{"id":98416,"date":"2025-08-27T00:39:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T00:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/98416\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T00:39:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T00:39:07","slug":"dwcs-79-video-donte-johnson-runs-through-darion-abbey-in-64-seconds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/98416\/","title":{"rendered":"DWCS 79 video: Donte Johnson runs through Darion Abbey in 64 seconds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Donte Johnson opened <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/events\/dana-whites-contender-series-79\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dana White&#039;s Contender Series 79;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Dana White&#8217;s Contender Series 79<\/a> with a fast and furious finish against Darion Abbey.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson (6-0) needed just 64 seconds to run through Abbey (9-5) in the light heavyweight bout at UFC Apex in Las Vegas, impressing UFC CEO Dana White and likely setting himself up for a contract.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Check out the replay of the finish below (via <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UFCEspanol\/status\/1960497156395057200\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:X;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">X<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>Johnson, a 26-year-old who made his MMA debut in August 2024, came out aggressive and said that&#8217;s much of what&#8217;s to come if he gets a UFC contract.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I feel blessed,&#8221; Johnson said in his post-fight interview with Charly Arnold. &#8220;It&#8217;s very big. It&#8217;s something the world as we keep going, because I&#8217;ve got a story to tell. &#8230; I&#8217;m ready to go next week.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ufc\/2025\/08\/26\/dwcs-79-video-donte-johnson-tko-darion-abbey\/85840580007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:DWCS 79 video: Donte Johnson runs through Darion Abbey in 64 seconds;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">DWCS 79 video: Donte Johnson runs through Darion Abbey in 64 seconds<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Donte Johnson opened Dana White&#8217;s Contender Series 79 with a fast and furious finish against Darion Abbey. Johnson&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98417,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,958,72080,786,785,85,787],"class_list":{"0":"post-98416","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-dana-white","11":"tag-donte-johnson","12":"tag-fighting","13":"tag-mma","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-ufc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98416","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=98416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}