Michael Johnson is preparin𝐆g to make his featherweight division debut this weeꦏkend against Darren Elkins at UFC Fight Night St. Louis.
It is just a hours until the official weiꦚgh-ins and the former lightweight aꦕdmits that he has had nightmares about making 145 pounds.
”I have nightmares about it every night. You have no idea,” Johnson said to . “My first fight at 155 [pounds], I got stuck trying to lose the last three pounds. I couldn’t get them off. That’s what I keep having flashbacks of when thinking about getting down to 145. What if I get stuck?”
Johnson has never compe😼ted as a featherweight in MMA, but did compete🍸 somewhat close to that weight class as an amateur wrestler.
The future featherweight expects to rise up the feathe🎃rweight ranks quicker than he did at lig𓆏htweight.
”I’ve spent my time, paid my dues in the lightweight division,” he said. “I’m not looking to work my way up [slowly]. I want to come in here and beat [Elkins] who is on a nice win streak, make a statement, and then get in there on a No. 1 contender fight.”
UFC Fight Night St. Louis takes place on Sunday, January 14 from the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Mi♛ssouri with Dooho Choi an✤d Jeremy Stephens headlining. Fightful is providing live coverage of the event, which airs live on Fox Sports 1.
