Demetrious Johnson Explains Why Fighting in ‘Pride’ Was Tougher Than UFC

Demetrious Johnson believes Satisfaction FC guidelines are more durable than UFC guidelines. Though Johnson himself has by no means fought for the Japanese promotion, he arrived at this conclusion whereas interviewing Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson.

‘Rampage’ received his first massive breakthrough in Satisfaction FC and even went on to change into a champion. In a current podcast episode, Johnson defined why the Japanese group is more durable to battle in, and Jackson couldn’t assist however agree.

Demetrious Johnson is taken into account among the finest fighters to ever compete in MMA. ‘Mighty Mouse’ dominated the UFC for 7 years earlier than making the change to One Championship. In his newest podcast episode, he introduced on Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson and the pair spoke in regards to the Satisfaction FC days. Right here’s what Johnson needed to say about it,

“The principles have been tougher since you couldn’t elbow in Satisfaction…Now stomping a grounded opponent, folks don’t understand it’s really actually exhausting to leap on any person and stomp their face in and within the UFC you couldn’t try this.”

Demetrious Johnson spoke about how wrestlers should not as efficient in Satisfaction as a result of one is allowed to stomp and knee a grounded opponent. To this Jackson added that even the 10-minute rounds have been brutal, particularly in championship fights, which is why they each imagine Satisfaction FC is a more durable nut to crack.

Curiously, throughout the identical dialog, the pair additionally mentioned how unfair it’s to be a UFC athlete in comparison with athletes from different sports activities.

Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson explains to Demetrious Johnson why being a UFC fighter is unfair

Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson doesn’t help the Reebok, and subsequently, Venum deal that UFC fighters need to be part of. In the identical podcast episode, the previous UFC fighter spoke about how it’s unfair to power athletes to put on a sure model when they’re getting different affords,

“You understand loads of athletes, like prime athletes, they make more cash off endorsements than they do off enjoying the game that they love. So I believed that was unfair…It was flawed, they will’t try this.”

On prime of it, Jackson believes the Reebok deal was what began his unhealthy blood with the UFC, though Johnson was fast to level out every little thing the previous did to ‘p*ss the promotion off’. 

Properly, to this present day fighters shouldn’t have the liberty to put on no matter model they want to, and solely time can inform if this rule will change sooner or later.