Demetrious Johnson has long established himself as one of the best mixed martial arts fighters to ever live.
After sweeping the flyweight division in the UFC, ‘Mighty Mouse’ further built his legacy at ONE Championship, where he now reigns as the promotion’s flyweight world champion.
As the only fighter to win world titles in both promotions, Johnson can yet add to his shining legend when he defends the ONE World Flyweight Title at ONE Fight Night 10 on Prime Video.
Johnson, who has never been in a trilogy, will face rival Adriano Moraes in the main event of the May 5 card at the 1stBank Center. Like all ONE Championship Amazon cards, ONE Fight Night 10 is available live and free to all Prime Video subscribers.
As he heads into his first fight in the United States, let’s take a look at Demetrious Johnson’s three biggest ONE Championship wins.
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Competing in a tournament was always one of Demetrious Johnson’s career goals, and he did so the moment he made it to ONE Championship.
Johnson completely dominated Yuya Wakamatsu and Tatsumitsu Wada in his first two bouts at the ONE Flyweight World Grand Prix before taking on Danny Kingad in the final match of the tournament.
Determined to complete a goal he has always been seen achieving, ‘Mighty Mouse’ organized a clinic and subjected Kingad to a technical masterpiece. The American legend used tremendous wrestling pressure that pretty much nullified any offense Kingad had planned.
Johnson took complete control of the bout en route to a unanimous decision victory to capture the ONE Flyweight World Grand Prix title.
#2. Rodtang Jitmuangnon
For someone who has competed professionally for nearly two decades, Demetrious Johnson has certainly faced every opponent imaginable.
That was until he faced a surprising monster in Rodtang Jitmuangnon.
Johnson faced Rodtang, the ONE World Muay Thai Flyweight Champion, in a mixed rules bout at ONE X in March 2022. Global MMA Rules.
The match, however, never made it past the second round.
After weathering the storm in the first frame, Johnson knew Rodtang was in uncharted territory and it was his job to drag the Thai superstar down to the deep end.
Johnson, in one fluid motion, dodged Rodtang’s left hook and quickly worked his way into a dominant position. Once he took control of Rodtang’s back, Johnson slapped down a rear-naked choke to capture the submission victory.
#1. Adriano Moraes
Poetic is one word to describe Demetrious Johnson’s flying knee knockout of Adriano Moraes in their second meeting at ONE on Prime Video 1.
Arguably the most decorated flyweight in ONE Championship history, Moraes holds the distinction of being the only person to finish Johnson. The Brazilian superstar knocked out Johnson in their first meeting at ONE on TNT I in April 2021 with a knee strike that sent shockwaves through the combat sports world.
So when his second match was released in August 2022, Johnson knew he had to get one back.
Things, however, looked bleak in the first two rounds, as Moraes controlled much of the fight with his grip. However, Johnson turned things around in the third when he used his boxing to close the gap and prevent ‘Mikinho’ from taking the fight to the ground.
Once the fourth round rolled around, Johnson knew he had the rhythm and the match under his control. ‘Mighty Mouse’ continued to use his hands and hit Moraes with a jabbing right cross to set up the flying knee that immediately ended the match.
Johnson entered the rematch as the challenger for the ONE World Flyweight title, walking out of the arena with 26.4 pounds of gold slung over his shoulder.