Filed under: Featured , Featured Videos , News , Radio Highlight , UFC , Videos Demetrious Johnson isn’t struggling to make ends meet or anything like that, but the longtime UFC champ still has some goals that revolve around his paycheck. Johnson (23-2-1 MMA, 11-1-1 UFC), the only flyweight champion in the UFC’s history, is gearing up for his eighth title defense, which will come in the UFC 197 co-main event on April 23 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas against Olympic gold medal-winning wrestler Henry Cejudo (9-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC). With a grudge rematch between light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier and former champ Jon Jones in the main event, Johnson could stand to piggy-back nicely on the potential pay-per-view sales for the card. Johnson has been a co-main event to a Jones fight once before at UFC 152 in September 2012.
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Demetrious Johnson on big paydays: ‘I need to go out there and become the prom king’ – MMA Junkie