Demetrious Johnson: ONE Championship is ‘doing it right’ with weight policy

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY SportsSince Demetrious Johnson signed with ONE Championship, he also moved up in weight. While he still competes at what they call their “flyweight” division, he weighs in at 135 pounds, as part of the company’s own weight class policy.

Now that he gets to fight at a more natural weight, “Mighty Mouse” feels a sense of rejuvenation.

“At the end of the day, it’s depending on what you want to do, because when I fight at 135, this is going to be my third fight in the year,” Johnson told MMA Junkie. “At 33 years old, I think that’s pretty impressive. When I was cutting to 125, I was throwing so much trauma on my body just trying to make that weight and blow back up to…