If you ask UFC president Dana White, bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw vs. flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson is all but official. But if you ask MMAFighting.com’s Ariel Helwani, there’s a long way before that superfight is a done deal.
White said at the UFC 218 post-fight press conference on Saturday night in Detroit that Dillashaw vs. Johnson is 100 percent next, and that the promotion simply “didn’t announce it yet.”
“No, that fight’s gonna happen,” White said of Dillashaw vs. Johnson when asked what Johnson’s next steps are. “Yeah, that fight will happen.