Media Demetrious Johnson Says Dana Lied About his Contract. Was told "We do Not Give PPV Points to Flyweight Guys"

[VinceArch]

They promoted him just fine. He's just a safe boring point fighter with no personality.

"safe".

 

[TadDunbar]

He fought mostly undermatched cans. UFC stuck him on FOX several times and he didn't draw. They stacked UFC 178 which he headlied and it didn't sell.

 

[Krimzon]

No one cares about flyweight. People barely care about bantamweight. Featherweight and up are the only divisions that really grab attention.

i dont even watch anything below 205. When Zuffa added 155 back, it was like the WMMA division before WMMA

 

[Fight Professor]

I MM had fought like Fig, he would have gotten the PPV points.

 

[Skarsgard]

I MM had fought like Fig, he would have gotten the PPV points.

Had he fought like Fig, he would have defended the belt once or twice before becoming unremarkable like Fig.

 

[Sean_wongster_wongmastter]

DJ wouldn’t make shit getting a cut of PPV, what’s the point of PPV points when you can’t sell above 200k buys, you’d get like an extra 25k lol.

 

[capnlarge]

i dont even watch anything below 205. When Zuffa added 155 back, it was like the WMMA division before WMMA

WTF? You must be hating UFC right now because 205 and 265 are horrible ATM

 

[Portland8242]

They promoted him just fine. He's just a safe boring point fighter with no personality.

Lmao DJ a point fighter?

This really is the ultimate "say you're a casual without saying you're a casual"

 

[StonedLemur]

Oh shit, people earning money for the company gets paid more than the one who doesn't?

Groundbreaking.

Your posts are consistently trash.
Fuckin guy defends the belt 8 times, and they paid some piece of shit fake wrestler that can't even fight more money.

DJ is probably the most skilled overall fighter in UFC history and you condone him getting fucked over.

What kind of "fan" shits on one of the greatest fighters that ever fought in MMA?
Oh thats right....you, smfh.
Fans like you are the reason Dana gets away with shit like this.... clown.

 

[StonedLemur]

Lmao DJ a point fighter?

This really is the ultimate "say you're a casual without saying you're a casual"

And he has the audacity to call him boring sir, smfh.

 

[Gamer2k4]

They promoted him just fine. He's just a safe boring point fighter with no personality.

Of his eleven title defenses, seven were finishes. And that includes this ridiculous one in the last round of the Borg fight.

Mighty Mouse was always exciting to watch, and if you consider him a boring point fighter, it's possible you just don't enjoy MMA.

 

[StonedLemur]

No one cares about flyweight. People barely care about bantamweight. Featherweight and up are the only divisions that really grab attention.

Speak for yourself dolt.

 

[Sasha]

Maybe if they promoted mighty mouse fights he'd have been a draw.

If they made him fight in a tiny cage they could even pretend it's a HW fight. Zero creativity.

 

[StonedLemur]

Ok and what qualifies as "People who earn money for the company"? Like what is the specific number you need to sell.

Could be wrong but doesn't being champ automatically grant you a cut from each PPV sold?

Obviously, the final payout would vary based on how well the card sold. But Whether it did 300K or 1 Million PPVs. I believe he should have been getting a small percentage of each PPV sold.

Champs typically get between $1-$3 per PPV buy sir.

 

[podsox]

Mighty Mouse is all time great but people just weren’t interested in him fighting. It wasn’t like the ufc didn’t try. He co main evented a jon jones ppv and had mcgregor on his undercard during his rise. He main evented their big events on fox. People just didn’t tune in to watch him fight, sadly

 

[StonedLemur]

Had he fought like Fig, he would have defended the belt once or twice before becoming unremarkable like Fig.

He would've made Figgy look average like he did to everybody else sir.

 

[HHJ]

Oh shit, people earning money for the company gets paid more than the one who doesn't?

Groundbreaking.

Nah fuck that. He's talking about an entire division, that they made themselves,only to fuck them over.

 

[sandokan83]

Demetrius, did you really read every single line of your contract, I mean, the very small ones? If so, did you check if something was written on the back of the page?

 

[Skarsgard]

He would've made Figgy look average like he did to everybody else sir.

Without a doubt.

 

[HHJ]

Demetrius was an exciting fighter but was way too nice of a personality. The problem was no one really cared about the guys he was beating. He was so dominant that people didn't care about the division. It wasn't developed then as it is now. Shit timing for him.