{"id":234017,"date":"2017-04-16T05:56:30","date_gmt":"2017-04-16T12:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=234017"},"modified":"2017-04-16T05:56:30","modified_gmt":"2017-04-16T12:56:30","slug":"demetrious-johnson-explains-deserves-seven-figure-payday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/demetrious-johnson\/demetrious-johnson-explains-deserves-seven-figure-payday\/","title":{"rendered":"Demetrious Johnson explains why he deserves a seven-figure payday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, in the main event of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-dana-white-recaps-ufc-on-fox-24-in-kansas-city\/\">UFC on Fox 24<\/a>, UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson \u2013 also known as &#8220;Mighty Mouse&#8221; \u2013 defended his throne for a whopping 10th consecutive time. He did so with a third-round arm bar induced submission of experienced Brazilian jiu jitsu blackbelt Wilson Reis \u2013 a real feat in itself. With this 10th straight defense, the flyweight champion tied middleweight legend Anderson Silva&#8217;s record for the most consecutive title defenses in UFC history.<\/p>\n<p>With this <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/demetrious-johnson\/pros-react-to-demetrious-johnsons-tenth-title-defense-in-a-row\/\">jaw-dropping<\/a>, arm-bending, history-making submission win, Johnson solidified himself as one of the best fighters ever in mixed martial arts, and perhaps the best fighter competing at present. While these things are becoming more and more undeniable, however, Johnson has struggled to become a real, main stream star in mixed martial arts.<\/p>\n<p>While Johnson is not the biggest star in the sport, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/demetrious-johnson\/demetrious-johnson-opens-fighter-pay-champion\/\">he&#8217;s now hoping for big star money<\/a>. In his post-fight interview with Brian Stann, the unstoppable flyweight made the call for a seven-figure payday in his next fight \u2013 something only a handful of MMA stars have ever received.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI already told [UFC President] Dana White, I need seven figures,\u201d Johnson said in the Octagon.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In a followup post-fight discussion with the media, Johnson elaborated on this call for a pay boost.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Demetrious on his 7-figures: &quot;I&#39;m a great company guy&#8230;I&#39;m not at home beating my wife, crashing my car, doing cocaine, all that stuff&#8230;&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MMAFighting\/status\/853451534369214464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I&#8217;m a great company guy,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;m not at home beating my wife, crashing my car, doing cocaine, all that stuff.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In this statement, Johnson seems to be partially referencing the recent troubles of former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones. Though Jones has never had any issues with domestic violence, he has crashed his car, and been busted for cocaine possession. Clearly, Johnson believes that the combination of his incredible dominance and his squeaky clean record warrant the kind of payday he&#8217;s chasing. We have to agree.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think it&#8217;s time the seemingly unbeatable Demetrious Johnson got a seven-figure payday that reflects his dominance? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 4\/16\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, in the main event of UFC on Fox 24, UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson \u2013 also known as &#8220;Mighty Mouse&#8221; \u2013 defended his throne for a whopping 10th consecutive time. He did so with a third-round arm bar induced submission of experienced Brazilian jiu jitsu blackbelt Wilson Reis \u2013 a real feat in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":233707,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10171,20650],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Demetrious Johnson explains why he deserves a seven-figure payday | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Last night, Demetrious Johnson further established himself as one of the most dominant fighters in MMA \u2013 and he want a payday that reflects that.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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