{"id":113215,"date":"2014-09-22T12:40:47","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T19:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=113215"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:24:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:24:54","slug":"joseph-benavidez-still-haunted-by-ko-from-demetrious-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/joseph-benavidez-still-haunted-by-ko-from-demetrious-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"Joseph Benavidez Still Haunted By KO From Demetrious Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/benavidez-new1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/benavidez-new1.jpg\" alt=\"UFC On FX: Benavidez v Urushitani\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/benavidez-new1.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/benavidez-new1-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Joseph Benavidez may be one of the top ranked flyweights in the world, but that hasn&#8217;t stopped him from not being able to forget what happened when he faced the champion Demetrious Johnson last year.<\/p>\n<p>Benavidez was the man many picked to beat Johnson, but was stopped in his tracks early in the first round after being KO&#8217;d.<\/p>\n<p>Now, with a fight against Chris Cariaso coming up this Saturday, Demetrious Johnson&#8217;s place in the spotlight is now more prevalent than ever, a constant reminder of their fight in December.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke with <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2014\/09\/joseph-benavidez-on-title-loss-ill-just-cuss-or-ill-just-yell-sometimes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a> about the bout.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019ll just be sitting there, (whistling), and like for some reason, I\u2019ll think about it and I\u2019ll just cuss or I\u2019ll just yell sometimes.  I\u2019m like a totally happy moment listening to music, and I\u2019m like, \u2018Oh yeah, f-ck.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s embarrassing \u2014 that\u2019s all there really is to it.  Like, I know how good I am, and I might be the only person in the world that thought I could win that night, but I knew I was the better fighter. (The knockout) disrupted it, but I just knew I was the better fighter that night. That\u2019s why that fight is really hard for me, too, because I didn\u2019t even get to fight and show how good I was that night.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph Benavidez may be one of the top ranked flyweights in the world, but that hasn&#8217;t stopped him from not being able to forget what happened when he faced the champion Demetrious Johnson last year. 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