{"id":249180,"date":"2017-09-13T08:41:37","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T15:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=249180"},"modified":"2017-09-13T08:41:37","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T15:41:37","slug":"demetrious-johnson-isnt-sure-can-trust-ray-borg-show-ufc-216","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/demetrious-johnson-isnt-sure-can-trust-ray-borg-show-ufc-216\/","title":{"rendered":"Demetrious Johnson isn’t sure he can trust Ray Borg to show up at UFC 216"},"content":{"rendered":"

If things had gone according to plan, UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson would have attempted his eleventh-straight title defense opposite Ray Borg in the main event of UFC 215 last weekend<\/a>. Regrettably, Borg was forced out of this contest at the last minute<\/a>, leaving the champ without a fight.<\/p>\n

Luckily, Johnson and Borg are being rescheduled for UFC 216<\/a>, which goes down on October 7 in Las Vegas. While this is currently the plan, however, Johnson isn’t sure he can trust Borg \u2013 who has made several last minute withdrawals from fights in the past \u2013 to show up for battle.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou know what?\u201d Johnson said on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour (h\/t Marc Raimondi of MMAFighting.com<\/a>). \u201cI have no idea. All I can do is what I do best \u2014 get ready for my fight and hope he shows up. The biggest thing when I hear that is I definitely better win this f*cking fight. We can\u2019t have an unreliable champ. I gotta go out there and put this man away and make sure you guys have a champion that\u2019s always gonna show up, always gonna fight and is always gonna make weight.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

On the show, Johnson also explained that he doesn’t feel Borg owes him an apology, but that he should perhaps be forced up the bantamweight division if he fails to appear for a flyweight fight again.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe doesn\u2019t need to call me,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cHe doesn\u2019t need to text me. He doesn\u2019t need to tweet me or anything like that. Just get healthy and then we can make this fight happen. That\u2019s the only thing that needs to be said and that I\u2019m gonna say. Shit happens and if he has a hard time cutting weight, I think UFC and USADA should consider him going up to 135.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Do you think Ray Borg and Demetrious Johnson will actually step into the cage together at UFC 216?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 9\/13\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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