Overview
- UFC announced the induction during Saturday’s Seattle broadcast at Climate Pledge Arena, where Johnson attended with his family and received a loud ovation.
- Johnson will enter the Hall’s Modern Wing during International Fight Week this summer.
- UFC CEO Dana White called him the greatest flyweight ever, and Johnson becomes the first 125‑pound fighter inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame.
- He won the inaugural UFC flyweight title in 2012 and defended it 11 times before a 2018 split-decision loss to Henry Cejudo.
- After that loss he was traded to ONE Championship for Ben Askren, went 5–1 while winning a flyweight grand prix and the promotion’s title, then retired from MMA.