to get over before I could be considered a UFC fighter. It was at that point that he revealed to me that I’d be traded straight up for the UFC’s longtime flyweight champion, Demetrious Johnson, whom many—myself included—considered the GOAT in MMA. Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson? Talk about surreal. Johnson was the flyweight king who’d recently lost his title to my former teammate on the 2008 Olympic team, Henry Cejudo. He was never the draw the UFC wanted him to be, but he’d authored all the important chapters of the UFC’s record books.
