{"id":268121,"date":"2018-01-18T14:25:46","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T22:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=268121"},"modified":"2018-01-18T14:56:48","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T22:56:48","slug":"video-anderson-silva-calls-demetrious-johnson-greatest-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-anderson-silva-calls-demetrious-johnson-greatest-time\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Anderson Silva Calls Demetrious Johnson the Greatest of All Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CKInZs_sHw4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>At UFC 216, Demetrious Johnson not only broke Anderson Silva&#8217;s title defense record, but did it with a German suplex-cancel into an armbar. He made history by breaking the record, but by possibly pulling off the most spectacular submission ever in the UFC. In classic humble fashion, Anderson Silva recently was asked about Johnson&#8217;s status as a potential greatest of all time candidate, a status that Silva also enjoys, and bowed out stating that Mighty Mouse is indeed the GOAT.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYou know, Demetrious Johnson is the new champion. He\u2019s the best one. I have my passion about my sport, and I love when I hear people talking about this. Demetrious, people need to respect [him] because he\u2019s a great fighter. I think Demetrious [is the greatest of all time]. Absolutely, absolutely.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2018\/01\/17\/anderson-silva-demetrious-johnson-ufc-goat\/\">Anderson Silva speaking to TMZ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Up next, THE Submission of the Year goes to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MightyMouseUFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MightyMouseUFC<\/a>!!<\/p>\n<p>Congrats, champ! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Gks8YxmBqU\">pic.twitter.com\/Gks8YxmBqU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UFC (@ufc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\/status\/950418842479505408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt&#8217;s awesome [that Anderson Silva called me that]. It\u2019s always an honor when somebody like Anderson Silva\u00a0\u2014 the status he [has] and what he\u2019s done to mixed martial arts. It\u2019s amazing. I remember my first fight in the UFC was UFC 126. Anderson Silva versus Vitor Belfort and I was there. He was main event. I like the guy. I think he\u2019s had an amazing career, and he\u2019s still going.\u00a0I don\u2019t [think I&#8217;m the greatest of all time]. I don&#8217;t put a lot of stock into that because, like I told somebody, once Jon Jones becomes reinstated, I\u2019m sure he\u2019s going to jump above me. You know what?\u00a0I do believe that I have, out of all the champions and all of the opposition I ever fought, I\u2019ve fought different styles \u2013 so, it\u2019s getting there.&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2018\/01\/18\/demetrious-johnson-anderson-silva-goat\/\">Demetrious Johnson speaking to TMZ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Demetrious Johnson was all class in his response as well, dismissing the claim and says he still has awhile to go before he considers himself the greatest. If <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/demetrious-johnson\/tj-dillashaw-vows-defend-belts-beating-demetrious-johnson-legacy\/\">the superfight with TJ Dillashaw<\/a> gets booked in 2018 and Johnson is able to beat the UFC bantamweight champion, perhaps those humble doubts will go away. Until then, he&#8217;ll be recovering from his shoulder surgery and healing as he prepares to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/demetrious-johnson\/demetrious-johnson-plans-fight-two-times-2018\/\">defend his flyweight title at least twice<\/a> this year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VoeOh33z35k\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\">BJPenn.com<\/a> on 1\/18\/2018.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At UFC 216, Demetrious Johnson not only broke Anderson Silva&#8217;s title defense record, but did it with a German suplex-cancel into an armbar. He made history by breaking the record, but by possibly pulling off the most spectacular submission ever in the UFC. In classic humble fashion, Anderson Silva recently was asked about Johnson&#8217;s status [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54442,"featured_media":237463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10098,10171,2682],"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>VIDEO | Anderson Silva Calls Demetrious Johnson the Greatest of All Time | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-anderson-silva-calls-demetrious-johnson-greatest-time\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"VIDEO | Anderson Silva Calls Demetrious Johnson the Greatest of All Time | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At UFC 216, Demetrious Johnson not only broke Anderson Silva&#8217;s title defense record, but did it with a German suplex-cancel into an armbar. 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