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Demetrious Johnson wants Pride rules back, like soccer kicks and 10-minute rounds

UFC flyweight champion Demterious Johnson doesn't think the ABC's new proposed 'knees to grounded opponent' rule goes far enough, and wants more Pride-style rules in today's game.

UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson has gradually become more and more outspoken the longer his title reign has lasted. Now that the top P4P fighter has held his belt for almost four years, you're usually going to get a pretty frank answer when you ask Mighty Mouse a question. And at a Q&A ahead of a recent UFC event in Salt Lake City, Johnson was very blunt about the ABC's proposed change to a rule about knees to a grounded opponent in the Unified Rules of MMA.