Earlier than turning into a martial arts icon and an MMA famous person, reigning ONE flyweight MMA world champion Demetrious Johnson was as soon as a building employee in one of many phases of his life as he wanted to earn a dwelling for himself.
Some uncommon images of this stage of Johnson have been shared by ONE Championship by way of a social media pattern of individuals giving a selected occupation a attempt. They captioned the video with:
“And cemented himself as the GOAT 🐐 What‘s next for ONE Flyweight MMA World Champion Demetrious Johnson? @mighty”
It was an epic transformation for the 37-year-old after discovering his life calling of turning into knowledgeable MMA fighter as he took the game by storm. Johnson turned essentially the most dominant UFC flyweight world champion in historical past earlier than taking his abilities to the world’s largest martial arts group in 2018.
Since arriving in ONE Championship, he has captured the ONE Flyweight MMA World Grand Prix Title and the ONE flyweight MMA world title.
Due to this phenomenal journey of ‘Mighty Mouse,’ followers have been impressed and touched by his story as he acquired optimistic messages from them, particularly from Instagram customers @depressed_henry_fan, @chevypieeeee, @gaming_culture808, @sahily82, @the.sargon, and @oliver_adler_, as they commented:
“DJ’s profession wants its personal film 😮💨:
“He’s called mighty for a reason. 🙌👏”
“Mighty Mouse. He is such a legend. 🤙”
“DJ The Goat ❤️❤️”
“Gooooaaaat”
“He took the chance and now he is MIGHTY🔥🔥👏”
Demetrious Johnson continues to enhance his martial arts expertise by competing in Jiu-Jitsu tournaments
After efficiently defending his ONE flyweight MMA world title and shutting out his rivalry with former divisional kingpin Adriano Moraes in Might 2023 at ONE Combat Night time 10 for the promotion’s inaugural occasion in the US, Johnson has shifted his focus to competing within the Masters class of the IBJJF.
In August 2023, Johnson received the gold medal within the Grasp 2 featherweight brown belt division within the IBJJF Masters Worlds in a bracket the place over 30 athletes competed. This victory has additionally earned him his second stripe brown belt and inched nearer to the coveted BJJ black belt standing.
