Demetrious Johnson Isn’t Worried About Who He Fights Next

Demetrious Johnson appeared on the MMA Hour (via MMA Fighting) about his next fight and more. Some highlights are below:

On who he fights next: “It’s up to the UFC man. At the end of the day, it’s going to be the third fight. Is it going to sell? I don’t know if it will or not. But if that’s what they UFC wants, that’s fine. Out of all my title defenses, and this one was number nine, I’ve never picked who I was going to fight. I never cared who I was going to fight because at the end of the day it makes no difference.”

On getting motivated for the eventual fight: “Yeah, it’s another paycheck, I’ll always be motivated. This is how I make my money. I’m always willing to go out there and put it on the line. I mean, if you look at that [Elliott] fight, I had everything to lose and nothing to gain essentially. But at the same time, this is my job. The UFC calls and says, ‘hey, this is who you’re going to fight,’ it’s okay. The only think I ask is that I fight in Vegas. I want to break the record in Vegas. That’s where I think I perform my best, and I have my best weight cut. If I’m going to have my…in all my years of being in the UFC and putting my foot down, this is the first time I’m saying I’m fighting in Vegas. I’m not fighting anywhere else.”

On a possible fight at UFC 209 in March: “That might be too soon. I’m going to go get an MRI possibly Tuesday or Wednesday. I think I might have had a little tear in my LCL in my right knee. It happened in the first round of the fight when we were grappling, I heard a little pop, and I think I might have a pop or tear in the LCL. I had a tear in my left knee, I know the feeling of it. It’s still swollen right now, when the swelling goes down I’ll have an MRI to make sure.”

On fighting with the injury: “Adrenaline takes over. I’ve fought with a broken leg, a broken rib, a broken hand…so when it popped I was like, okay, fun fun.”