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Demetrious Johnson Wants to Face Floyd Mayweather in a No-Grappling UFC Fight

December 22, 2017 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas

Demetrious Johnson has a unique offer to lure Floyd Mayweather into the UFC…a no-grappling MMA fight. Johnson told TMZ Sports that he would be willing to face the legendary boxer, who Dana White claimed was in talks for a UFC bout, in an MMA fight in which he wouldn’t use any of his grappling skills.

“I think it would go very well for me, obviously,” Johnson said. “I’m very well-rounded. It’s mixed martial arts. I would even do a handicap. I won’t even grapple with him. I won’t even go to the ground at all. I’ll get him in the clinch, bang up, hit him in the liver, kick him in the liver, take out his legs and work him.”

He went on to say, “100 percent [I would win]. Yeah, of course. You have the clinch, there’s kicks, there’s elbows, it’s mixed martial arts. I come from one of the great coaches – Matt Hume, Brad Kertson – and my skill set is well-rounded. I’d probably get after that liver. Have to get after that liver. Beat him up in the Muay Thai clinch because he likes to clinch a lot. You see it in his boxing, when he clinches, once we initiate that clinch, I’m gonna throw a knee right to his liver.”

“Floyd, come over here and beat up the smallest guy in the UFC,” he added. “Come try your hand, try to beat up the smallest guy.”