{"id":204505,"date":"2016-09-18T08:19:25","date_gmt":"2016-09-18T15:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=204505"},"modified":"2016-09-18T08:19:25","modified_gmt":"2016-09-18T15:19:25","slug":"video-michael-the-menace-johnson-backstage-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-michael-the-menace-johnson-backstage-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Michael &#8220;The Menace&#8221; Johnson Backstage Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fight Night Hidalgo: Michael Johnson Backstage Interview\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jlzfAY22wZU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Last night, in the main event of UFC Fight Night 94, Michael Johnson scored big with a <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-michael-johnson-scores-a-brutal-ko-victory-over-dustin-poirier\/\">beautiful, first-round knockout<\/a> of the streaking <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dustin-poirier\/video-dustin-poirier-reveals-conor-mcgregor-hardest-hitting-opponent\/\">Dustin Poirier<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the video above, which was posted to the UFC&#8217;s official Youtube channel, the resurgent Johnson discusses the win, his beef with Poirier, and his regrettable post-fight taunts of his downed foe.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I feel good, I feel ecstatic,&#8221; Johnson said of his performance in Hidalgo, Texas. &#8220;I wanted it to go five rounds, I wanted it to go a little bit longer, but that\u2019s what happens when you land big shots and your opponents can\u2019t take them.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While Johnson believes it was his speed and power that won him the fight, he also thinks Poirier&#8217;s nerves had a role in the bout&#8217;s outcome.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I think he was really nervous,&#8221; Johnson said. &#8220;I think he went in there scared. I felt that, you know, I could see it in his eyes, and when we started trading punches it always felt like I was two, three steps ahead of him. He left his head in there a little bit long, and I landed with my two punches. I didn\u2019t think he was out with the first hook I hit him with, but like I said, I\u2019m healthy, my shoulders are good, and that\u2019s the end result when I\u2019m a healthy fighter.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Johnson also admitted that the abrupt knockout win caught him a bit off guard.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I had no idea what was going on, I\u2019m gonna tell you that right now,&#8221; the lightweight laughed. &#8220;I hit him with one shot, and I went to follow up and all I saw was him falling.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Finally, Johnson touched on his beef with Poirier, which <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-michael-johnson-dustin-poirier-get-physical-ufc-fight-night-94-ceremonial-weigh-ins\/\">came to a boil at the fight&#8217;s ceremonial weigh-in<\/a>, and pushed him to mock his foe in the moment&#8217;s after the knockout win.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I\u2019ve known Dustin for awhile, and we\u2019ve crossed paths, and I felt really disrespected to hear what he was saying about me in the press and his interviews. 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