Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson, the legendary flyweight UFC champion, who is now fighting under the ONE Fighting Championship banner recently spent time preparing for his next fight grappling with fellow ONE FC fighter and legendary Jiu-Jitsu champion Garry Tonon.
Demetrius “Mighty Mouse” Johnson is the UFC record holder in the most title defenses in history. He was the undisputed flyweight champion in the UFC, reigning from 2013 to 2017, with 11 title defenses to his name. Tensions between him and Dnaa HWite who threatened to shut down the flyweight division because such dominance from Mighty Mouse made it boring led to Johnson switching over to Singapore’s ONE FC instead.
With his next fight in the ONE circle coming in May 2023, when he’ll face Adriano Moraes for the third time, Mighty Mouse has been spending some quality grappling time on the New Wave Jiu-Jitsu mats, rolling with fellow ONE fighter Garry Tonon, under the tutelage of BJJ mastermind John Danaher.
In the footage, Tonon and Mighty Mouse are rolling for just 8 minutes, mostly flowing, but including some slick transitions, takedown exchanges, and submissions. The flyweight king is a brown belt under Matt Hume but has demonstrated excellent grappling in the octagon, submitting BJJ black belt Wilson Resi in the octagon, as well as dominating Olympic Gold medalist Henry Cejudo.
Against Tonon, 36-year-old Mighty Mouse demonstrated once again that the can hold his own, although he is clearly not at the same Jiu-Jitsu level as one of the best students to ever train under Danaher.
Age only seems to be making Johnson better though, at least according to him:
“Now, being 36, I understand how to fight and how to pace myself while pushing the pace… We haven’t crossed that bridge yet. I’m still trying to figure it out, [but] I’m not too worried about it. I’m gonna train my ass off and go out there and fight.”
