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Max, Fedor, DJ on that list for sure, and Hendo
DJ had more title defences than all current Champions COMBINED
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That would be one hell of a gym to train in sir.
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What the fuck even are some of these opinions I see around here...
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Some people sir, they just want to see the world burn as they say.
Its unfortunate to be honest, but what other reason would someone say something like that lol
GOAT ranking threads are made on here almost every day. DJ is in fact hardly mentioned and mostly forgotten, and those who do are met with others who tell them they're trying to forget about him. Nothing personal, just speaking facts. I don't rank him either.
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DJ for Askren is a terrible trade on paper, but the trade gave Meng temporary superstar status for destroying Askren. I'm pretty sure the PPVs he headlined made the UFC more money than DJ's entire career combined.Imagine trading this
For this
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it doesn't make sense: IMHO DJ, GSP, Fedor and Aldo are all in the same group in not particular order.
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he was pretty good
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S tier in every aspect of the fighting game, except size, I guess. Seems to be chill and a class act too. In hindsight it's for the best he doesn't have to deal with Dana and ufc politics anymore, it's probably a huge weight of his shoulder. It's a joke a promoter is telling one of the greatest fighters of all time he needs to promote a fight more. Same goes for the grotesque amount of disrespect he got from the mma 'fans', shows you how much the sport is infested with mouthbreathers.
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He's number 5 for eternity
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You must have forgotten that he started his career at BW and went 7-2 there, with one of those losses being a championship fight with Dominic Cruz. He moved to FLW because that was his natural weight, not because he couldn't handle fighting at BW.
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"Hey I know you're basically a real life superhero but you need to pull yourself up by your bootstraps and be a toxic asshole like me".
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Imagine trading this
For this
Financially it worked out for them. Ben's fights got attention and made Masvidal a PPV star. DJ got very little attention when he was champ.
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Also everyone seems to forget that DJ wanted to be traded. It was his team that proposed the idea.
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"'When I fought Joseph Benavidez I was still on that 20/20 [contract],” he said. “When I fought John Dodson, I made 23/23. When I fought John Moraga, it was 26/26. Then when I fought Joseph Benavidez again, I think it was 30/30.'
Johnson said he then finally got a champion’s contract, $125,000 to show and $50,000 to win – but he was still denied pay-per-view points."
ONE: DJ reveals low UFC pay that caused ‘chip on my shoulder’
Demetrious Johnson says he didn’t get a champion’s contract with the UFC until his fourth title defence – and was still denied PPV points.
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ONE FC offered him $750,000 per fight.
Gee, I wonder why he wanted to leave. The UFC's treatment of one of the greatest athletes in MMA history was frankly disgusting.
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"'When I fought Joseph Benavidez I was still on that 20/20 [contract],” he said. “When I fought John Dodson, I made 23/23. When I fought John Moraga, it was 26/26. Then when I fought Joseph Benavidez again, I think it was 30/30.'
Johnson said he then finally got a champion’s contract, $125,000 to show and $50,000 to win – but he was still denied pay-per-view points."
ONE: DJ reveals low UFC pay that caused ‘chip on my shoulder’
Demetrious Johnson says he didn’t get a champion’s contract with the UFC until his fourth title defence – and was still denied PPV points.
ONE FC offered him $750,000 per fight.
Gee, I wonder why he wanted to leave. The UFC's treatment of one of the greatest athletes in MMA history was frankly disgusting.
Those numbers can't be accurate. This says he made 175,000 for the second Benavidez fight.
Payouts! Faber Sac-Town Salary Tops Johnson's Jack
UFC on FOX 9 payouts and salaries from CSAC: Urijah Faber takes home $200,000 to topple Flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson on the leader board after event at Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento, Calif., last night (Sat., Dec. 14, 2013)
www.mmamania.com
The Moraga one is close though
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Those numbers can't be accurate. This says he made 175,000 for the second Benavidez fight.
Payouts! Faber Sac-Town Salary Tops Johnson's Jack
UFC on FOX 9 payouts and salaries from CSAC: Urijah Faber takes home $200,000 to topple Flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson on the leader board after event at Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento, Calif., last night (Sat., Dec. 14, 2013)
The Moraga one is close though
He may have got his 125k + 50k contract by the second Benavidez fight. But no matter how you look at it, that's peanuts for a champion on his 4th title fight.
Don't forget he got paid 14k to challenge Dominick Cruz for the bantamweight title lol.
