AMC Pankration in early October partially reopened after COVID-19 lockdowns. For nearly 15 years, this gym near Seattle is where Demetrious Johnson has trained under the watchful eye of Matt Hume.
One of the best mixed martial artists of all-time, Johnson has visited Hume’s spot only a handful of times over the past five weeks. Of course, 2020 has been an experience unlike any other, and Johnson does not expect to fight during a calendar year for the first time since 2006. Without an opponent for whom to prepare until the first half of 2021, he admitted there is little need to make the hour-long drive to AMC Pankration when the local YMCA does the trick.