WATCH: MMA legend Demetrious Johnson's mind-bending highlights in his stellar ONE Championship career
Demetrious Johnson only had a four-year run with ONE Championship from 2019 to 2023, but it was a sweet one. During this stretch, he gave the combat sports community an incredible compilation of highlights.
Sportskeeda MMA recently posted a video on their Instagram account highlighting his best moments under the world's largest martial arts organization. They captioned the video with:
"💯 GOATED! 🙏 Thank you, "Mighty Mouse" for the unforgettable showmanship and epic action! #MMA #DemetriousJohnson #ONEChampionship #SportskeedaMMA"
The video started with the 'Mighty Mouse's' enshrinement to the ONE Championship Hall of Fame, then it was followed by a rewind of his highlights from his fights against Rodtang Jitmuagnon (in their special rules flyweight match in March 2022 at ONE: X), Adriano Moraes (in their world title rematch in August 2022 at ONE on Prime Video 1), Danny Kingad (October 2019 at ONE: Century Part I), Tatsumitsu Wada (August 2019 at ONE: Dawn of Heroes), and Yuya Wakamatsu (in March 2019 at ONE: A New Era).
Johnson also captured the ONE Flyweight World Grand Prix champion and became the undisputed king of the flyweight MMA division during his campaign under ONE Championship.
Demetrious Johnson thought his retirement wouldn't be emotional
Following his official announcement from mixed martial arts, Johnson posted a vlog on his YouTube channel for his point-of-view of the event and how it went down from his perspective.
The 38-year-old American icon admitted that he didn't expect his retirement to be that emotional when he addressed the combat sports community for the announcement, as he stated:
"I'm not gonna lie to you, I didn't think it was going to be that emotional. I didn't think it was it was going to be emotional, to be honest with you."
North American fans with an active Prime Video subscription can rewatch all the action from ONE 168: Denver via the free event replay.