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Demetrious Johnson is one of the most accomplished MMA fighters of all time. The surefire future Hall Of Famer captured UFC gold in 2012 then defended it a record 11 times, showing dominance in every facet of MMA. After being traded to One Championship in 2018, “Mighty Mouse” again became a champion, defended his belt, and retired on top.

All told, Johnson was a professional fighter for 14 years and 30 professional fighters, retiring with a 25-4-1 record. It was a long and successful career by any metric, but even with winning fighters who walk away at the right time, there’s still concern about longterm health when it comes to combat sports.

Fortunately, Johnson believes himself to be in a good spot. In a recent appearance on Six Feet Under with Mark Calaway, Johnson revealed that he’s been monitoring his brain health for over a decade with the Cleveland Clinic, a top medical facility sponsored in part by UFC putting research into the effects of head trauma on professional athletes.

According to Johnson, his brain health isn’t only well, but it’s outright better than ever and has improved over the course of his fighting career.

“After doing the whole testing from 2012 to 2023, he looks at my brain scan and he goes, ‘Demetrious, your brain has not aged one bit in your whole entire career. You’ve gotten smarter. You enunciate better than you did in 2012.’ Which is supposed to happen, as you age you’re supposed to get more wisdom, more intelligent.

“He goes, ‘Your brain hasn’t changed one bit. You’re lucky.’”

Despite Johnson’s dominance in the cage, he certainly was hurt on a few occasions. Adrian Moraes became the only man to stop “Mighty Mouse” in 2022 after landing a huge uppercut and grounded knee, but men like Joseph Benavidez and John Dodson also floored him with punches. There’s also countless rounds of sparring to consider, which makes it all the more impressive that Johnson appears to be walking away from the sport with his health fully intact.

Insomnia

Finally, a meme I can endorse with 100% of my being.

Charles Oliveira rolling Charles Oliveira in a blind ranking is perfect.

Belly-to-back suplex!

At this point, Alex Pereira’s low kicks are nearly as famous as his left hook. The man genuinely might be made of steel!

Martial arts gone very traditional!

Darren Till loving chocolate is a very believable bit of trash talk.

It’s somewhat of a miracle this Welterweight veterans match up hasn’t happened before at some point. I like the booking!

Sassy Suga Show.

Slips, rips, and KO clips

Straight up hit him with the Sweet Chin Music.

Heel to the chin and some nasty follow up shots …

Reis loaded up heavy on this left hook, and it paid off!

Random Land

A truck is towed, chaos ensues.

Midnight Music: Alternative, 1995

Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.

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Mikey Musumeci is no longer the ONE Championship flyweight grappling champion after missing weight for a match with Bebeto Oliveira on Friday’s ONE 168 event in Denver. Musumeci revealed Saturday he was hospitalized with pneumomediastinum.

Musumeci was originally slated to face Kade Ruotolo in a 170-pound contest, but Ruotolo announced his withdrawal less than a week before the show due to injury. ONE then announced that Musumeci would defend his flyweight title days later, cutting all the way down to 135 pounds.

Musumeci missed weight and failed his hydration test for ONE 168, and was stripped of the title.

“I have been in the hospital since early this morning,” Musumeci posted on social media Saturday. “I have pneumomediastinum, which means I had a tear in my lung Wednesday I believe when I was cutting weight doing Rickson [Gracie] diaphragm breathing — didn’t know this was possible — and air got into my chest and then into my neck. This is a life-threatening condition, and if I would have competed, I could have died the doctor told me. So first I was upset, now I’m full of gratitude to be alive and that I didn’t keep pushing. God protected me.”

ONE faced criticism for its decision to strip Musumeci for missing weight for a 135-pound match on days’ notice after preparing for a 170-pound contest, and ONE CEO Chatri Sityodtong released a statement to MMA Fighting revealing that it was Musumeci’s call to drop that weight after Ruotolo’s withdrawal.

“After recent events, we feel it is necessary to provide additional context on Mikey Musumeci’s withdrawal from the ONE 168: Denver card,” Sityodtong stated. “Mikey was obviously put in a difficult spot when Kade Ruotolo withdrew due to injury. When that happened, we worked closely with him and his team on a new opponent. Competing at flyweight was something he personally requested as he felt confident that he could make the hydrated limit of 135 pounds for a world title defense. This is not something we pushed him to do on short-notice or would ever demand of a ONE athlete given how much we prioritize fighter safety.

“After Mikey failed weight and hydration tests on Thursday, he requested an openweight submission grappling contest against Bebeto Oliveira, and we continued to work with him to try and keep him on the card. He ultimately felt it was in his best interest to withdraw from the contest, and we are honoring that.”

ONE Championship has yet to announce who will compete for the now vacant flyweight grappling title.

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Belal Muhammad ran through the UFC welterweight division to finally face Leon Edwards at UFC 304. Before becoming the champ, he already boasted nine consecutive impressive wins over Gilbert Burns, Sean Brady, Vicente Luque, Stephen Thompson, and many top contenders. Edwards dominated the striking exchanges in his first fight with Muhammad, but it was ruled […]

Continue Reading Belal Muhammad Shares Heartwarming Story Of His Parents Getting ‘Superstar Treatment’ Now That He’s A UFC Champ at MMA News.

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Ciryl Gane has a tall test ahead of him, so what better sparring partner to help him prepare than NBA big man Rudy Gobert?

At UFC 308 on Oct. 26 in Abu Dhabi, Gane faces Alexander Volkov in a heavyweight bout that serves as a rematch of their June 2021 Fight Night encounter that Gane won via unanimous decision.

It appears that Gane is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that he beats Volkov again as his team at MMA Factory in Paris recently released footage of Gane training with Gobert, a key member of the Minnesota Timberwolves who is fresh off of winning his fourth NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award. At 7-foot-1, Gobert towers over the 6-foot-7 Volkov, one of the tallest fighters in the UFC.

Watch the footage below (courtesy of Championship Rounds).

In the clip, Gane can be seen navigating Gobert’s condor-like wingspan, while cautiously slipping in punches, including one particularly accurate shot that brings a comical pause to the action.

Gane has seen mixed results since his first win over Volkov. He won an interim heavyweight title with a knockout of Derrick Lewis, but failed to unify the belts when he faced champion Francis Ngannou at UFC 270. He rebounded with a win over Tai Tuivasa, then fell short of the undisputed title again when he was quickly submitted by Jon Jones.

In his most recent outing, Gane scored a second-round knockout of Serghei Spivac this past September.

See the MMA Factory’s post below, which was also shared by Gobert.

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