamthath (@AndreSoukMMA) October 8, 2017
I never want to hear anything about jones being #p4p best, it’s @MightyMouseUFC hands down, not even close. #incredible #mma @ufc #ufc216
— Jordan Rinaldi (@JordanRinaldi) October 8, 2017
Hard to argue with that. 🐭 #ufc216
— Scott Holtzman (@HotSauceHoltzy) October 8, 2017
— Cub Swanson (@CubSwanson) October 8, 2017
Mighty Mouse carried him for 4 and half and then said okay let’s go ahead and get a bonus since we’re here lol
— James Vick (@JamesVickMMA) October 8, 2017
Man that was an ass whoopin ! @MightyMouseUFC
— Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry) October 8, 2017
HO MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD !!!!!!! #DJ #UFC216
— patrick cote (@patrick_cote) October 8, 2017
I see dj goin “ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED” #ufc216
— Belal muhammad (@bullyb170) October 8, 2017
Wow @MightyMouseUFC that’s might of been the most amazing submission ever @ufc #AndStill pic.twitter.com/4zFjUgKpJB
— Charles Rosa (@CharlesRosaMMA) October 8, 2017
A throw into the armbar!!! Not sure I’ve ever seen that in MMA. Wow. Just wow. #UFC216 pic.twitter.com/Q7kO4MY3gb
— The Spartan (@EliasTheodorou) October 8, 2017
Wow! Mighty mouse is truly amazing!
— Randa Markos (@randamma) October 8, 2017
That’s the jiujitsu version of the showtime kick #goat
— Dominic Mazzotta (@DominicMazzotta) October 8, 2017
What a sick arm from @MightyMouseUFC definitely doing that to @DominickCruz on my upcoming fight #johnwick
— Jimmie Rivera (@JimmieRivera135) October 8, 2017
Wowwww! I want to be like @MightyMouseUFC when I grow up!!! #Goat
— Dhiego Lima (@DhLimaMMA) October 8, 2017
Wowwww! I want to be like @MightyMouseUFC when I grow up!!! #Goat
— Dhiego Lima (@DhLimaMMA) October 8, 2017
Congratulations @MightyMouseUFC 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 👏👏👏👊@ufc @ Pacific Beach, San Diego https://t.co/1uyD6FNNWq
— Wilson Reis (@wilsonreis7) October 8, 2017
What did you think of Demetrious Johnson’s insane UFC 216 win? Do you consider him the best ever?
This article first appeared on BJPenn.com on 10/5/2017.