{"id":267419,"date":"2018-01-07T06:25:25","date_gmt":"2018-01-07T14:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=267419"},"modified":"2018-01-07T06:25:25","modified_gmt":"2018-01-07T14:25:25","slug":"michael-johnson-isnt-happy-position-ufc-st-louis-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/michael-johnson\/michael-johnson-isnt-happy-position-ufc-st-louis-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Johnson isn&#8217;t happy about his position on the UFC St. Louis bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On January 14, the UFC will return to St. Louis, Missouri, with a Fight Night card that seems to possess all the elements of a Card of the Year contender. One of the most compelling features of this card is the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/michael-johnson\/michael-johnson-hasnt-145-pounds-since-high-school-ufc-missouri\/\">featherweight debut<\/a> of long-time lightweight contender Michael Johnson. The St. Louis native will make his debut in the division opposite surging contender Darren &#8220;The Damage&#8221; Elkins on the event&#8217;s undercard.<\/p>\n<p>While Johnson is unsurprisingly very excited about a fresh start in the UFC featherweight division, he&#8217;s not thrilled about his position on the card. As one of the most consistently exciting fighters out there, and a St. Louis native, he believes he has claim to the main or at least co-main event spot.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson shared his grievances on Twitter:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#x1f923;&#x1f923;&#x1f923;&#x1f923;what a joke! I don\u2019t know even know who the other half of the main event is&#x1f937;&#x1f3fe;&#x200d;&#x2642;&#xfe0f;&#x1f937;&#x1f3fe;&#x200d;&#x2642;&#xfe0f;&#x1f937;&#x1f3fe;&#x200d;&#x2642;&#xfe0f;&#x1f937;&#x1f3fe;&#x200d;&#x2642;&#xfe0f; and a senior citizen as the co-main? Yea ok. Yea makes perfect sense. Coming off FOTY&#x1f44d;&#x1f3fe;. Nice main card! In my hometown <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/therealmainevent?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#therealmainevent<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Johnson (@FollowTheMenace) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FollowTheMenace\/status\/949714162397138944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The UFC St. Louis main event, of course, will pit long-time featherweight contender Jeremy Stephens against meteor-fisted Korean prospect Doo Ho Choi. Choi, it seems, is the fighter Johnson is unfamiliar with.<\/p>\n<p>The UFC St. Louis co-main event, meanwhile, pairs striking specialist Uriah Hall against MMA legend Vitor Belfort \u2013 the &#8220;senior citizen&#8221; Johnson references in his Tweet.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Johnson will enter his bout with Elkins with a tough 1-4 mark in his last 5. In his last fight, he was stopped by Justin Gaethje in one the best fights of 2017. This loss was preceded by a submission loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov, a beautiful knockout of Dustin Poirier, and back-to-back decision losses to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/nate-diaz\/\">Nate Diaz<\/a> and Beneil Dariush \u2013 the latter being very debatable.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Michael Johnson deserves a spot on the UFC St. Louis main card?<\/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 1\/7\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 14, the UFC will return to St. Louis, Missouri, with a Fight Night card that seems to possess all the elements of a Card of the Year contender. One of the most compelling features of this card is the featherweight debut of long-time lightweight contender Michael Johnson. 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