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UFC flyweight champion, and pound for pound kingpin, Demetrious Johnson is undoubtably one of the most dominant champions in the history of the UFC.<\/a><\/p>\n

Since winning the UFC flyweight championship in 2012, Johnson has gone on a tear of the flyweight division, defending his title eight times<\/a> in the span of four years, and all but clearing out the flyweight division as he has dispatched of every top contender the UFC has put in front of him.<\/p>\n

Tonight, in Las Vegas, Johnson will face the winner of The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions, Tim Elliot, where he will look to make it nine straight title defenses, and extend his win streak to ten.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Mighty<\/a><\/p>\n

This year, there has been talk of Johnson potentially moving up to bantamweight for a superfight with Dominick Cruz<\/a>, however the way Johnson sees it, there may not be any reason for him to make the jump up in weight unnecessarily.<\/p>\n

He spoke to MMAJunkie<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d Johnson told MMAjunkie. \u201cI don\u2019t really keep track of how many title defense I have. I just don\u2019t. The only time people talk about it is when you just mention it. I\u2019m not at home like, \u2018Yeah, I\u2019ve got eight. That\u2019s what\u2019s up.\u2019 I\u2019m just at home doing my thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut for me, obviously it\u2019s beating that record, and then after that I\u2019ll decide what I want to do. If the money is right, or if I\u2019m like, \u2018I don\u2019t feel like taking more damage in my career\u2019 \u2013 I only get one brain and one body, so I\u2019m like, \u2018Why don\u2019t I just stay here and keep just wrecking house if I\u2019m able to do that?’\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Ultimate<\/a><\/p>\n

This season of The Ultimate Fighter was certainly a different one, with every fighter on the show being a champion of another promotion, and the winner, Tim Elliot, earning themselves a UFC title fight.<\/p>\n

Johnson weighed-in on his opponent, saying:<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody knows what he brings \u2013 awkwardness \u2013 to mixed martial arts,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cHe\u2019s fought the best of the best of the division \u2013 (John) Dodson, Joseph (Benavidez), Ali Bagautinov. So you know, (I\u2019m) just going out there and fighting and seeing what he wants to do and take it to him.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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