The UFC announced days ago that Demetrious Johnson would move to the flyweight division and fight in the inaugural UFC flyweight tournament in March. This would mean that Johnson's opponent Eddie Wineland would be without an opponent for their fight at UFC on Fox 2. Look no further, former Ultimate Fighter contestant Johnny Bedford has stepped in and taken the challenge. Bedford announced the matchup via his Twitter account.
The last two semifinal matches are set and ready to go down this episode. First up in the bantam weight division is Johnny Bedford versus John Dodson, both from team Miller. Bedford originally called out Dodson as he had issue with Dodson sharing Team Miller information with his friends on Team Bisping. Bedford planned to use his larger size as an advantage to bully Dodson to the ground, but didn't anticipate Dodson's take down defense and the power in his hands to be an issue.
It didn't really take much time for this season to have its first share of conflicts between competitors. Team Bisping's Diego Brandao and Marcus Brimage take a 60% power sparring session to 100% as each of them claim to only be giving back what they are being hit with. The escalation happens pretty easily as it would only take one punch thrown too hard to set it off especially with guys who are ultimately competing with each other even though they are on the same team. I'm curious what Brimage will have to say about this encounter on his next video blog at MMAsucka.com.
