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Demetrious Johnson open to third fight with Joseph Benavidez
- Updated: April 23, 2016
LOS ANGELES — Demetrious Johnson seeks his eighth successful defense of his UFC flyweight title on Saturday night, when he meets undefeated Henry Cejudo in the co-main event of UFC 197.
With a victory, he’d come within two of Anderson Silva’s record for successful UFC title defenses. And as it turns out, “Mighty Mouse” is coming up on a problem Silva also faced at one point during his seven-and-a-half year middleweight title reign: If he defeats Cejudo, Johnson will pretty much clean out his division.
So what’s the solution for the only 125-pound champ the company has ever known? Johnson said Monday he wouldn’t say no to a third fight against Joseph Benavidez.
“You look at Joseph, his only losses are to me and [UFC bantamweight champion] Dom [Cruz], and he’s beat everyone else …
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