{"id":183929,"date":"2016-01-28T07:04:41","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T15:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=183929"},"modified":"2022-02-04T16:14:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T00:14:21","slug":"demetrious-johnson-looking-for-massive-payday-in-potential-cruz-superfight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/demetrious-johnson-looking-for-massive-payday-in-potential-cruz-superfight\/","title":{"rendered":"Demetrious Johnson looking for massive payday in potential Cruz superfight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many MMA fans forget that back in 2011 before the formation of the UFC’s flyweight division Dominick Cruz defeated Demetrious Johnson via unanimous decision.<\/p>\n

Cruz ultimately was sidelined for several years<\/a> due to injury and forced to vacate the belt before ultimately reclaiming it<\/a> earlier this month. Johnson on the other hand competed in the UFC’s inaugural flyweight tournament and claimed the championship belt. <\/p>\n

Since then Johnson has defended the belt 7 times and become one of the best pound for pound fighters on the planet.<\/p>\n

With Cruz as the bantamweight champion once again, Johnson is looking for a massive payday in a potential champion vs. champion superfight.<\/p>\n

He spoke to Submission Radio:<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI feel that if the UFC can net-gross $600 million, they can spare $2 million of that. They wouldn\u2019t even (expletive) notice that it\u2019s gone. So that\u2019s my case, and I value myself at a high level and I think everybody should. And I think with all these other fighters, you know, fighting out the end of their contracts and seeing what they\u2019re worth, I think it\u2019s good.”<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day, it\u2019s about can you pay your bills. We are all athletes and our window of opportunity to make as much money as possible is a short window. So for me to go up to a different weight-class and take on the champion \u2013 and like I said, guys, I don\u2019t need to go to fight Dominick Cruz. I don\u2019t need to go fight for the 135-pound belt. I don\u2019t need to. There\u2019s nothing in my life that says \u2018arggh, you gotta do it\u2019.”<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now I\u2019m focused on breaking the title defenses (record), putting enough money away for me (so that) after I\u2019m done fighting in mixed martial arts I can have a smooth transition into my next career and have enough money to where I don\u2019t have to look back.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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