Five UFC fighters who wanted to knock Dana White out

#2 Demetrious Johnson

Demetrious Johnson clashed with Dana earlier this year

The reigning UFC Flyweight champion, Demetrious Johnson has been labelled the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world by many people, Dana White included. He’s also classy enough that he appears to have buried his hatchet with the UFC president, for the time being at least. How much longer that will last given Dana’s volatile nature though is anyone’s guess.

Johnson’s beef with the UFC and Dana stemmed from the fact that after ten successive title defences, the UFC wanted him to fight former Bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw in a so-called ‘superfight’, with Dillashaw dropping to 125lbs to challenge Johnson. Johnson felt that Dillashaw would be unable to make the weight, and said he’d prefer to fight Ray Borg – a ranked challenger, but a much lesser-known name than Dillashaw.

In an astonishing rant on social media, Johnson explained the reaction from Dana and the UFC brass to this decision – apparently, they’d tried to lowball his pay, tried to force his hand into fighting Dillashaw and even threatened to dissolve the entire Flyweight division! Thankfully cooler heads prevailed and Johnson delivered another successful defence against Borg. But with Dillashaw now holding the Bantamweight title and calling again for the superfight with Johnson, this situation could raise its ugly head again soon.