{"id":573326,"date":"2026-03-30T02:58:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T02:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/573326\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T02:58:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T02:58:06","slug":"demetrious-johnson-to-enter-ufc-hall-of-fame-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/573326\/","title":{"rendered":"Demetrious Johnson to enter UFC Hall of Fame 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

During UFC Seattle<\/a>\u2019s broadcast last night (Sat., March 28, 2026), it was officially announced that former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Flyweight champion, Demetrious Johnson, will be inducted into UFC\u2019s Hall of Fame this July during International Fight Week.<\/p>\n

\u201cDemetrious Johnson is the greatest flyweight of all-time,\u201d UFC CEO, Dana White said in a press release. \u201cDemetrious was a great champion who had one of the most incredible careers in MMA, and his streak of 11 consecutive title defenses is one of the most remarkable records we\u2019ve ever seen in professional sports.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will be an honor to induct him into the UFC Hall of Fame this summer,\u201d White concluded.<\/p>\n

Checkout the tribute package below:<\/p>\n

Johnson\u2019s Hall of Fame resume speaks for itself.<\/p>\n

He made his UFC debut with a win over Kid Yamamoto, then followed it up with a victory over former World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) champion, Miguel Torres, before falling short against Dominick Cruz in a bid for UFC\u2019s Bantamweight title.<\/p>\n

That loss stood as his only defeat in a seven-year stretch inside the promotion. From there, Johnson\u2019s run became legendary.<\/p>\n

After a draw with Ian McCall in the UFC Flyweight tournament semifinal, Johnson won the rematch to advance to the finals at UFC 152, where he defeated Joseph Benavidez to become the inaugural UFC Flyweight champion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He went onto defend the title a record 11 consecutive times \u2014 a streak that cemented his legacy as the greatest Flyweight in mixed martial arts (MMA) history and one of the sport\u2019s all-time greats, regardless of division.<\/p>\n

Johnson\u2019s reign finally ended in a razor-close split decision loss to Henry Cejudo. Rather than running it back, he was traded to ONE Championship<\/a> in exchange for Ben Askren \u2014 the first trade in MMA history.<\/p>\n

He went onto post a 5-1 record overseas, capturing a world title before ultimately retiring from competition.<\/p>\n

Here are some of his stats (per a UFC press release):<\/p>\n

Simply put: a no-brainer Hall of Famer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"During UFC Seattle\u2019s broadcast last night (Sat., March 28, 2026), it was officially announced that former Ultimate Fighting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":573327,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,2843,85,1396,179146,46234,6656,14855],"class_list":["post-573326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-one-championship","tag-sports","tag-ufc-news","tag-ufc-on-paramount","tag-ufc-videos","tag-ufc-results","tag-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}