Demetrious Johnson hurt, out of UFC 201 title fight against Wilson Reis

[Wild]

According to a report, Demetrious Johnson is out of his UFC flyweight title defense against Wilson Reis at UFC 201 due to an injury.

UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson has been forced out of his upcoming title defense against Wilson Reis in the co-main event of UFC 201 later this month with an undisclosed injury, according to Combate. MMAFighting.com's Ariel Helwani later reported the news as well. UFC officials have not confirmed the news as of yet.

Johnson (24-2-1) has defended his 125-pound strap eight consecutive times, most recently finishing Olympic Gold Medalist Henry Cejudo in devastating fashion at UFC 197 this past April. Other recent victories include a dominant decision win over John Dodson and a last-second submission of Kyoji Horiguchi.

Reis (20-6) unexpectedly…


Demetrious Johnson hurt, out of UFC 201 title fight against Wilson Reis

 

[Robbie Hart]

This guy deserves some love and respect but not a single response.....

 

[TheAwkwardTitan]

When it rains it pours.

 

[warriorx559]

Sucks, he's probably the #1 P4P fighter in the org and he misses out on a chance to further cement his legacy.

 

[Limpy]

Just do an interim title fight. I'd say Reis vs Horiguchi makes sense.

 

[Robbie Hart]

I keep watching a hair replacement commercial......is it telling me something?

 

[Punch]

Fuck!

 

[kneeblock]

Reis could use another fight before a title shot anyway. This fight felt really out of nowhere. Reis should rematch Formiga for the next shot.

 

[Carbazel]

According to a report, Demetrious Johnson is out of his UFC flyweight title defense against Wilson Reis at UFC 201 due to an injury.

UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson has been forced out of his upcoming title defense against Wilson Reis in the co-main event of UFC 201 later this month with an undisclosed injury, according to Combate. MMAFighting.com's Ariel Helwani later reported the news as well. UFC officials have not confirmed the news as of yet.

Johnson (24-2-1) has defended his 125-pound strap eight consecutive times, most recently finishing Olympic Gold Medalist Henry Cejudo in devastating fashion at UFC 197 this past April. Other recent victories include a dominant decision win over John Dodson and a last-second submission of Kyoji Horiguchi.

Reis (20-6) unexpectedly…


Demetrious Johnson hurt, out of UFC 201 title fight against Wilson Reis

Weird. I saw him yesterday morning, shook his hand. He seemed fine.

 

[Kingtony87]

I truly wish I cared. But watching him against such over matched competition just doesn't move my needle. He's incredibly skilled but when he was out for almost that year I didn't even notice. This car was really just a place holder to get us to 202

 

[SC MMA MD]

Make Scoggins/McCall an interim title fight, give the winner Reis as their next fight