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The flyweight title is up for grabs in the main event at UFC 191, as Demetrious Johnson takes on John Dodson.
The headlining match was announced during the UFC Fight Night 71 FOX Sports 1 broadcast.
Johnson (22-2-1) won the 125-pound gold at UFC 152 in 2012 and has since defended it an impressive six times. Of those six victories, “Mighty Mouse” has finished four of those opponents. Most recently, Johnson tapped out Kyoji Horiguchi with one-second left in the UFC 186 main event.
Dodson (17-6) is riding a three-fight winning streak, with his last loss coming to the champ at UFC on FOX 6 in 2013. In that outing, “The Magician” knocked Johnson down on two separate occasions, but wasn’t able to do enough to secure the victory. In his most recent bout, Dodson returned after a year layoff due to injury and earned a unanimous decision victory over Zach Makovsky.
UFC 191 goes down on September 5 from the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. Other notable match-ups are Paige VanZant vs. Alex Chambers and Joseph Benavidez vs. Henry Cejudo.
